Can’t afford a Dyson Supersonic? My favorite budget-friendly alternative is less than $100 for Prime Day at its lowest-ever price

Despite having been released a few years ago, Dyson‘s Supersonic, air-multiplying hair dryer is still pretty pricey, and doesn’t come up in sales like Amazon Prime Day very often. A super-speed hair dryer that is on sale right now, however, is the Laifen Swift, now $94.99 (was $139.99), its lowest price for Amazon Prime Day.

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There’s another version on sale too, which comes with two extra attachments (a different nozzle shape and a diffuser); this Laifen Swift is now $109.99 (was $159.99), so it’s actually a bigger discount. The hair dryer itself is the same, but with the difference being just $15, that’s likely the better option for most.

I personally reviewed this model for TechRadar, and I’ve also spent a lot of time with the Dyson Supersonic; in my opinion, this is the next best thing. You sacrifice somewhat on performance and design, but broadly speaking, Laifen has done a great job here.

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Since releasing the Laifen Swift, the brand has actually come out with a few variants at different price points; more than we can say for Dyson, a brand which instead opted to make two more expensive devices before finding a way to bring down the price for those of us who don’t have $400 ready to drop on a beauty device.

Laifen’s alternative is very similar in many ways, but you do lose some of Dyson’s engineering and design smarts. Yes, there’s a cool shot, but instead of pressing a quick button to activate, you have to cycle through the heat modes until you reach cool. These are small things, in the grand scheme of things, and you might not even notice them; that’s especially true if you’re upgrading from a conventional dryer to a speedster like this for the first time. You’ll be so amazed at the time saved, you might not even think about the smaller details!

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