hair dryer

[dreadnought]

hi all,me and the mrs are going to cc later in the year,fingers crossed,she asked me about having a hair dryer i thought no probs but its not that easy,they are quite power hungry,so i was wondering what other boaters  use or could recommend ,tia cheers

[Hudds Lad]

a towel and natural air temp

[Rob-M]

My wife has a lowish power hair dryer but only uses it when the engine is running.

[Alan de Enfield]

3 minutes ago, dreadnought said:

hi all,me and the mrs are going to cc later in the year,fingers crossed,she asked me about having a hair dryer i thought no probs but its not that easy,they are quite power hungry,so i was wondering what other boaters  use or could recommend ,tia cheers

Head out of the window and ful throttle.

[dor]

My wife uses a 700 W  "travel hairdryer".  Whilst it draws quite a bit of power, it is only on for a short while so doesn't impact much on the batteries.  She usually checks with me that it is ok to use, which it normally is.

[BEngo]

Mine has a full scale 2 kW jobbie that would double as a jet engine starter.  It only gets flashed up when the built in gennie is going.

N

[Sea Dog]

My long-haired Admiral has a Vidal Sassoon hot air styling brush, less than 20 quid from Boots, which draws 185 watts iirc. It does a pretty decent job of finishing drying and styling partly dried hair. She also has straighteners that draw so little I can't remember - maybe 55w?  Both of these I'm happy to be used from the batteries.

 

She has a regular hair dryer for use when we're cruising or on shore supply.

Edited January 4, 2021 by Sea Dog

[cuthound]

My wife uses a travel hairdryer with the enginev running, followed by gas powered hair tongs.

 

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[Jen-in-Wellies]

Buy a boat with an air cooled Lister engine and stick your head in front of the hot air outlet duct? ?

[mrsmelly]

1 hour ago, dreadnought said:

hi all,me and the mrs are going to cc later in the year,fingers crossed,she asked me about having a hair dryer i thought no probs but its not that easy,they are quite power hungry,so i was wondering what other boaters  use or could recommend ,tia cheers

This is an easy one. My first wife needed hairdryers and nail varnish and crap like that so I traded her in for the present model. She's is a little older but more robust and doesn't need rubbish like hairdryers. Do it now it will save you time and grief in the long run. 

[dmr]

Gillie has a big jobbie that can just about run on the TravelPower if we turn everything else off. Its rarely used. I have a smaller cheaper mains one for drying out the bilge and floorboards after any spillages/leaks etc. The dog has a zip up toweling bag that she gets put in after a shower.

 

As mentioned above, a "styling brush" by Braun etc is the way to go. These are dead cheap and work well on not much power so are fine on an inverter, they are a sort of electrically heated hair brush. The only problem is that they are only good for hair, they have no engineering purpose, and everything on a boat should do at least two things.?

 

.........Dave

[MoominPapa]

Hairdryers can be heavy on POWER, but they're not big ENERGY users because they are typically used infrequently for short periods. Supplying the Angry Pixies for a 24 hour period of laptop or fridge use is much more difficult than for a hairdryer.  Just buy a hairdryer whose power rating is a bit smaller than your inverter, or buy an inverter that's a bit bigger than you chosen hairdryer - simples.

 

MP.

 

 

[Wizzer]

Low heat setting and high fan speed is the solution we have come up with. It seems to satisfy those who need it.

 

We still run the engine tho just to be on the safe side.

[roland elsdon]

22 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Buy a boat with an air cooled Lister engine and stick your head in front of the hot air outlet duct? ?

Yes. Other uses include, getting dough to rise, saving heating in autumn, and drying clothes.

The mild aroma of hot oil is the only drawback, or when your fluorescent cycling top lands in the bilge. 

[TheBiscuits]

23 hours ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Buy a boat with an air cooled Lister engine and stick your head in front of the hot air outlet duct? ?

 

You may jest, but I have been telling MrsBiscuit I will fit a long narrow hose to the Webasto AirTop so she can have a diesel powered hairdryer.  For nearly seven years now ... it's a rush job!

[Jen-in-Wellies]

5 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

You may jest, but I have been telling MrsBiscuit I will fit a long narrow hose to the Webasto AirTop so she can have a diesel powered hairdryer.  For nearly seven years now ... it's a rush job!

Should I say this?

Use an Ecofan as a hair dryer.

[Bee]

There are such things as 12 volt hair dryers. Considerably less useful than a chocolate teapot. Suppose you could try putting 24 volts through one.

[TheBiscuits]

Just now, Bee said:

There are such things as 12 volt hair dryers. Considerably less useful than a chocolate teapot. Suppose you could try putting 24 volts through one.

 

They run a lot hotter with 240V through them, just not for very long. 

 

[Bee]

Just now, TheBiscuits said:

 

They run a lot hotter with 240V through them, just not for very long. 

 

I think if you did that you'd have a short lived handwarmer

[system 4-50]

40 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

Use an Ecofan as a hair dryer.

too dangerous.

Edited January 5, 2021 by system 4-50

[john6767]

My wife uses a hair dryer via the inverter.  I don’t see it as a big issue as it is not used for very long.

[GUMPY]

4 hours ago, Wizzer said:

Low heat setting and high fan speed is the solution we have come up with. It seems to satisfy those who need it.

Depends on the dryer.

Some just switch a diode in which shorts out one half of the sine wave many inverters get very shirty when you do this.

On 04/01/2021 at 12:10, dreadnought said:

hi all,me and the mrs are going to cc later in the year,fingers crossed,she asked me about having a hair dryer i thought no probs but its not that easy,they are quite power hungry,so i was wondering what other boaters  use or could recommend ,tia cheers

C uses a Wazor travel dryer rated at 900w works well, in fact she uses the same one at home.

This one but its out of stock

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wazor-Hairdryer-Lightweight-Powerful-Attachment/dp/B01D8EQRLK

This one is similar

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lightweight-Travel-Including-Diffuser-Concentrator/dp/B089SWPDH1

 

Edited January 5, 2021 by Loddon

[Onewheeler]

Head in front of the exhaust, dangling from the gunwhales. Or a number 2 all over.

Edited January 5, 2021 by Onewheeler

[Machpoint005]

16 minutes ago, Onewheeler said:

Or a number 2 all over.

 

Beat me by 16 minutes - well done.

 

 

[TheBiscuits]

20 minutes ago, Onewheeler said:

number 2 all over.

 

That gives more of a brylcreem look than dry hair ...