Shark HD430REF (Refurbished) FlexStyle Air Styling & Drying System, Powerful Hair Dryer Brush & Multi-Styler with Auto-Wrap Curlers, Paddle Brush, Oval Brush, Concentrator Attachment, Stone (Renewed)

Why it's worth it

The FlexStyle is a hair dryer that pivots into a styling wand, with auto-wrap curlers that use the same airflow trick as the Airwrap. It regulates temperature 1,000 times a second and weighs just over a pound and a half.

If the Airwrap's price makes you flinch, this is the one to buy. The FlexStyle covers the same ground — curl, volumize, smooth, and dry — with an attachment set that swaps as easily as Dyson's. It costs roughly half what the Airwrap does. For most people who just want salon-ish blowouts at home without frying their hair, that trade is easy.

The pivot is the clever part. The barrel folds one way to become a proper concentrated hair dryer and rotates the other way to become a styling wand, so you dry and style with one device instead of setting one down to pick up another. Owners with thick hair describe going from soaking wet to finished in about twenty to twenty-five minutes.

From our review of 8 curling wands and hair styling tools, by Isabelle Reed, Beauty & Skincare Analyst

What we like

• +If the Airwrap's price makes you flinch, this is the one to buy
• +The pivot is the clever part
• +It includes two auto-wrap curlers that spin in opposite directions, which is what you need for curls that fall away from your…
• +It's also the lightest full styling system here, at just over 1.5 pounds

What to know

• –The listing we looked at is a refurbished unit, so cosmetic condition and remaining life vary more than with a new tool
• –The ergonomics have one nagging flaw: it's easy to cover the bottom air vent with your hand, and some owners report the tool…