Despite their differences on paper, drying time is similar and they both left our hair equally soft and shiny. The in-your-face colour and slightly cheap-looking finish is where the Salon Light starts to reveal its budget side. If you need advice or support for your product, please in the first instance contact the support provider using the number on this support page. The Salon Light weighs marginally less, at 540g versus 650g, and elsewhere in the Salon Light’s favour is that its 3m cable is 80cm longer than that of the Orchid.

com/electricals/hair-stylers/hair-dryers/babyliss-salonlight-2100-hair-dryer/p/564600" on this server. That’s because its features, settings and performance outrank its more expensive rivals by quite a margin. There are two speed and three temperature settings suitable for a range of hair types, allowing plenty of versatility in the way you style your hair, and a cool shot to seal the cuticle and set your finished style. She has more than a decade of experience in both onlineand print journalism, having written about tech and gadgets since day one for national papers, magazines, and global brands.It touts ionic technology, which is designed to release negative ions towards the positive ions in your wet hair. We assume this is where the Salon Light gets its name from; because it’s lighter than other BaByliss models because it’s certainly not the lightest hair dryer around. There are three heat and two power settings, a cold shot button and a 3m cable – which is amongst the longest on dryers we’ve tested. It’s rare for a product to hit the sweet spot in this way, but the 2100 Salon Light is a good-looking, well-designed dryer that out-performs more expensive rivals.

In tests, our shoulder-length, curly hair took less than five minutes to rough-dry from completely wet, and felt soft and less frizzy than usual after blow drying. BaByliss currently sells 12 different models of hair dryer, many with its distinctive curved design and often in a variety of colours. com/electricals/hair-stylers/hair-dryers/babyliss-vintage-glamour-salonlight-2100-ac-dryer/p/760757" on this server. These chunky, stiff switches do feel, and look, a little cheap but their positioning makes them easy to use mid-dry and you won’t accidentally knock them.It doesn’t get too hot during use, either, is easy to attach and remove, and doesn’t rotate mid-dry unless we want it to. Sign up to receive daily breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis, deals and more from the world of tech.

The dryer comes with two styling attachments – a concentrator nozzle for sleek blowouts, and a diffuser attachment for voluminous curls – and there’s a good-length 2.

In a market saturated with black hair dryers, the Salon Light’s shiny red shell is a refreshing change. The rear of the dryer’s thin barrel is curved, which helps keep the blades of its internal fan away from the surface, and prevents accidentally sucking hair into the appliance.