Honest Review: Laifen Swift Hair Dryer

I have been searching for the perfect hair dryer to recommend for our delicate silver hair since 2017.

I have six main criteria for a perfect dryer:

1. Well-made.
2. Proper attachments for curly or straight hair.
3. Good temperature controls with max temp of 250°F to be safer for gray hair.
4. Gentle blower settings, that reduce mechanical damage.
5. Affordable.
6. Bonus points if it was lightweight.

At this point, I have tested out several heat tools some I haven’t even bothered to tell you about as they weren’t anything noteworthy.

Many of you have emailed me and messaged me about this dryer. So I decided to get it and give it a good honest review. In this post, I am sharing all the specs, the pros and cons, and if it gets my stamp of approval for silver-hair safe.

You can also see my review here on YouTube, and check out the dryer sound and settings.

Speed and Heat Settings for the Laifen Swift

• 2 speeds, medium and high
• 4 heat settings:
  • Low which is room temperature
  • Medium they say 120°F on the site but with my infrared thermometer top reading was 168°F
  • High they say it gets to 176°F my reading topped out at 250°F
  • Auto-cycle vacillates between room temperature, medium, and high (ish)

Laifen Swift Tech Specs:

• 5’ 9” long cord
• Weighs less than one pound
• Brushless motor like the Dyson
• Very quiet 59 decibels on full speed (according to Laifen)
  • It has noise reduction tech but high speed for quicker dry time
• 3 Magnetic attachments (depending on which set you buy)
• Temperature monitoring 100 times per second
• Negative Ion technology boosts the shine, smoothness, and overall health of your hair to reduce frizz and dryness
• Ultra-fast dry times (great for silver hair the less time you spend with heat the better)

The Laifen Diffuser Attachment:

The inside has a metal plate that helps diffuse the warmth and the air flow evenly, which I think works very well.

I am not usually a fan of this type of diffuser as it is normally designed for hover diffusing. I am quickly figuring it out though, and now that I have diffused with a diffuser with this inner metal plate I can see the advantages.

The Black Orchid Diffuser

• The Black Orchid can be fit to the smoothing nozzle with a Snozzle Pro, but it does tend to fall off once it heats up.
• Also the Black Orchid is hollow which makes me think it doesn’t help any with dry time.

I missed the bowl so much though I decided to try drying my hair with the hammock diffusing technique created by Wavy Curly Ali.

This morphed into something else, plopping into a large bowl and aiming the dryer into the bowl. I used the stand to hold the dryer to make it easier.

I go over more of this in the video.

Laifen Swift Cons:

• Short cord
  • Laifen if you are reading this it is just too short.
  • Nice for travel, but not great for tall people or stylists.
• No low speed.
• No cool shot button but low is room temperature.
• And the diffuser…I’d love the same tech with a bowl style diffuser like the Black Orchid.

Laifen Swift Pros:

• I like the magnetic attachments.
• The air filter doesn’t grab hair.
• The coolest feature and where I fell in love is the vacillating heat setting…I dry my hair with cool shot and low-med heat, so this is perfect I just turn it on and forget the settings.
• Dry time is great at around 15 minutes, compared to my normal 20 to 30 minutes of diffusing.
• Small and lightweight: Weighs less than a pound, great for those of us with issues in our wrists, hands, and shoulders.

The price is great too!

• Lower than the Dyson which runs between $400 and $500
• Slightly less than the Shark at $179 depending on which set you get.
  Overall I think it is safer for silver hair. (Check out the review on Shark tools in my 2021-2022 heat tools post.)

So does it get my Silver-Safe stamp of approval???

Yes, it does!!! Absolutely!!

1. Well-made = 5 STARS
2. Proper attachments for curly or straight hair = 4 STARS, the diffuser could be larger and more bowl like.
3. Good temperature controls = 4 STARS, a cool shot button would still be nice.
4. Gentle blower settings = 5 STARS
   
5. Affordable = 4 STARS, it isn’t the least expensive but moderately priced especially for the tech.
6. Bonus points if it was lightweight = 5 STARS
   

I loved it enough to become an affiliate:

You get $10 off with code: JOLILF

When you order from Laifen: LaifenTech.com

I hope you found this post educational and helpful.

Thank you for reading. Please feel free to share.

As always it is about so much more than the hair.

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