T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
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T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer Details
Manufacturer: T3 TourmalineBrand: T3
Release Date: 2005-08-01
Model: 83808
Color: Silver/Black
Product features:
- Leaves hair soft, smooth and shiny. Doesn't damage hair like other blow dryers.
- Closes the cuticle layer to protect hair
- Eliminates frizzy, "blow dried" look
- Negative ions add moisture and sheen.
- Comes complete with removable filter and screen, 2 speed settings + cool shot and ionized concentrator.
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Customer Reviews of T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
Customer Review: Worst hairdryer I've ever used. Really.
Summary: 1 Stars
After being swayed by the reveiws here and getting wise to the warranty situation, I made a point of purchasing this product in a nearby beauty supply store who is an authorized seller and thought I was getting a bargain at $125. I bought it in the hopes of taming the huge, round, coarse frizzball sitting on my head.
Let me note for the skeptical that the product was brand new, unopened in the box and in obvious mint condition. It is an authentic T3 hairdryer. Yes, it dried faster, but left a noticeably dull, dry finish and seemed to strip my hair of it lustre. Not only that but I couldn't get the ends of my hair to lie straight after they had already shriveled up in the fast drying process, and the more I struggled with the ends the more flyaway my hair became. And it appears to be MORE voluminous than ever - bigger and puffier and with the same amount of frizz, only duller looking.
I immediately plugged it out and plugged in my old, falling apart Babyliss Carerra (non-ionic) dryer and afer a few minutes managed to get the ends straight and see some lustre return. I agree completely with the reviewer who made the comment about losing the healthy shine.
I only hope I can get my money back. I will certainly try.
UPDATE - Comparison of T3 Tourmaline to less expensive Babyliss ProTT
though I couldn't get my money back, I exchanged the T3 for a Babyliss ProTT 3000 Tourmaline dryer (I'd have stayed away from Tourmaline ionic infrared labels but apparently it's all the rage and very difficult to find a nice lowtech one that doesn't incorporate this technology).
Like the T3, the Babyliss is also really lightweight, dries as fast or faster than the T3, and has the added benefit of more heat settings - including medium, low, and high, as well as a cool shot, whereas the T3 only offers a high heat and low heat. The Babyliss has 1900 watts and the T3 has 1800. There are various models of the Bablyiss tourmaline, but this model was at the lower end of the price range at $89, and you can get it on Amazon for about $20 less.
It is for the above reasons and others I'm about to detail that it is a superior product to the T3. Not only does it cost much less but the Babyliss gave my hair a soft, lustrous, shiny smooth sheen and healthy texture, and did not leave it looking dried out and fried as the T3 did.
That said, I still experienced the same problem w/the Babyliss as with the T3- it gives too much volume to my short, thick choppy layered hair and doesn't allow me to straighten it at any heat setting. What I saved in drying time (easily fifteen minutes without sweating and straining my arm) I paid for dearly in styling time to try to get the full balloon-y volume to calm down and get the ends to lay flat.
In sum, I would strongly recommend saving your money on the T3 and buying the Babyliss if you want to see not merely identical but significantly improved functionality and performance over the more expensive T3 dryer. Yet I would still be less likely to recommend this or any other tourmaline-infused infrared dryer for people with very thick, voluminous hair that they want to take the poof out of and make straight, as that will likely not happen with this or similar units. As a final but very significant note on performance - the Babyliss toned down my frizz (and it's a very rainy day today) by nearly 100 percent! Also I noticed very few dry flyaways as compared to the T3.
In sum, the Babyliss ProTT is an excellent product, a much better choice than the T3. It is more economical, offers greater functionality and superior performance.
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Description of T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
The most advanced professional hair dryer available. Made of 100% crushed Tourmaline jewels. Powerful 1800 watt motor yet super-lightweight at 13oz. Generates Tourmaline negative ions and infrared heat technolgy for 60% faster drying. The only dry with a true ceramic heater coil.Hair Dryers
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