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Dyson Supersonic Nural
A 1,600 W dryer with a distance sensor that turns heat down near the scalp, five magnetic attachments and a $449.99 list price
Scored on the published rubric, from documentation, pricing and verified user reports.
Best for: People who dry their hair most days, want the heat managed for them near the scalp, and are willing to pay roughly twice the price of a comparable 1,600 W dryer for sensors and a two-year warranty.
Verdict
The Dyson Supersonic Nural is the current Supersonic sold in the United States, and the headline change from the original is a set of sensors rather than more power. The spec sheet on dyson.com, checked October 16, 2026, lists 1,600 W, 13.3 litres per second of airflow, four heat and three speed settings plus a cold shot, an 8.6 ft cable and 1.8 lb. Scalp protect mode uses a time-of-flight sensor to lower air temperature as the dryer gets closer to your head; Pause detect cuts the heater when you set it down; Attachment learning remembers the settings you last used with each of the five magnetic attachments. The list price is $449.99 with a 2-year limited warranty. This is a documentation review built from Dyson's product and specification pages and the verified-owner ratings shown there, not from use. On that evidence it is the most carefully engineered consumer dryer we have read a spec sheet for, and also one of the most expensive. The value score is where the price shows: a 1,600 W motor is not rare, and the extra money buys sensors and attachments, not wattage.
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Where it is strong
- Scalp protect mode lowers air temperature automatically as the dryer nears the head, using a time-of-flight distance sensor, per the product page checked October 16, 2026
- Five magnetic attachments in the box: Wave+Curl diffuser, Styling concentrator, Gentle air attachment, Flyaway attachment and Wide-tooth comb
- Four heat settings, three speeds and a dedicated cold shot button, listed on the specification table
- 1.8 lb with an 8.6 ft cable, which is long for a consumer dryer
- Pause detect cuts the heater and drops airflow when the dryer is set down, with a stated 240 ms delay so brief pauses do not trigger it
- 2-year limited warranty and a 30-day money-back return window on dyson.com
Where it falls short
- $449.99 list price for 1,600 W; the Shark FlexStyle lists the same wattage at $349.99 and was on sale for $229.99 when checked
- Dyson does not publish a drying-time figure or a noise figure on the US product page
- Attachments from older Supersonic dryers fit but do not work with Attachment learning, per Dyson's FAQ
- The landing page showed an out-of-stock notice with a notify-me form for at least one colour on the day we checked
- Monthly filter cleaning is recommended by Dyson, which is more maintenance than a basic dryer asks for
At a glance
| Power | 1,600 W at 120 V |
|---|---|
| Airflow | 13.3 l/s (about 28 CFM, editorial conversion) |
| Heat and speed settings | 4 heat, 3 speed, plus cold shot |
| Weight | 1.8 lb |
| Cable length | 8.6 ft |
| Dimensions | 10 in high, 4 in long, 3.1 in wide |
| Attachments included | 5 (Wave+Curl diffuser, Styling concentrator, Gentle air, Flyaway, Wide-tooth comb) |
| Warranty | 2-year limited |
| List price | $449.99 (dyson.com, October 16, 2026) |
| Pricing note | $449.99 list price on dyson.com for the Supersonic Nural with five attachments; 2-year limited warranty; free shipping over $50 and 0% APR financing over 6 months offered at checkout (product page, checked October 16, 2026) |
What the Dyson Supersonic Nural actually is
The Supersonic Nural is a 1,600 W handheld dryer with the motor in the handle and a hollow ring where the heater would normally sit. Dyson calls the ring's air amplification Air Multiplier technology and states it triples the airflow drawn in by the motor.
The Nural suffix refers to a sensor set added in 2024. There are three sensors that matter: a time-of-flight infrared sensor that measures distance to your head, a Hall sensor that reads a magnetic ID in each attachment, and an accelerometer that detects when the dryer stops moving.
Each sensor drives one feature. Scalp protect mode reduces air temperature as the dryer gets closer to your hair. Attachment learning recalls the last heat and speed you used with a given attachment. Pause detect switches the heater off and lowers airflow when you set the dryer down.
The product page we read on October 16, 2026 lists the Nural as the current Supersonic for the US market, alongside a smaller Supersonic travel model. The original, sensor-free Supersonic is no longer the headline dryer on dyson.com. How we grade is set out on our editorial policy page.
Who the Supersonic Nural is best for
On the documentation, this dryer suits a specific buyer rather than everyone who dries their hair.
- Daily blow-dryers with fine or colour-treated hair who want heat managed near the scalp without watching a temperature dial
- People who switch attachments mid-routine, since the dryer remembers the settings for each one
- Curly and coily hair owners who want a diffuser with two modes and a wide-tooth comb in the box rather than sold separately
- Anyone who sets the dryer down often while sectioning, because Pause detect removes the hot nozzle on the counter problem
- Buyers who weigh warranty and returns heavily: 2 years and 30 days respectively from dyson.com
- Who should skip it: anyone shopping on price per watt, anyone who needs dual voltage for travel, and anyone whose real goal is curling or straightening rather than drying
What is in the box and what costs extra
The US product page lists five attachments in the box for the standard Supersonic Nural: the Wave+Curl diffuser, Styling concentrator, Gentle air attachment, Flyaway attachment and Wide-tooth comb. All five are magnetic and carry the ID that Attachment learning reads.
Dyson publishes default presets for each. The Gentle air attachment and Wide-tooth comb default to high heat and high flow, the Styling concentrator to high heat and medium flow, the Wave+Curl diffuser to medium heat and medium flow, and the Flyaway attachment to low heat and high flow.
Nothing else is required. A presentation case and a stand are sold separately through the accessories page; we did not read prices for those on the day we checked, so we do not quote them.
Older Supersonic attachments fit the Nural with one exception, the Wide-tooth comb, per Dyson's FAQ. They work as attachments but the dryer cannot recognise them, so Attachment learning does nothing with them.
How the pricing is structured
The list price on dyson.com was $449.99 on October 16, 2026, read from the product data on the colour variant page. There is one price for the standard dryer regardless of colour; special edition colours appear from time to time at the same list price.
Dyson's checkout offers 0% APR financing over six months on qualifying purchases, free shipping on orders of $50 or more, and a 30-day money-back guarantee on machines bought direct. Refurbished units are final sale.
For context, the Shark FlexStyle lists the same 1,600 W at $349.99 and was marked down to $229.99 when we read sharkninja.com the same day. The Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus page lists no price at all. We summarise all of the current prices on the comparisons index as reviews are published.
Dyson does not list a price for attachments sold individually on the product page, and we did not find a published out-of-warranty repair price. If either matters to you, ask Dyson support before buying.
Ease of use: what the score is built from
The 4.4 ease score rests on three documented behaviours. Attachment learning removes the step of resetting heat and speed each time you swap attachments. Pause detect means you can put the dryer down mid-section without switching it off. The capsule in the barrel changes colour from blue to red to show the current heat setting.
Against that, Dyson's FAQ notes that Scalp protect mode overrides your custom heat setting, so if you want Attachment learning to apply your own preset with the Gentle air attachment or Styling concentrator you have to switch Scalp protect off first. That is a real interaction cost.
Weight is 1.8 lb per the specification table. That is heavier than the 1.4 lb Dyson lists for the Airwrap i.d. body and heavier than the figure Shark gives in its marketing copy for the FlexStyle, which we discuss in that review.
The 8.6 ft cable is a genuine convenience: it reaches a mirror from an outlet across most bathrooms without an extension lead.
Features: the sensors are the whole story
On raw numbers the Supersonic Nural is a 1,600 W, 13.3 l/s dryer with four heats and three speeds. Converted by us, 13.3 litres per second is roughly 28 cubic feet per minute. Those figures are good but not unusual at this price.
The 4.6 features score comes from what the sensors do with that air. Scalp protect mode projects an infrared beam, measures distance, and lowers air temperature as the dryer gets closer, which Dyson says maintains a consistent scalp temperature. Dyson adds a footnote that in-use conditions may affect the pre-set temperature.
Intelligent heat control is carried over from the original Supersonic. Dyson states it monitors air temperature to prevent excessive heat damage and protect natural shine; the page does not give a measurement interval or a target temperature in degrees.
Negative ions to reduce static are listed in the specification table. The Wave+Curl diffuser's two modes and the Flyaway attachment's use of the Coanda effect to tuck short hairs under longer ones are the two attachment features Dyson spends the most page space on. We explain what the spec terms mean in our articles section.
Value: where the price shows
The value score is 3.3 and the reasoning is simple. You pay $449.99 for 1,600 W, five attachments, three sensors and a 2-year warranty. The wattage can be had for a quarter of the price elsewhere; the attachments and warranty are worth something; the sensors are the premium.
Whether that premium is worth roughly $200 over a Shark FlexStyle at list, or roughly $220 over it on sale, depends on how much you value having heat managed for you. Dyson does not publish a number for how much lower the air temperature gets in Scalp protect mode, so that benefit cannot be priced from the spec sheet.
What we can say is that nothing on the page suggests the dryer dries faster than a comparable 1,600 W machine. Dyson does not publish a drying-time claim on the US page, which is honest, but it also means speed is not what you are buying.
See all of our dryer and styler pages in the hair dryers and stylers topic.
Support, warranty and returns
Dyson lists a 2-year limited warranty on the US product page, a 30-day money-back guarantee for direct purchases with Dyson paying return shipping, and a helpline open Monday to Saturday. Digital support is stated as available 24 hours a day with most inquiries handled within two hours.
Return processing is stated at four to eight weeks, which is slow. Refurbished machines are final sale and get warranty service only.
The maintenance requirement is a monthly filter clean: remove the magnetic filter cage, wash it in warm soapy water for at least 30 minutes, rinse, dry, and wipe the filter itself with a dry cloth. Dyson publishes a video for this.
The support score of 4.3 reflects a clear warranty and return policy, with points off for the long return processing window and the lack of a published repair price.
What verified owners report
Dyson's own product page carries a Bazaarvoice ratings module. On October 16, 2026 it showed 4.9 out of 5 from 14,440 ratings, and 87% of reviewers saying they would recommend the dryer to a friend. On one variant page the module failed to load and showed a temporarily unavailable notice, so the count may be shared across colours.
These are ratings collected by the seller on the seller's site, so treat the headline number as a floor for satisfaction rather than an independent audit. Dyson labels some reviews as from verified purchasers and some as gifted; we did not count the split.
The recurring themes in the featured reviews are the three sensor features, which matches what the spec sheet emphasises. We did not find a complaint theme large enough to quote from the sample shown on the page.
We will add independent review-site figures when a source we can read publishes a count for this exact model.
Alternatives
Shark FlexStyle. Choose the FlexStyle if you want the same 1,600 W plus a rotating head that turns the dryer into a curler and brush system, at $349.99 list or $229.99 on sale when we checked. Otherwise choose the Supersonic Nural if you want a pure dryer with scalp-distance heat control and a longer cable.
Dyson Airwrap Co-anda2x. Choose the Airwrap if styling is the point: it lists 1,700 W, four heats, three speeds and a set of curling barrels, brushes and an air straightener at $749.99. Otherwise choose the Supersonic Nural if you mostly dry and occasionally diffuse.
Revlon One-Step Volumizer Plus. Choose the Revlon if a brush-shaped dryer for smooth blowouts is all you need and you want a 4-year warranty for far less money. Otherwise choose the Supersonic Nural for faster, attachment-based drying across hair types.
Our ranked list of dryers and stylers will appear in the guides index once the full set of reviews is live.
Bottom line
The Dyson Supersonic Nural is the best-documented consumer dryer we have read, and the documentation is the point: sensors that manage heat near the scalp, remember attachment settings and switch off when you set the dryer down. The 1,600 W motor is not what you pay for.
At $449.99 it earns 4.2 overall on our rubric, with value the weak leg. Buy it if daily drying with managed heat is your routine; skip it if a cheaper dryer or a multi-styler is the better match for what you actually do each morning. Read more about how we work on our about page.
Buy it if
- You dry your hair close to the scalp most days and want the temperature managed by a sensor rather than by your own attention
- You use more than one attachment and will benefit from the dryer remembering the heat and speed for each one
- A two-year warranty and a 30-day return window matter more to you than the lowest price for 1,600 W
- You want a long cable: 8.6 ft is longer than most dryers we have read spec sheets for
Skip it if
- You mainly want a dryer that also curls or straightens: that is a multi-styler job, and Dyson's own Airwrap or Shark's FlexStyle fit it better
- Price per watt is your measure: the sensors do not add power, and there are 1,600 W dryers for well under half the price
- You travel often and need dual voltage: the US specification lists 120 V only
Frequently asked
Is the Dyson Supersonic Nural worth $449.99?
Only if the sensors matter to you. The wattage, 1,600 W, is ordinary. What you pay for is Scalp protect mode, Attachment learning, Pause detect, five attachments and a 2-year warranty, per dyson.com checked October 16, 2026. For pure drying power, cheaper dryers match it on paper.
What is the difference between the Supersonic and the Supersonic Nural?
Dyson's FAQ says both include five attachments, but the Nural adds a network of sensors that enable Scalp protect mode, Attachment learning and Pause detect. The Nural attachments carry magnetic IDs; older Supersonic attachments fit the Nural but do not trigger Attachment learning.
How heavy is the Dyson Supersonic Nural?
The specification table on dyson.com lists 1.8 lb, 10 inches high, 4 inches long and 3.1 inches wide, with an 8.6 ft cable, as of October 16, 2026. That weight is for the dryer body; Dyson does not list attachment weights separately.
How many heat settings does the Supersonic Nural have?
Four heat settings and three speed settings, plus a cold shot button, per the product page. In Scalp protect mode the dryer overrides your chosen heat as it moves closer to your head, so the effective temperature near the scalp is lower than the setting implies.
What is the warranty on the Dyson Supersonic Nural?
Dyson lists a 2-year limited warranty on the US product page, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee for machines bought from dyson.com. Refurbished units are final sale and covered by warranty service only, per the same page, checked October 16, 2026.
Does the Supersonic Nural work with a diffuser for curly hair?
Yes. The Wave+Curl diffuser is in the box and has two modes: Dome mode for defined waves and curls, and Diffuse mode for root volume on curls and coils. Dyson's preset for it is medium heat and medium flow, and Pause detect is disabled while a diffuser is attached.
Sources
- Dyson Supersonic Nural hair dryer, product overview page - checked October 16, 2026
- Dyson Supersonic Nural, specification table and in-the-box list (colour variant page) - checked October 16, 2026
- Dyson Supersonic Nural owner ratings on dyson.com (Bazaarvoice module) - checked October 16, 2026
Update history
- October 16, 2026 - First published from Dyson US product and specification pages checked October 16, 2026.
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