12volt hairdryers

[Carefree]

hi everyone,
any thoughts and ideas for using a 12volt hairdryers when not able to plug into the mains?
thank you

 

[Ivory55]

Don’t bother

 

[Richard n Ann]

Most people say they're crap so I never bothered for Ann.

 

[Carefree]

guess it will be an 'Au natururelle' look then

 

[Tombola]

dont get hot enough, better sticking your hair out the window

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[Sapper520]

guess it will be an 'Au natururelle' look then

Not thinking, I thought it would be a good idea to add one to our kit in the van…….for my wife that is.

After trying it once, she said ’Bin it, totally useless’.

 

[bigwood]

Management has enough trouble remembering to pack a hair brush unlike our daughter taking hairdryer, straightener thing and curling tongs to Australia.

 

[Mr Colpot]

We had one - great for cooling you down on a hot day but not much else.

 

[Ivory55]

Hair dryer equals EHU or a generator

 

[gpat]

Absolutely useless unless you are Kojak

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[maz]

Hair dryer equals EHU or a generator

Or an inverter - which is how I run a low wattage hair dryer.

 

[Ivory55]

Or an inverter - which is how I run a low wattage hair dryer.

The other half has a 3 phase one. Haha

 

[Sapper520]

The other half has a 3 phase one. Haha

I don’t even need a comb.

 

[KiwiKampers]

This issue has come up before and the general consensus was that 12v hairdryers are useless.
However, the following is what I recommended the last time we discussed how to avoid looking like you’ve come through a hedge backwards.

I use these Hair Styla USB hair straighteners. Wash and dry hair, then run your locks through the straighteners several times and they style adequately. Obviously, not as good as GHDs or probably the Dyson, but as these only cost me the equivalent of about £25 I am more than happy not to look like a happy camper. They recharge within about 20-minutes.

 

[gpat]

Or an inverter - which is how I run a low wattage hair dryer.

where do you find the low wattage hairdryer. been looking for one for years

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[jockaneezer]

I think some folks stick a "Hoover" type vacuum pipe into one of their Truma blown air outlets and use that ?

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

hi everyone,
any thoughts and ideas for using a 12volt hairdryers when not able to plug into the mains?
thank you

Use the 12 v to open a window while your driving and stick your head out

 

[JnJ]

I have a small folding travel hairdryer bought from Argos years ago. It uses 600w on low setting and 1200w on high, I usually only use it in winter if we are on a hook up though. If desperate I could use it on low via the inverter but so far have never bothered. I also have a Babyliss gas hair tong which I sometimes use to dry damp hair.

 

[maz]

where do you find the low wattage hairdryer. been looking for one for years

I use this one but an older version at 800w. It’s remarkably good.

I have one of the 1200w ones as a spare, which is still fine with a 1500w inverter.

Both of them have a dual speed setting so probably don’t use 800/1200w on the low setting, but I’ve never measured it.

 

[nicholsong]

I think some folks stick a "Hoover" type vacuum pipe into one of their Truma blown air outlets and use that ?

I have been playing with that idea for a while but have not found the right fitting to insert in the outlet.

Can anybody point me to one please.

Geoff

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[Guigsy]

Not great for styling, but sit in the cab with the A/C on. It dries out the air, so your barnet dries pretty quickly.

 

[Sapper520]

I have been playing with that idea for a while but have not found the right fitting to insert in the outlet.

Can anybody point me to one please.

Geoff

Yer right…..

 

[jockaneezer]

I have been playing with that idea for a while but have not found the right fitting to insert in the outlet.

Can anybody point me to one please.

Geoff

I wonder if someone on here could 3D print you an adapter ?

 

[Guigsy]

I wonder if someone on here could 3D print you an adapter ?

Just as a side note. PLA and PTEG will not work... I 3d printed a clip to join two bits of heating pipe. It went floppy.

60mm air heating duct joint by GuigsyUK

I moved my Propex HS2000 heater in my campervan and needed to duct the air a bit further. Turns out that Propex only sell their 60mm (internal diameter) duct pipes in 1m lengths and the joints cost quite a bit.I'll be amazed if anyone else needs this.

www.thingiverse.com

 

[B-well]

BE VERY CAREFUL

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[peterc10]

where do you find the low wattage hairdryer. been looking for one for years

Wife uses a 1200W travel hairdryer every 3 or 4 days when we are away. Bought from Argos for about a tenner. It works fine on our reasonably cheap 2000W modified sine wave inverter. We have 250W of solar with an MPPT controller and 2 x 90Ah habitation batteries. Usually takes 3 or 4 hours to recharge the batteries to full.

 

[pw9crab]

We have 3000/6000 inverter works toaster and wife’s hair dryer a treat also charge phone laptops