T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
- Leaves hair soft, smooth and shiny. Doesn’t hurt hair like other blow dryers.
- Closes the cuticle layer to protect hair
- Eliminates frizzy, “blow dried” look
- Negative ions add moisture and luster.
- Comes complete with removable filter and screen, 2 speed settings + cool shot and ionized concentrator.
The most advanced professional hair dryer available. Made of 100% crushed Tourmaline jewels. Powerful 1800 watt motor yet super-lightweight at 13oz. Generates Tourmaline negative ions and infrared heat technolgy for 60% quicker drying. The only dry with a right ceramic heater coil.
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List Price: $ 200.00
Price: $ 109.99
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Review by Rara for T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
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I like the product. Though, having bought it from Amazon.com, T3 will not allow me to register my product for future warranty since they claim Amazon.com is not an authorized dealer. For such an expensive every day product, a warranty would be nice to have in case anything were to go incorrect. I received an email from T3 and a call back both confirming that they do not consider Amazon.com an authorized dealer. When I called Amazon, they had by no means heard of such a thing. Amazon.com offered to exchange my featherweight tourmaline dryer with another but that did not resolve my issue. I cannot get my T3 Tourmaline Featherweight 83808 hair dryer covered by T3′s warranty since it was bought through Amazon.com.
Review by Reviewer for T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
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After being swayed by the reveiws here and getting wise to the warranty situation, I made a point of purchasing this product in a nearby beauty supply store who is an authorized seller and plotting I was getting a bargain at $125. I bought it in the hopes of taming the huge, round, coarse frizzball sitting on my head.
Let me note for the skeptical that the product was groundbreaking new, unopened in the box and in obvious mint condition. It is an authentic T3 hairdryer. Yes, it dried quicker, but left a noticeably dull, dry end and seemed to strip my hair of it lustre. Not only that but I couldn’t get the ends of my hair to lie straight after they had already shriveled up in the quick drying process, and the more I struggled with the ends the more flyaway my hair became. And it appears to be MORE voluminous than ever – larger and puffier and with the same amount of frizz, only duller looking.
I immediately plugged it out and plugged in my ancient, falling apart Babyliss Carerra (non-ionic) dryer and afer a few minutes managed to get the ends straight and see some lustre return. I agree completely with the reviewer who made the comment about losing the healthy shine.
I only hope I can get my money back. I will certainly try.
UPDATE – Comparison of T3 Tourmaline to less expensive Babyliss ProTT
though I couldn’t get my money back, I exchanged the T3 for a Babyliss ProTT 3000 Tourmaline dryer (I’d have stayed away from Tourmaline ionic infrared marks but apparently it’s all the rage and very hard to find a nice lowtech one that doesn’t incorporate this technology).
Like the T3, the Babyliss is also really lightweight, dries as quick or quicker than the T3, and has the added benefit of more heat settings – counting medium, low, and high, as well as a cool shot, whereas the T3 only offers a high heat and low heat. The Babyliss has 1900 watts and the T3 has 1800. There are various models of the Bablyiss tourmaline, but this model was at the lower end of the price range at $89, and you can get it on Amazon for about $20 less.
It is for the above reasons and others I’m about to detail that it is a superior product to the T3. Not only does it cost much less but the Babyliss gave my hair a soft, lustrous, shiny smooth luster and healthy texture, and did not leave it looking dried out and fried as the T3 did.
That said, I still experienced the same problem w/the Babyliss as with the T3- it gives too much volume to my small, thick choppy layered hair and doesn’t allow me to straighten it at any heat setting. What I saved in drying time (straightforwardly fifteen minutes without sweating and straining my arm) I paid for dearly in styling time to try to get the full balloon-y volume to cool down and get the ends to lay flat.
In sum, I would strongly recommend saving your money on the T3 and buying the Babyliss if you want to see not merely identical but significantly improved functionality and performance over the more expensive T3 dryer. Yet I would still be less likely to recommend this or any other tourmaline-infused infrared dryer for people with very thick, voluminous hair that they want to take the poof out of and make straight, as that will likely not happen with this or similar units. As a final but very significant note on performance – the Babyliss toned down my frizz (and it’s a very rainy day today) by nearly 100 percent! Also I noticed very few dry flyaways as compared to the T3.
In sum, the Babyliss ProTT is an brilliant product, a much better choice than the T3. It is more economical, offers greater functionality and superior performance.
Review by Conspicuous Consumer for T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
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I first saw this hair dryer on a TV show talking about beauty products used by the stars. Then I noticed my hairdresser had switched to this brand. His observations were the same as mine. If you take a lot of time drying hair and the weight of the dryer is an issue, this is a very excellent buy. But your hair will be no shinier or softer than with other dryers.
Review by M. DuBuc for T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
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I had a problem with the warranty (see below for original review). I contacted Amazon and they said they will honor the warranty even if the manufacturer wouldn’t. Way to go Amazon!
This is from the email I received from Amazon:
“Thank you for writing to Amazon.com with your concern.
I’m sorry for the inconvenience that you have experienced with this order.
Rest assured that we will honor the terms of the warranty for this product, even if the manufacturer does not.
Thanks for shopping at Amazon.com.”
This is my orginal review:
I like the dryer, though there is a problem with the warranty. When I tried to register it online with Tourmaline, this is the response I got:
“Thank you for contacting T3 Micro, Inc. the Originator of the professional Tourmaline Hair Dryers and other professional grade equipment for hair styling professionals. T3 Micro strives to maintain the highest standard of build quality, consistency and ease of use. To ensure the quality and authenticity of T3 Micro’s products, our products are only available through authorized professional and retail dealers. As such, T3 Micro will only guaranty the authenticity of T3 Micro’s products when bought through an authorized dealer.
Unfortunately we are unable to process your registration and warranty since we are unable to verify that your product was bought through an authorized dealer.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you though, as stated above, T3 Micro believes that maintaining the highest level of quality and consistency of its products is of paramount importance. We invite you to visit one of our authorized dealers for a demonstration of our line of authentic professional T3 Micro products.
If you still have bonus questions or comments please contact our Customer Service Department via email at info@t3tourmaline.com or by telephone at (888) 340-8880.
T3 Micro, Inc.”
Review by Jennifer C. Abuaita for T3 Tourmaline 83808 Professional Featherweight Ceramic Ionic Hair Dryer
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I recently bought this item with fantastic hopes. It is a excellent hairdryer BUT…imagine my surprise when T3 Micro Inc. refused to honor the warranty since I bought this item from amazon.com. Their response to me and I quote…”We cannont guarantee the authenticity of this item and our generous warranty would not be viable if if we couldn’t verify the shipping and handing of our products. Hurt can be incurred as these items pass through many hands. To protect ourselves and our customers, we want a preside over line from our factory to our distributor (amazon is not approved evidently).” Stephen Gwin, T3Micro Inc. steve@t3tourmaline.com” This thing goes on to suggest that Amazon should guarantee their product!! I reckon that paying $150 for a hairdryer and then being told that amazon.com is not an acceptable vendor of their product is absurd. Why are their products being sold on a signal website such as Amazon if they will not guarantee them. This is completely unacceptable. I am mad at this company and will NEVER PURCHASE FROM THEM AGAIN. I also have been letting all my girlfriends and collegues know about this situation so they don’t make the same mistake. LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!!