nl,
i know you gotta do whats good for you, but i think you and others who are looking into getting a freestanding dryer, should really look at what vslady pointed out earlier in this post. the pibbs inst that much diff in price once you factor in your ship+handeling, plus if something goes wrong with your dryer, it is probably likely it will be shipped back at your expense. i had a free standing dryer other than the pibbs not so long ago, and i took it back not once but twice. it was a hassle and a pain in the neck. im not saying there are no free standing dryers that i like . i do like some, like the ionic and tourmaline dryers that have been talked about in that other thread here, i like the way it sets the hair and the shine it seems to infuse in it, but in general the pibbs is the best of them in terms of being able to stand the test of time, not to mention it gets the job done quickly. in that other thread some of the ladies have complained that after the yr mark that tourmaline dryer isnt getting hot any more ect.... in my case the shop owner that i got my free standing dryer from was an honest man ALHUMDULLILAH!(this is not typical these days) and even though i had had the dryer for quite some time he changed it for me twice, and still when i didnt like it after that he got the 514 pibbs for me and he only charged me 28 dollars more than what i paid for the original free standing dryer, which was $161. all together it was $189. no other taxes ect... since i have had this dryer i havent had any problems with it and i see a big difference btween this one and the last one i had. at the time i bought the last one it was time to get a new dryer, becaue i wanted to do better dc for myself than what i had been doing. so anyhow i didnt get the pibbs 512 because i didnt want to wait for ship and handel,( i know that sounds so bad/impatient) but its the truth. i said to myself why wait for that when i can walk out of the store with one that is just as good. i was wrong! big time! anyhow, due to the honesty and the kindness of the shop owner i got a better price than even the pibbs deal on this website was going for, and all in all the pibbs is by far the better choice. i will say honestly that the pibbs dryer has a smaller mouth than the other dryer had, so if you have bookoo hair and big ole rollers you may find a lil difficulty in comparrison to the other free standing dryers. but then again i have seen ladys in the beauty salons that i used to frequent with hair from here to there and those woman rolled them up and got them under those pibbs dryers just fine. its all up to you of course but, i encourage you to just look at those numbers before you get that other dryer, you will most likely find that even with the warranty its not worth the time money or effort/head ache it may cause you in the long run.
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