what does the watts on a blowdryer mean????

Question

does it mean more powerful air flow?

Answer 1

that means how much electricity it uses

Answer 2

The power supplied to the heating element - the higher the wattage, the more heat is generated by the heating coil and transferred to the air. The latest models on the market use up to 1875 watts! This concerns some haircare professionals, who worry that the high heat generated by these dryers can damage the hair and the scalp.

Hair dryers that offer high heat and low heat settings vary the power supplied in order to modulate the temperature of the airflow. These models are wired so that you can flip a switch and cut off part of the circuit that feeds the heating coils.

Answer 3

Not so much air flow as heating power. The hair dryer uses electricity (watts) to heat a coil inside, then a fan blows air over that coil and out the end of the dryer onto your hair. The coil needs to transfer energy to the air - heating it up. The more energy it can transfer, i.e. the more watts it uses, the more air it can heat. Heating more air means the dryer can blow more air through it and still be hot enough to dry your hair. So while higher-watt dryers do blow more air, that's because the heating coil is big enough to heat a lot of air moving through. That's why lower-watt hair dryers are small and don't blow much air - they can't heat that much air up at that watt level.

Answer 4

Watts on a blower dryer means how powerful it is.

Answer 5

Blow Dryer Wattage