Dyson Airwrap i.d. Multi-Styler and Dryer Curly+Coily in Ceramic Pink and Rose Gold

Why it's worth it

The Airwrap i.d. Curly+Coily dries, curls, waves, shapes, stretches, and diffuses without a hot clamp touching your hair. It builds a styling profile from questions about your hair in the MyDyson app and then remembers those settings for you.

It replaces a whole drawer of tools. Dry, curl, wave, shape, stretch, and diffuse all happen with one handle and a set of attachments. If you currently own a dryer, a curling iron, a flat iron, and a round brush, this consolidates the lot. Beauty editors reviewing the Airwrap line consistently frame the value that way rather than as a dryer comparison.

Air does the work that hot metal usually does. The barrels wrap hair around themselves using airflow rather than clamping it between heated plates, which is why the styling happens without the thermal hit of a curling iron. For color-treated or fragile hair that visibly suffers under a flat iron, that's the strongest argument for the whole system.

From our review of 5 hair dryers, by Sarah Wright, Editorial Associate

What we like

• +It replaces a whole drawer of tools
• +Air does the work that hot metal usually does
• +This configuration is built for curly and coily hair specifically
• +The app profile takes the guesswork out of settings

What to know

• –It's the most expensive tool in this guide
• –There's a real learning curve
• –Some of the personalization lives behind an app and Bluetooth