# Dyson Supersonic r

- Source: https://stierproducts.com/products/dyson-supersonic-r
- Category board: https://stierproducts.com/categories/hair-dryers
- Placement: #10 of 16 in Hair Dryers, C tier
- Brand: Dyson
- LP on this board: 382
- Last researched: 2026-09-03T21:26:40.924Z
- Method: https://stierproducts.com/methodology
- Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22062813 - every board at once, one dated snapshot per release, same licence, prices and photographs left out
- Reuse: Text, rankings, tier assignments, LP values and verdicts are free to quote and reuse with attribution to stierproducts and a link to the source URL (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.

## Verdict

Superb hardware in a niche body. Most buyers are better served by the Nural at similar money.

## For

- Excellent motor and excellent warranty
- Very light body with pro-focused ergonomics

## Against

- Niche and high-priced; most households should buy the Nural or original instead
- Newer, so its durability record is short

## Flagged as one to avoid

This product entered 2 of 6 runs as one buyers cross-shop but should not buy, rather than as a pick. It is published here rather than dropped.

## Evidence

Consolidated from 7 independent outlets

| Outlet | Said by | Stance | Link | Link status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| joey6ladez | joey6ladez | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AfYLp31q1k | fetched and confirmed |
| Kathleen Benjamin | Kathleen Benjamin | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZv_QBHkwPk | fetched and confirmed |
| Zarissa LeBlanc | Zarissa LeBlanc | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ty61oG05s | fetched and confirmed |
| Hair Romance | Hair Romance | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNhTTYqGYnE | fetched and confirmed |
| QVCUK | QVCUK | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgGhu01tXqY | fetched and confirmed |
| Best Buy | Best Buy | B | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrq-48abxAk | fetched and confirmed |
| British Vogue | Hannah Coates | B | https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/best-hair-dryer | fetched and confirmed |

## Nearest alternatives on this board

| Rank | Product | Tier | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 | Laifen Swift Special | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/laifen-swift-special |
| 6 | T3 AireLuxe | B | https://stierproducts.com/products/t3-aireluxe |
| 7 | ghd Helios | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/ghd-helios |
| 8 | BaBylissPRO Nano Titanium Dryer | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/babylisspro-nano-titanium-dryer |
| 9 | Dyson Airwrap i.d. | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/dyson-airwrap-i-d |
| 11 | Shark FlexStyle | C | https://stierproducts.com/products/shark-flexstyle |
| 12 | L'Oréal Professionnel AirLight Pro | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/l-or-al-professionnel-airlight-pro |
| 13 | Conair InfinitiPRO SmoothWrap | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/conair-infinitipro-smoothwrap |
| 14 | Hot Tools Professional 24K Gold One-Step Blowout | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/hot-tools-professional-24k-gold-one-step-blowout |
| 15 | Revlon One-Step Volumizer | F | https://stierproducts.com/products/revlon-one-step-volumizer |

The full board is at https://stierproducts.com/categories/hair-dryers.

## What this tier means

- C: Fair. Acceptable in the right situation, outclassed at its price.

## How to read this

- Each category is researched in four independent runs, one per lens (expert consensus, value, reliability, community pulse). Every run ranks a board of candidates that deliberately includes products buyers cross-shop but should avoid. Placements score on a ranked ladder (LP), and tiers are derived from LP, so no tier is ever assigned by hand.
- LP is this product's points on its own category ladder. It is comparable within a category and not across categories.
- Link status reports what our pre-publication link check found when it fetched the cited URL. It says nothing about the quality of the review.
- A citation with no usable link is listed rather than dropped, and is excluded from the counted total above.

## Image

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Product photographs are not covered: they belong to their respective owners and are reproduced to illustrate the product being reviewed. Do not redistribute them under this licence.