CONAIRBonnet Hair Dryer, Soft Portable Bonnet Style Hair Dryer

I love hooded hair dryers. Unfortunately they are getting harder and harder to find. I have used this type for years for other reasons then drying hair. The hood is really good for putting over your face to help cure a sinus or migraine headache. It is quite soothing. It is also good for turning on cool and enclosing your entire head in it to drown out a snoring husband. So what if the noise keeps him awake? Turn about is fair play and his noise machine has kept you awake! If you get cramps in your feet placing your feet inside of a nice puffy warm Hood also helps. It is also good as a bed warmer as long as a canine or other type companion is not available to provide that service. I bought two hairdryers this one and the one under a Laila Ali's name. they were similar in most instances in shape and size but also quite different. the Laila Ali hair dryer is vented from the side. this one is vented from an end. The Laila Ali hair dryer has a hose that you pull out of a hole and when finished you can force it right back in and fasten it in place. This one has a an opening on one end that you pull the hose out of and everything is stuffed right back into that same opening. This hair dryer is truer to its temperature settings then the Laila Ali hair dryer which tends to run hot except on cool setting. this also has a four foot hose on it possibly for where the Laila Ali hair dryer hose is not as long maybe three feet. This hair dryer is a bit more noisy than Laila Ali's but is truer to the temps. Laila Alis smells more like vinyl which i kind of prefer because it is more like a new car smell. This one smells more plastic which is not a bad thing either. Both performed very well.One problem I've had with others I've ordered over the last 5 years has been that these would overheat and turn themselves off, which is not a good trait for a hair dryer. It would occur within 30 minutes to an hour and might take 15 to 30 minutes to come back on. Frustrating. Good thing i wasn't using it to dry my hair.i turned both of these machines on and ran them for more than three hours each and they kept running. I think you could heat a room with them.

This dryer gets hot 🔥... it dries hair well. Couldn't figure out what the long string. (For those of us who hate to read directions; it is to let the hose stretch out and to draw it back in 🤪. Overall the dryer works well.

Bonnet is white plastic, like what a shower curtain liner is made of. The elastic around the bonnet is very tight, it does have an adjustment button but even let out all the way it is pretty short. This dryer does the job though, despite being uncomfortable. If you plan to use a bonnet dryer a lot I would purchase a higher price point and look for a fabric type bonnet.

NEW REVIEW: Having lived with this thing for a year now I am labeling it junk. The hose does not stay attached to the bonnet; and even if you can get it to stay put the bonnet is unusable unless you're using pincurls. I am VERY disappointed in this thing. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Back in the '60s I had a bonnet hair dryer that worked beautifully and did not require a struggle to use. The bonnet of this miserable machine is not designed for curlers. It does not open wide enough to accommodate them. I have to maneuver, stuff and struggle to get the curlers in the bonnet -- and, being older with fine, thinning hair, there are not that many curlers. Then getting the hose to stay attached to the bonnet requires the assistance of my husband. It's compact and self-stores the hose and cord in a light-weight case, but those things do not offset the unpleasantness of the struggle to use it. I actually dread washing my hair and the attendant thought of using this miserable contraption.

I bought this because I was hoping to save myself some time and energy drying my hair. I started washing my hair at night to save me some hassle in the morning and I wanted to be able to sit and watch television or go online while my hair was drying. I remembered using a tabletop dryer when I was young because there was no such thing as a blow dryer! LOL. This product works quite well, and I was surprised that my hair had quite a bit of volume, which I really like for my wavy thick hair. I also have fine hair so it's difficult to style.My problem is mainly with the tank, I guess what you would call it? The two times I opened the storage compartment, I had to get a knife out of my kitchen to release the little door because the notch where you put your finger to open it is very small and not smooth. Plus it locks very tightly and my fingers aren't strong enough to open it. Also, the compartment is too small and I really struggled to put the cord and the tubing back into the compartment. I finally gave up because it was so late at night. After setting it up, putting the Bonnet on and trying to get everything put back together, I could have had my hair dried with a regular blow dryer and already been to bed.My last comment is, that I guess the tubing needs to go up the back of your head and I had it on the side because that's where the tank was sitting and the air was not flowing all the way around my head. If I use it again I would put it around the back but that would definitely make it more difficult to use it anywhere that I would sit. I agree with other people saying that the tubing is too short. It probably should be twice as long. I do appreciate the long power cord, however. I have not decded but I'm about 90% sure I will return it and try one that connects to my personal blow dryer.All in all, if you are not looking for something as a timesaver, I think you will like this bonnet dryer. But, if you don't like the hassle of opening and closing the compartment and getting the Bonnet on correctly, you may not appreciate this as well as some people do.