Best Hair Dryers Under $50

Remington's D3190AU Aero 2000 is a low budget hairdryer which features three heat and two-speed settings. It has a cool shot as well as a concentrator.

This is a great hairdryer if you don’t have problem hair, need something in a guest bathroom, for travel, for your children’s hair or at the gym.

It’s reasonably lightweight (just under 800g) and very easy and comfortable to use with enough options to suit most people, women and men equally.

With the concentrator on the dryer leaves the hair very smooth, not frizzy, and doesn't dry out the scalp. The cool shot is a very popular feature – it's something that you'll find on most hairdryers for ‘setting' the hair at the end of styling.

This hair dryer is also durable – it can take a drop on the bathroom floor occasionally. And cleaning lint and other built up fluff from around the filter is an easy job. It has plenty of cord length so you can move it to dry your hair from a distance and be away from the powerpoint.

The Aero 2000 is a great budget hairdryer, if not as your primary dryer then certainly as a spare or for other uses which don’t require a top quality and/ or expensive unit. However, many users report using this as their primary dryer and very happily so.

Wanting smooth voluminous hair every time at home without paying a hefty price tag for a hairdryer that will do it for you?

The VS Sassoon Salon Pro 2400 dryer and round styling brush combined can give you the hair you want at a bargain-basement price. You can create beautiful salon-perfect styles at home easily and quickly.

The dryer has a very strong 2400W motor which delivers plenty of wind and heat when you need it, but less when you don’t. And the ionic styling brush allows you to brush and smooth out any frizz as you create the style you’re wanting that day.

The dryer is so comfortable and lightweight to hold and finishes the job so quickly, that you won't suffer any arm fatigue at all.

The Salon Pro has 3 heat and 3-speed settings, a round ceramic styling brush, ceramic technology, ionic conditioning and a cool shot button. It weighs 821g. 

Lastly, the benefit of the ‘cool shot' is that it sets your style at the end of the drying process.

What all that means is that you can put product in your hair and use high heat and airflow on your hair and the dryer and brush will actively work to protect the hair from drying out and becoming frizzy and damaged.

All in all, the Salon Pro 2400 has a lot going for it and seems to be a winning hairdryer at the bottom end of the price range, and will give you smooth sleek hair at the end.

From Philips comes the DryCare HP8233 Ionic hairdryer with massaging diffuser. The dryer has a modern and very sleek design with an extremely elegant profile. The dryer not only performs with excellence but is also manufactured and finished with an eye to high quality.

This hair dryer features a powerful 2200W motor for high heat and airflow when needed. There are six heat and speed settings for absolute control and precise styling, including a ThermoProtect temperature setting which provides the optimal protection from overdrying.

There is also a Turbo boost for super-fast drying if you’re in a rush.

The integrated ionic conditioning provides negative ions for anti-static drying.

That leaves the hair without frizz, and with a smooth finish and beautiful shine. Ceramic elements inside the dryer produce an even distribution of heat to enhance the smoothness of your styled hair.

An asymmetric massaging diffuser is designed to contour the head and spread the flow of air across the hair to make drying healthier by massaging the scalp (releasing natural oils), boosting volume and reducing frizz. The diffuser helps to add bounce and to encourage and shape curls.

The dryer also features an 11mm ultra-slim styling nozzle for concentration of the airflow onto precise sections of the hair so that you can easily set or touch up your hair. The Cool Shot button also sets your hair by giving an intense burst of cold air onto the hair after styling to finish it off.

The dryer has an extra-long 1.8m power cord for flexibility, and an easy to clean removable air filter to keep the dryer at its best performance by removing any build-up of lint, dust and hair.

The DryCare is an impressive dryer at an impressive price.

With a very new look, the Newdora Professional hairdryer is a budget-friendly hairdryer which is impressing the market.

Its features include a mid-range motor power of 1200W (many hairdryers are around 2000W+). The power level doesn't seem to be an issue for users however because modern technology has reduced the need for super-strong airflow to be a requirement for drying hair quickly.

The lower motor speed (combined with the design of the dryer itself) also makes this dryer a lot quieter than others at its maximum airspeed – only 68 decibels.

Ionic technology is another feature of this unit which is becoming a normal feature of hairdryers now.

That’s the production of negatively charged ions to combat the positive ions in the water in your hair and thereby reducing frizz and drying out of the hair itself and helping to make it softer with shine.

The Newdora has three heat and two-speed settings and a Cool Shot to set your hair at the end of your styling.

The hairdryer is quite small and light – only 13x8x22cm (approx.) and 580g. That makes it ideal for travel, and ergonomically excellent for arm and hand fatigue.

The hair dryer comes with a few accessories including a diffuser and 2 different size styling nozzles.

Remington’s Compact Pro 2100 hairdryer is a great go-to for a quick, convenient dry and style. It’s a cheap but good option for the gym bag or the kids’ bathroom or to take on a trip. Many users find that it works beautifully as their principle dryer despite its low-price tag and lack of features.

Despite its size, it has a powerful 2100W motor so it can deliver quite a punch if you are in a hurry.

The dryer has 3 speed and 3 heat settings for styling options, and a Cool Shot for setting your hair at the end. It also has a nozzle concentrator for styling.

Although the Compact Pro boasts nothing particularly fancy it does an excellent job at drying quickly without leaving your hair frizzy. And the Cool Shot really does work. On the lower heat and speed settings, it can be used just fine for styling, even with sticky hair products.

Remington has such an excellent reputation for quality that it’s no surprise that this little hairdryer would prove to be just as good as other Remington products are, for what it is. It doesn’t promise the world but it certainly delivers what it does promise, if not a lot more.