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4.5
We bought 3 HotTools #1061 Salon Dryers in 2 mo's because they're the BEST for a full head of jumbo rollers, and the price is an excellent value. It's a copy of the Daisy dryers my wife has happily used the past 20 years. The bonnet is extra large, and the air holes come all the way down to the lower edge. Hair is quickly dryed around the sides and back as well as the top. A unique hinging system allows the bonnet to easily be raised, lowered, and leveled just by pulling up/down on the front edge. It's so easy to raise the hood to leave the chair, and then lower & level the hood when sitting down. Proper height is easy to establish because the hood support column can be raised/lowered in addition to putting books under the dryer & adjusting chair height. The 1200 watt hi heat is more than enough to dry quickly. After 10 min, the medium heat setting is best because the hi setting is quite hot. Buying a 1875 watt dryer is overkill, wasting electricity, and silly because most people switch to a lower heat setting after the 1st 10min's anyway. Many new dryers are now made of flimsy lightweight materials, using air hole patters that only come slightly past the halfway point on the hood. This dryer is solid, sturdy, and reasonably quiet. We expect each dryer to last 4 or 5 yrs, and my wife is fairly rough on appliances. The supplier, Beauty-in-Black, shipped each new unit quickly from TX, well packed, using FedEx. We are very pleased customers, and highly recommend this item to users of bonnet hair dryers!
