Dyson is releasing a brand new Airwrap, and it’s the very best one but. Have we mentioned this earlier than? Sure (4 instances within the final seven years). Can we imply it? In fact.

This time, although, the variations are clear. Many people needed to research the modifications between fashions to actually admire the model’s efforts to enhance an already beloved system. The bottom has a distinct form, and also you’ll actually really feel the modifications to its motor in your face. And people are simply our first impressions. Forward, we dive into the Co-anda 2x—the strongest, quickest, and completely totally different Airwrap.

The Dyson Airwraps, up to now

A refresher: Dyson first launched the Airwrap Full again in 2018, altering the best way we fashion our hair. With six attachments and a base designed across the coanda impact (an aerodynamic phenomenon the place high-velocity air causes transferring objects, on this case, hair, to connect to a close-by curved floor), styling novices like me may obtain a bouncy, long-lasting, fresh-from-the-salon blowout at dwelling. Execs may work even quicker and extra seamlessly with the varied attachments and pack lighter when touring domestically.

However whereas it was racking up accolades (together with a number of Attract Better of Magnificence Awards), Dyson was quietly working to additional enhance the styler. Over time, we noticed a slew of latest attachments (together with much-needed longer barrels and a diffuser for curly and coily hair). Final yr, the Airwrap I.D. hit the market with newly added Bluetooth functionality (so it might hook up with the MyDyson app) and much more attachments, making the Airwrap suitable with a whopping 19 heads. It was additionally made obtainable as two totally different kits: one for curly and/or coily hair, and one for straight or wavy hair.

Now, Dyson is releasing the Coanda 2X within the US on July 8. (It was beforehand obtainable solely in Korea.) Forward, three Attract editors test-drive the brand new system.

What makes the Dyson Airwrap Co-anda 2x totally different from its predecessors?

The Airwrap Co-anda 2x is the primary iteration with seen modifications to its base. It’s now oval-shaped, making it extra ergonomic. It’s additionally 24 grams lighter than the Airwrap I.D. (so it’s much less of an arm exercise to fashion your strands).

Internally, the Co-anda 2x is supplied with Hyperdymium 2, a brand new, extra highly effective motor. This motor “doubles the air stress with out rising noise,” says Fred Howe, a Dyson engineer. (That’s the “2x” within the identify.)

Howe provides that the Airwrap has been up to date to enhance general efficiency: “In use with the brand new attachments, it dries as quick as a full-performance hair dryer, has stronger Co-anda airflow for higher hair wrapping and curling energy, and may create straighter kinds.”

Its six attachments embody the completely new AirSmooth 2x, which my colleague, affiliate magnificence director Sarah Kinonen, likens to the Airstrait. It frivolously clamps down on hair to ship rigidity and airflow to dried hair, straightening it with much less frizz. It additionally consists of updates to current attachments, just like the spherical brush.