Conair BC171NCS Ceramic Ionic Hot Air Brush, Black, 1.25 Inch
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Product reviews of Conair BC171NCS Ceramic Ionic Hot Air Brush, Black, 1.25 Inch
Review: Ionic Hair Brush
Beauty product: 5 Stars
This brush/Dryer leaves your nice & smooth & static free. A must for that problem hair Review: Is that my hair I smell burning?
Beauty product: 1 Stars
Oh yes, indeed it is.
And to think, I swapped this out for my Tigi bedhead curling iron, figuring a ceramic hair brush is sooooooo much easier on your tresses!
Fortunately, I only singed about an inch of the front left side of my hair and no I did not leave it on too long -- we're talking moments.
Granted, it was on the High, 1000 watt setting. However, there are only two settings -- high and low, with nothing in between and no cool shot either.
The high is really really hot -- not so much the air temperature, but the ceramic plating, which they laid on nice and thick so that it's super-conducive.
The ceramic is of such high quality that the low setting may well have been warm enough for some serious styling; unfortunately, along with lowering the heat, they lowered the air velocity even more, so low doesn't have the drying power.
Evan at that, I'd consider keeping it, except the power switch is in a really awkward place, as other's observed, and I fear I'll accidentally set it on high.
I'm extremely disappointed, not just because reviews were so good but because the unit is built like a brick house -- very sturdy indeed, given today's shoddy manufacturing standards.
After calling Conair customer service, I think I'm going to try a cheaper, less powerful version, Conair 2-in-1 Hot Air Styler, 1" & 3/4" Model BM20XCS.
Or alternatively, I may try Conair 1 1/4" Instant Heat Hot Brush, Model BC86RCS, which doesn't blow hot air (it's a curling iron with bristles) but it does get raves everywhere and has 25 different heat settings.
Review: It Works!
Beauty product: 5 Stars
The Conair Ionic Hot Air Brush works like a charm. My hair is dry in less than 10 minutes, my hair is shiny and easily styled. The smaller brush really does make my hair shinier. Review: Loud but good
Beauty product: 4 Stars
I've used hot air brushes for a couple years. This works better than my last. The low setting and the larger brush works better for me. The high setting blows the hair off the bristles. It's nice having the small brush option for different styles though. I believe my hair stays styled longer and without as much work and injuries using a hot air brush versus a curling iron. Review: Love Conair hot air brushes - but couple of design flaws
Beauty product: 4 Stars
I've bought 5-6 Conair brushes and have always found the to be better-designed than competitors' products.
The first ionic hot air brush I saw was Revlon, and I decided to try "ionic" to see if it really made a difference. It did. As other reviewers of this product have posted, "ionic" really does dry faster, hold longer and stay sleeker.
Later I saw the Conair ionic, and decided to buy it, since I was unsatisfied with two things on the Revlon: the grip is very large, and therefore somewhat uncomfortable and unwieldy for my hand; and the switch is located in the "waist" of the product, where the grip narrows, and it's not unusual for my hand to slip up there and accidentally flip the switch off, even though I am conscious of having done that tons of times before and try to avoid it. I thought these problems with the Revlon product would be corrected by Conair, since generally Conair is better designed.
They weren't. The Conair brush has the exact same issues. In addition, the clip that secures the interchangeable brush attachment to the handle only latches on one side of the brush, so when you are pulling the brush away from your head, and applying pressure to straighten and "sleekify" the hair, the brush starts to become misaligned with the handle. I always have to put my finger on the "cool-touch top" at the end to avoid the risk of the brush attachment snapping off the handle.
This is so uncharacteristic of Conair that I give them the benefit of the doubt - seems like I must be missing something about why anyone would design a product with that built-in weakness.
So net-net - the product does great things for your hair. I just wish it were built with a little more attention to the design details that would make it easier and more comfortable to use.