Hair dryers that dry hair fast

Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hot-Air Brush has the best record for speed: 55 of 58 reviewers said it dried their hair fast. It's a hot-air brush, so drying and styling happen in the same pass. If you'd rather use a regular dryer, Conair Soft Touch AC Motor Hair Dryer comes next at 64 of 71, and more reviewers weighed in on it than on any other dryer here.

  • 238 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Feb 2019 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it dry hair fast? What reviewers said
  1. Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hot-Air Brush 58 said either way
  2. Conair Soft Touch AC Motor Hair Dryer 71 said either way
  3. Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus Hot-Air Brush 33 said either way
  4. Conair Double Ceramic Hair Dryer 37 said either way

Share of reviewers who stated an outcome for drying time. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hot-Air Brush Best record Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hot-Air Brush 55 of 58 say it dried their hair fast See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Weight comes up a lot with the regular Conair dryers: 32% of Conair Double Ceramic Hair Dryer reviews and 16% of Conair Soft Touch AC Motor Hair Dryer reviews call them lightweight. Few reviews say that about the Revlon brushes.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points reviewers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hot-Air Brush

Revlon

One-Step Volumizer Hot-Air Brush

Best for drying and styling at once

55/58 say it dried their hair fast

Speed is the big draw for this hot-air brush, with 55 of 58 reviewers saying it dried their hair fast. Heat is the main gripe: 15% say it gets too hot, and 11% call it loud.

What buyers praise

  • Smooth, less frizz 20%
  • Good value 18%
  • Adds volume 8%
  • Holds up 6%
  • Lightweight 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Too hot or burns 15%
  • Loud 11%
  • Stopped working 9%
  • Frizz or poof 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 55 of 58
2

Conair

Soft Touch AC Motor Hair Dryer

Best for speed without a brush

64/71 say it dried their hair fast

A regular blow dryer that kept up with the brushes: 64 of 71 said it dried their hair fast. Noise splits reviewers, with 14% calling it loud and 9% calling it quiet. Reviews on Conair's site agree at 9 of 9, which we show but don't count.

What buyers praise

  • Lightweight 16%
  • Good value 15%
  • Quiet 9%
  • Smooth, less frizz 8%
  • Holds up 5%

What buyers complain about

  • Loud 14%
  • Stopped working 3%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 64 of 71
  • Brand site 9 of 9 shown, not counted
3 Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus Hot-Air Brush

Revlon

One-Step Volumizer Plus Hot-Air Brush

29/33 say it dried their hair fast

This is the Plus version of Revlon's One-Step brush, and 29 of 33 reviewers said it dried their hair quickly. 18% mention smoother hair too. Complaints are small but varied, with 10% saying it runs hot and 10% finding it slow.

What buyers praise

  • Smooth, less frizz 18%
  • Adds volume 10%
  • Good value 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Too hot or burns 10%
  • Stopped working 8%
  • Heavy 5%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 29 of 33
4 Conair Double Ceramic Hair Dryer

Conair

Double Ceramic Hair Dryer

29/37 say it dried their hair fast

Reviewers call it good value (22%), but it has the weakest record here on speed: 8 of 37 found it slow. Reviews copied from Conair's site are kinder at 9 of 10, which we show but don't count.

What buyers praise

  • Lightweight 33%
  • Good value 23%
  • Smooth, less frizz 10%

What buyers complain about

  • Too hot or burns 13%
  • Stopped working 8%
Where buyers said it
  • Target 29 of 37
  • Brand site 9 of 10 shown, not counted

Where these numbers come from

The 4 products ranked here carry 3,422 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about drying time, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Feb 2019 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (1 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

Skin type, skin tone and age splits use what reviewers chose on Sephora's review form (and age on Ulta's when given). We only show a split when enough reviewers fall on each side.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most reviewers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hot-Air Brush Target (79 reviews counted)
  2. Conair Soft Touch AC Motor Hair Dryer Target (79 reviews counted)
  3. Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus Hot-Air Brush Target (40 reviews counted)
  4. Conair Double Ceramic Hair Dryer Target (40 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which hair dryer dries hair fast?

Revlon One-Step Volumizer Hot-Air Brush has the best record, with 55 of 58 reviewers saying it dried their hair fast. Conair Soft Touch AC Motor Hair Dryer (64 of 71) and Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus Hot-Air Brush (29 of 33) follow close behind.

Is a hot-air brush faster than a regular dryer?

It can save you a step, since it dries and styles at the same time. Both Revlon One-Step brushes did well here (55 of 58 and 29 of 33), and the regular Conair Soft Touch AC Motor Hair Dryer landed between them at 64 of 71.

Is the Conair Double Ceramic Hair Dryer fast?

Mostly yes, with 29 of 37 reviewers saying it dried their hair fast. That trails the other three dryers here, and 20% of its reviews call it slow.

How can I dry my hair faster with less heat?

Squeeze out as much water as you can with a towel first, so the dryer has less to do. Use a heat protectant and pick a lower heat setting that still works for your hair.

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