The Best Dyson Hair Tool Dupes

The closest Dyson dupe is the Shark FlexStyle for the Dyson Airwrap: both curl hair with Coanda airflow instead of a hot clamp, and the Shark costs about a third as much. For the Dyson Supersonic, the Laifen Swift is the nearest match, a light dryer built around a high-speed brushless motor for about a quarter of the price. For the Dyson Airstrait, the Shark SilkiPro straightens from wet in one tool, though it adds ceramic plates where Dyson uses air alone. A dupe gets you the same type of tool and a similar way of working. It doesn’t get you Dyson’s attachments, its app features or its build.

The six at a glance

1. Dyson Airwrap dupe: Shark FlexStyle

The Dyson Airwrap i.d. Multi-Styler wraps hair around its barrels with what Dyson calls Coanda airflow, and the brand says its heat control keeps the air under 302°F. The i.d. version adds Bluetooth: the MyDyson app builds a timed wrap, curl and cold-shot sequence from your hair profile.

The Shark FlexStyle is the nearest thing to it at about a third of the price. It comes with two 1.25-inch auto-wrap curlers that use Coanda technology, one for each direction, plus an oval brush, a paddle brush and a concentrator. It also twists from a styling wand into a regular dryer shape. There’s no app and no timed sequence, and you swap curlers to change direction. It’s the dupe our Dyson Airwrap review names, and our Shark FlexStyle review agrees: if curls are the whole reason you’re shopping and you style several times a week, the Dyson is still the one.

2. Dyson Supersonic dupe: Laifen Swift

The current Dyson Supersonic Nural has three speed settings and four heat settings, plus a set of styling attachments. Its headline feature is Scalp protect mode: when it’s switched on, a sensor measures the distance to your head and lowers the heat as the dryer gets closer. Dyson says the dryer also learns the settings you prefer with each attachment.

The Laifen Swift copies the core idea, not the extras. It has a brushless motor that spins at up to 110,000 rpm, hot, warm and cold settings, a magnetic nozzle and a weight under one pound without the cord. You don’t get the scalp sensor or the attachment memory, and the base model ships with a single smoothing nozzle, so check what’s in the box before you buy. Our Dyson Supersonic review picks the Laifen as the dupe for the same reason: it gets you fast drying, with what Laifen calls smart temperature control, for about a quarter of the money.

3. Dyson Supersonic Nural dupe: Shark SpeedStyle Pro

If the scalp feature is what draws you to the Supersonic Nural, the Laifen won’t scratch that itch. This one might.

The Shark SpeedStyle Pro has a button Shark calls Scalp Shield, which adjusts the air temperature to protect your scalp when you activate it. Dyson’s version works from a distance sensor instead, so the two aren’t the same thing. Shark also says the dryer measures and regulates temperature 1,000 times a second and doesn’t exceed 230°F, and that it adjusts heat and airflow to suit each attachment. It’s a 1,750-watt dryer with three attachments in the box: a finishing tool, a smoothing brush and a concentrator. The version linked here is the bundle Shark sells for straight and wavy hair, also labeled fine to medium. It costs less than a third of what the Dyson does.

4. Dyson Airstrait dupe: Shark SilkiPro

The Dyson Airstrait dries and straightens wet hair with air alone. There are no hot plates. Dyson says the air leaves the arms at a 45-degree angle to create tension, and sensors in the arms regulate its temperature up to 30 times a second.

The Shark SilkiPro does the same wet-to-straight job at about 40 percent of the price, but it isn’t built the same way. It pairs high-velocity air with ceramic plates, which Shark says are heat-monitored 1,000 times a second, and it comes with three interchangeable combs. It has wet and dry modes, and Shark says it works as a standalone flat iron on dry hair. So it’s similar in purpose and different in method. If the reason you want an Airstrait is that nothing hot touches your hair, the Shark doesn’t give you that. Our Dyson Airstrait review names the SilkiPro as the closest cheaper option.

5. Dyson Airsmooth dupe: Shark Glossi

The Dyson Airsmooth Styling Brush is a blow-dry brush for taking hair from wet to dry and smooth in one step. It has a teardrop-shaped head, bristles that diffuse the airflow, a weight of 1.4 pounds and universal voltage for travel.

The Shark Glossi 2-in-1 Blow Dryer Brush costs a little under half as much and is also a wet-to-dry brush with a tapered barrel for getting close to the roots. It weighs a bit more, at 1.63 pounds. The difference in design: the Glossi has a heated ceramic comb built in, which Shark says you can use on dry hair to refresh a style between washes. Dyson’s brush works with airflow and bristles, with no heated comb. The Glossi runs on 120 volts, so it’s the weaker travel pick. If you’re still deciding whether a blow-dry brush is your tool at all, our blow-drying guide covers where a hot-air brush fits next to a dryer and a round brush.

6. Dyson Corrale dupe: ghd Unplugged

The Dyson Corrale is a cordless flat iron with plates that flex. Dyson describes them as a manganese copper alloy that shapes around the hair to gather it. Dyson says it gives up to 30 minutes of cord-free styling and a full recharge in 70 minutes.

This is the loosest match on the page. The ghd Unplugged is a cordless 1-inch flat iron that’s sold as a travel iron, and it costs a little over half as much. What it shares with the Corrale is the cord-free format. Dyson says the Corrale is the only straightener with flexing plates, so don’t expect those here, and the saving is the smallest on this page. If cordless isn’t the point for you, a corded iron costs less again; our ghd Platinum+ review covers that side.

When the expensive one is still worth it

When you use it constantly. A tool you pick up four mornings a week pays back differently from one that lives in a drawer. The Dyson is also the right call when the specific feature is the reason you want it: the Airwrap’s timed curl sequence, the Supersonic Nural’s distance sensor, the Airstrait’s plate-free design, the Corrale’s flexing plates. None of the dupes copy those. If heat is your worry with any of these, a cheaper tool plus a good protectant goes a long way, and our heat protectant guide explains what to look for.

If I Were You

• If you want curls without a curling iron, I’d buy the Shark FlexStyle first and upgrade to the Airwrap only if you’re still using it in two months.
• If you only ever blow-dry, I’d skip the multi-stylers and get the Laifen Swift.
• If your scalp is sensitive to heat, I’d choose between the Shark SpeedStyle Pro and the Supersonic Nural, and pay for the Dyson only if you want it to adjust on its own.
• If you blow-dry and then flat-iron most weeks, I’d try the Shark SilkiPro, unless plate-free styling is the whole appeal. Then it’s the Airstrait or nothing.
• If you want a smooth blowout with one hand, I’d get the Shark Glossi, and the Airsmooth if you travel abroad with your tools.
• If you need a cordless iron for a bag or a trip, I’d pick the ghd Unplugged and keep a corded iron at home.

Bottom line

Dyson’s tools are good, and the gap between them and the copies has narrowed. Start with the Shark FlexStyle or the Laifen Swift, because those two sit closest to the originals for the least money. Buy the Dyson when a feature only Dyson has is the thing you’d use every week.