A powerful, lightweight professional hair dryer: absolute bliss for hairdressers
A hair dryer is the Swiss army knife among professional hairdressing appliances and accessories. It’s impossible to style hair successfully without a hair dryer or give it structure or volume – and perfectly-executed bridal buns are out of the question. For professionals, handling a hair dryer requires the same level of proficiency and skill as using scissors. This means it’s essential to choose top-quality kit that is efficient, reliable and stands the test of time – but which is also ergonomic and as quiet as possible. In fact, when you spend several hours a day holding a hair dryer in a position that puts a great deal of strain on your chest and arms, the weight of the appliance and its handling ability are absolutely critical for preventing stress and musculoskeletal disorders.
It is not easy, however, to find a powerful yet lightweight professional hair dryer since its output depends largely (but not exclusively) on the size of the motor: the larger it is (and therefore the heavier), the more powerful the hair dryer... and the shorter the average drying time. So, it’s about finding the right balance between weight and efficiency – and Velecta Paris uses all its know-how to deliver just this for all of its models so that every user can find THE hair dryer that suits them best.
Power versus lightness: what’s the ideal compromise?
The weight-to-power ratio is crucial for defining the performance of a hair dryer, particularly in terms of its user-friendliness. For professionals in particular, who handle their hair dryer for several hours a day, power plays a key role in the time spent drying a client's hair and how quickly they finish styling it. It follows that, the more powerful a hair dryer is, the shorter the time spent handling it and the lower the risk of developing stress or even musculoskeletal disorders. The negative counterpart is that the power is driven by bigger – and therefore heavier – components! So it’s easy to understand why a powerful, lightweight professional hair dryer is the Holy Grail in terms of hairdressing equipment!
Whether you're a professional or a home user, here are two excellent reasons for treating yourself to an ultra-efficient hair dryer that combines the power of its air-flow with lightness and great handling. Because while your hair deserves the very best, so do the people who bring out the best in it!
Prevent musculoskeletal disorders
As we all know, being a hairdresser with its different techniques exposes us to certain occupational risks: allergies to colouring and fixing products, for example, or back pain and circulation problems related to standing (still). And then there’s the stress and musculoskeletal disorders in the shoulders and arms that come from the various cutting, styling and drying positions.
It is essential, therefore, to try to alleviate the pressures linked to the weight of the kit as much as possible, and in particular the weight of the hair dryer, to avoid this kind of problem developing among professionals.
In fact, for professional hairdressers, a hair dryer is much more than an accessory: it is a work tool, which must be chosen according to its ergonomics and performance.
Treat yourself to a lightweight, powerful professional hair dryer, and enjoy your profession and passion to the full!
Send your creativity sky-high!
What a shame that creative talent is held back by kit that is too unwieldy! And yet, at Velecta® Paris we're convinced that the weight of a hair dryer is often a barrier to the audacity and inventiveness not just of hairdressing professionals but also of private enthusiasts. It can be difficult to hold a hair dryer extended above your own head when the device in question weighs nearly one kilogram (including the weight of the cord). Likewise, the most sophisticated salon hairstyles with buns, ringlets or even sculpted curls mean passing the hair dryer over the hair repeatedly at a moderate temperature, which makes the total drying time longer. After 30 minutes spent holding a hair dryer at arm's length, let's just say that we're often more overwhelmed by the onset of cramp in an arm than by an outpouring of creativity!
So, don’t let handling problems stymie your talent: give free rein to your inventiveness every time you dry someone’s hair with a hair dryer that is powerful, lightweight and ergonomic.
A lightweight professional hair dryer: it's not a dream!
A hair dryer is considered heavy if it weighs over 800 g, but as soon as you cross the 600 g threshold, its handling is compromised, which has an effect on your level of comfort, sense of adventure and professional creativity. What’s more, you need to add the weight of the cord to the weight of the dryer itself, which is around 200 g for devices designed for salons that have cords 2.5 to 3 m long. This is why Velecta® Paris’s hair dryers come in at under 550 g, and why several ultra-light models weigh less than 350 g – or little more than 500 g with their cord!
What’s our commitment? To provide professionals with tools that are as lightweight as their talent is heavyweight so they can innovate and create tomorrow’s trends.
Here is a presentation on our lightest professional hair dryers, our featherweights that are designed to boost your creativity.
- ICONIC TGR 1.7, 335 g:
This is THE ultra-light hair dryer par excellence, the compact model that combines power (over 1700 W), easy handling and top performance. It’s quiet, too, and has been awarded MSD (musculoskeletal disorder) Prevention certification. It’s also been much-prized for many years by professionals from across the globe. Better known as TGR 3600-XS, ICONIC TGR 1.7 is unquestionably Velecta® Paris’s featherweight star!
- ICONIC TGR 1.7i, 350 g:
This model weighs 15 g more than the ICONIC TGR 1.7 – 15 tiny little grams, that is, to house the ionic function that guarantees you frizz-free styling and shiny hair, safe from the heat of the blow drying. Here again, the MSD certification reflects the device’s ergonomic qualities, guaranteeing the professionals who use it the best possible comfort, handling ability and creative expression.
- OPTIMUM SOLUTION, 450 g:
450 g, 2000 W of power and 66 dBA of sound: OPTIMUM SOLUTION, O/S for those in the know, packs in power and ergonomics as well as offering the luxury of embedded ionic technology. Whether you’re a pro or an enthusiastic amateur, make sure you fulfil all your technical and creative hairdressing potential with O/S!
Ultra-quiet hair dryer
