Can a hair dryer save your scalp? Testing Dyson’s Supersonic Nural

The Supersonic Nural is Dyson’s latest take on a product that upended the hair-dryer market when the original Supersonic arrived in 2016. Priced around £400 and positioned below the brand’s Supersonic R, the Nural borrows the familiar Digital Motor V9 and adds new features aimed at protecting the scalp from heat damage.

Over a month of testing I noted how the dryer looked and felt, timed rough-dry and finished blow-dries, and tried every attachment. I also measured peak airflow and noise with an anemometer and sound meter to compare it with other machines, while assessing the practical value of features such as pause detect and the proximity-based scalp-protect mode.

There is a lot to like: the Nural is lightweight, solidly built and surprisingly quiet (75–81dB in my tests), with a top wind speed of 29.2m/s. Magnetic attachments carry RFID tags that set ideal heat and speed automatically, and the pause-detect function and ergonomic balance make longer styling sessions easier on the arms.

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