Shark Flexstyle Vs Dyson | How Does It Compare?

Foreign hi everyone welcome back to my Channel. Today we are going to be diving in to the new shark. This is the flex style, hair, styling and drying system. So shark has came out with their own version of the Dyson air wrap, and I see it coming. Yes, I'm just surprised it took them this long. That'S what I was surprised by shark seems to kind of follow, along with what Dyson's doing, but at a discounted price. Some people don't like brands that copy other brands and I get it. But there is a huge price difference between these two dryers. I wanted to test them out and see how they compare. Now, if you're familiar with my channel, you will know that I have loved the Dyson since I got it so I bought my first Dyson in October of 2020 fell madly in love with it. I bought it during the Sephora holiday event, so I saved 20. I think I paid roughly like 434 or something like that fell hardly in love with it. Now there is a learning curve when it comes to using the Dyson. I have uploaded a full video on how to use the Dyson, so I'm not going to be going through all the steps on how to use the Dyson airwrap. I will link that video in the description box down below this. Video is strictly about comparing the new shark versus the Dyson and how they compare, because I've pretty much use the Dyson now every day for two years. I know exactly how the Dyson works. I know how my curls wear. I know how they look and I'm very, very familiar with the air wrap. It'S not like, I'm using it every once in a while. I use this sucker every single day now granted I only wash my hair every four days but every day, just to kind of give my hair some fluff. I will take my air wrap and kind of fluff up my curls, so I definitely use it every day. It just is something that I've become very comfortable with. I love the Dyson, it's one of the best investments I've made for my hair. I absolutely love it in this video I'm going to be testing it next to the new Dyson, the Dyson that I bought in October 2020. I gave to my daughter, so Dyson came out with a new version of it. Basically, just new tools and my daughter had been wanting one. She is 19 going to college and she'd been wanting an air wrap and they'd been sold out for a while. Then when they launched the new one. I thought well I'll give her the one that I bought in October 2020 and I'll buy the new system. So in June of this year I went ahead and bought the new airwrap with the new tools. If you already have the Dyson the one before the new tools, you only need to buy the new tools. You don't need to buy the new dryer. The dryer is exactly the same. Nothing is different about the new dryer, it's just the air wrap tools and the tools are so much better because you don't have to have two for one size, meaning this is the shark. So the shark has one of these okay, it's they only come in one size, so there's a difference. Dyson has two sizes, so they have this size and they also have this size. That'S smaller. The shark only has one size of air wrap and they still have the arrows, meaning that the curl, this arrow is the direction your curl will go. So you'll need two of them so that you have one that goes in each Direction. Now, there's a few ways to buy this dryer system. You can either build build your own, which is what I did that retails for 249, and you can choose three tools of your choice. They also have two bundles that are 269 dollars each. They have one. That'S for straight and wavy hair, and they also have one that's for curly and coily hair. So I do like that there are some options there and you can also add extra accessories to your bundle, so it depends on what you're wanting it for I picked. Of course, the air wraps, so I'm going to be using these. I also picked the round brush right here and I picked the flat brush this one right here. It kind of has the flat side I like to use this when I'm drying as I'm drying. It really helps uh to kind of flatten the hair and kind of make it fluff, and then I got this tool, which is you can put it on the tip of the dryer and kind of do like a root booster. I didn't even know this launched. I was searching for something on Dyson and this popped up in my Google search and it was back ordered for a minute took a minute for it to ship, and I got it and I was just shocked. I didn't even know that they even came out with it, because I've loved the Dyson as much as I have. I know that it's so expensive, it's 600 for the new one. I wanted to go ahead and test it next to this new shark and see if it is the same and if you can achieve the same results for less than half the cost. So in this video I am basically going to be doing the shark on one side and the Dyson on the other, so I basically split my hair in half just to give it a fair shot. I even test the drying time because, when you're using the air wrap tools, you want your hair to be 80 to 90 dry. Before you use this tool, I went ahead and timed it. I timed how long it took the shark to dry this side of my hair versus the Dyson on this side of the hair. Then, of course, we're going to test how the air wrap works and the cool shot and all of the functions and how it compares to the Dyson. But I didn't feel like it would be a real review if I didn't do a time test, meaning that I got done with my hair about 1 30.. I'M gon na come back later on this evening. Around 10 o'clock, I got a ton of errands to run so I'm going to be in and out of the car in and out of the heat. I want to show you guys how the shark curls hold up to the Dyson curls. I think the only true way to properly test these is to see how the how the curls hold up and how long the curls last that's pretty much it you guys, that's the intro. Let'S go ahead and jump into drying my hair and comparing these tools see how they compare and then I will come back later in this evening and show you guys how the hair looks and I will jump into my final thoughts. So I will see you guys, then, okay, so we are going to go ahead and jump into this. This has finally arrived. I just took the lid off and this is what's inside. So this is how it comes here. Kind of shows you how to use the tools in here, so the unique thing about this handle versus the Dyson Dyson doesn't Bend this one does so you push this down and rotate it this way, and then you have a dryer which is pretty cool. I do like that, so the one thing that I'm noticing right off the bat if you're familiar with the Dyson, this theme right here, is the filter and it pulls off and you clean all around here. It comes with a little attachment that is like a circle and it goes around and cleans, and then this you take this off and soak it in like soapy water for about 20 minutes. You don't clean the filter. This will shut off, so it will overheat. What I'm noticing about the shark is that this doesn't come off, so you'll probably just take a toothbrush and go into and try to get it clean. I do wish that this came off like the Dyson, because I can see this being a little problematic just FYI. We are gon na test them out now. From this point, I'm gon na go ahead and dry. My hair, just like I normally, would I'm gon na go ahead and dry, this portion of my hair 90 dry and I'm going to use the shark on my left side and I'm going to use the Dyson on my right side and I'm going to time. How long it takes for each side to dry, so I'm going to go ahead and set my timer, I'm going to use the shark first and then I'm going to use the Dyson and I'm going to use this tool. So this tool actually snaps on and it twists it snaps on really easily it does it's very easy to put on start that took two and a half minutes to do this side, it's 90 dry! So two and a half minutes. I have my beets in because I'm watching I always watch TV I always watch like Netflix or Housewives, or something while I'm drying my hair, so we are going to reset it. I am going to do this side now. I could have used this brush. Okay or the round brush I'll use the round brush on the top and compare it to the round brush with the Dyson. But I don't have this tool with me and I don't want to compare them because it really wouldn't be fair. So that's the reason why I use my my regular brush and I'm going to do the same on this side. So I'm going to use this attachment, have the airflow coming this way so that it goes like this bush start and go. So this side is done and we're at two minutes. So just almost close so far, I would say they're very similar in how fast they dry I'm going to pull down the rest of my hair, and then I like to do this top section separately, just FYI. I have weft extensions, so right here is my top weft, and the first section that I just did is my bottom row, because I have two rows of weft extensions. So that's the reason why I dry them separately, we're going to reset the clock and I'm going to do the shark on this side, foreign. So we're done and it's just over three minutes. One thing that I do want to mention is that you like, I was like switching hands. You know, if your hand gets tired and you want to switch and hold it. If you grab right here, it's hot like way hot, so just FYI don't grab right there, because it's still hot this thing is smoking hot, we're, gon na start the clock we're gon na reset it. Thank you, okay! So we're done and it's right around three minutes. I'M not watching the clock by the way. I turn it back to my Netflix and I'm watching I'm not watching it as I'm timing it. So my hair is about 80 dry. I use the bigger air wrap from Dyson, but these are not the same size. So they're not going to be the same size of curl, so this is going to be a smaller, tighter curl than the Dyson. You can already see the difference, and this is how it compares to the smaller size. I would say this one from shark is in between these two sizes from Dyson, so let's actually find out what the size is, because I'm not sure so this one from Dyson it says it's 1.2 inches and the one from Shark says that it is a 1.25 Inch, I don't think they're the same. I mean look they're, not the same. There'S no way they're the same. I'M gon na use the big one, because I don't think that these two would match this. One from Dyson is a 0.8 inch, and so this one would definitely not be comparable and I don't use the smaller one PS. I use the larger one. Just personally, the size of the curl may not look the same. Just FYI this one from Shark might be a little bit smaller of a curl. Because of that I have done a full video about how to use the Dyson, and I will link that video in the description box. But I like my way, my curls to go away from my face, so we're gon na start with the shark first and I'm gon na use this one, because it's away from my face section's about like this we are going to. But I'm noticing right away about the shark. Is that all of the turn it on and off is right here. The cool shot is right here which is going to be easy, but the dice - and everything is right here and it's so much easier because it's you're not holding it from the base, like I don't hold it from down here. I hold it from right here because I have more control so right away. I'M noticing that turning this on and off is going to be a little bit more difficult. That'S one thing that I'm noticing that's different, so we're gon na turn it on yeah. That'S a much smaller curl than the Dyson, but it's the same concept it just. The curl is a little smaller and I it's it's hard to get used to having the controls down here at the bottom, because it's like you're holding your hair with one hand, and then you got ta kind of like maneuver this down to the bottom of this Base and turn it on you're gon na have to use two hands to do this, just something to think about okay, so this side is done, so you guys can see it. That'S what it looks like this is the time that I grab my aurabe texture spray and while the curls are cooling down, this will kind of give them some texture. So we're going to start with the Dyson foreign, so the Dyson side is done. That'S what they look like: they are a little bit looser of a curl than the shark, but I suspected that would happen. One of them is off on their sizes, I'm not sure which one, but you can see that the shark side is much curlier. So if I like go like this, you can see it's much clearer than the Dyson okay right off the bat I was using the shark. The cool shot just doesn't feel like it's a cooling. It there's a definite difference between that there's, a definite difference between the cool shot of the of the shark versus the Dyson, the Dyson. You can feel the air getting cooler with the shark, not at all like. I don't even know that I'm pushing the button and I'm like is my button broke, but I'm pushing it and holding it down, because it's right here and it's not doing it so the reason for the cool shot is to cool the the curl down. It makes the curl last longer it kind of sets the curl. You always want to do a cool shot when using the air wrap, because you know you're using so much heat to give it that curl in order to lock the curl. The cool shot for like 10 seconds cools it down and gives it that uh curl. So, let's move to the top. I just had my bangs um. I don't know what they call it like textured and they're. So short, look at this. I didn't mean it to be short. I just wanted them not so thick, so they're short anyway. I use the round brush on my top. I am going to pin this hair and I'm gon na split this hair in half okay. So this side, I'm going to use this tool for the shark and on this side, I'm going to use the round brush. Just so, we can see how they work. Oh not this, this, my bad, this I'm going to use this. I kind of like that. The round brush is bigger. I'M not gon na lie. I do really like the round brush on this. I wish that the Dyson would come out with a larger round brush. That'S one thing that I wish they had. I'M gon na go ahead and do this with the round brush foreign. Now I immediately go to the air wrap and I am going to airwrap this part. So I'm going to split that into see I'm saying it says buttons down there. Yeah that Cold Shot is just not working on this. I mean it cools it. The time like it's not as hot, but it's not cool Okay, so we'll see how it looks once I get it done as far as volume goes, so I'm gon na go ahead and do the rest. I like the size of this, but the cool shot isn't. As effective as the Dyson, I don't know that it does you all that much good, because, if you're familiar with using a round brush to dry your hair, it's always recommended to you know, even if you're, just using a brush like a round brush and drying with A regular dryer - it's always smart to like the last 10 seconds, shoot it with the cool so that it will set the curl sew or set the volume in this case. So just FYI, the cool shot is not the best on this shark. Okay. So I know this all looks crazy, but I want you guys to see that the Dyson has already kind of relaxed and this is still pretty curled. So it's definitely a tighter curl. I'M now going to take some texture spray put it here in my roots, texture, spray kind of dirties up your hair, and then I like to flip my hair over and kind of shake up the curls. So that's what I'm going to do all right. So I need some hairspray now I need to grab my gray spray hold on and I use the Oribe one. This one is the root touch up in dark brown, so see my grays right. There watch this, it's magic. You got to give it a good Shake, though, if you don't give it a good shake it don't work very good, gone gray, hairs, wear, okay, shark side, dice inside big difference. This side is curlier for sure, and I'm not mad. At the curl I mean it's pretty curl. It'S this side is just a little bit more loose okay. So let's look at the back shark side dice inside. So I'm done with my hair. I'M gon na go about the rest of my day and see how this hair works like see. If this curl lasts all day, I'm just gon na come back in a few hours later on this evening and we're gon na. Do we're gon na look at it and we're gon na see how each of these compare and how they hold that? Because that's going to be a true test, I've been using the Dyson for two years. I know how it works. I know how it lasts. I know all about it, but I am very curious to see how this side lasts. I don't feel like I could give it a review, a real review without showing you guys what it looks like several hours later, because that's the true test. So I'm gon na go ahead and jump off of here, and I will see you guys all later on this evening. In my final thoughts, foreign, it's been a few hours since I filmed and it is currently 10 48 at night. So I said it wrong in the intro for some reason I said 1 30 and it was actually 3 30.. I don't know why. I said that you know sometimes it just things come out of my mouth, that I don't understand. It'S been a very long day. I'M exhausted my eyes are red. I'M ready to go put my pajamas on get my makeup off. I also wanted to mention I've been wearing this all day and it's still on this is from earlier today when I filmed this is the Fenty. They only had like one shade or maybe two in stock, can't read it I'll put it down here. It'S the lip stain. I can't read what it says that writing is hella small. This is like the orange color and boy. Does it stain your lips? I hope she comes out with these in like toned down colors, because they're really pretty, let's go ahead and look at the hair, as you can tell it's much more relaxed now several hours later. This is the Dyson side, and this is the shark side. So you can see that the shark side still kind of has that curl to it versus the Dyson. This is the shark side. This is the Dyson side, obviously there's still more curl with the shark, but here's the thing with that, though you could get the same type of curl, maybe a little bit tighter if you use the smaller Barrel in the Dyson. So it's you know, the curl is the here, nor there, let's get into the pros and the cons. The pros are the price, the price it's fantastic. I mean the Dyson is 600. This is roughly you know, 250 275. If you buy the big bundle, but at the end of the day, you're saving a significant amount of money right. So the price difference is fantastic and I'm a Dyson lover and I love my Dyson and with that said, will I start using the shark? No, I'm going to still use my Dyson for a few reasons, because there are things that I like more about the Dyson than I did. The shark number one, the cool shot, the cool shot is just not very effective in the shark. The cool shot, like I mentioned several times in the testing process, the cool shot, doesn't feel like it's a cool air and I'm not saying that the Dyson is all of a sudden cold. But it's not the hot air and this shark just doesn't really have it. But it still holds up so even without the cool shot. I still have some curl left, so that's here, nor there right my biggest complaint with this tool is all of this down here. This is frustrating and coming for from someone that uses a Dyson when you're holding the Dyson. Your everything is right here and you flick it with your fingers with this. You have to slide your hand all the way down to the bottom and that's a pain. It'S just something you have to get used to, so I, like the Dyson setup better than this one other problematic thing that I'm noticing is the filter. They should have found a way to take this filter off like somehow able to clean it better. I can see this being a issue in the future and the reason why I say that is because I have to clean my filter, probably every two to three months on my Dyson this right here: it'll start blinking, red and it'll kind of shut off. That'S the only thing that I feel like is a little tricky with this new shark. I would just make sure that you clean this often I would clean it with a toothbrush every couple weeks or something that's my suggestion just to keep the whole dryer functioning right. I also wanted to mention that the warranties are the same, so the Dyson and the shark both offer a two-year warranty. The one thing that's a minor difference: it's not a big deal, but when you order the Dyson you get like a train can case and also a travel case. The shark doesn't come with that, so the shark doesn't have a case that you can put it in. I personally love the case because I keep everything down in there right. This is what it looks like um and then I keep the train case in my closet. That'S here, nor there I mean, I'm I'm doing comparisons, so I'm giving you guys all of the differences right overall. This is a really nice tool and it gets my stamp of approval. I'M really impressed with it I'm impressed with the way that it does do what the Dyson does. There are some differences between the two tools, but overall it does do. What does what the Dyson does? I feel like it's better than the Dyson no, but do I feel like it's a fantastic option? If you don't want to spend all of the money on the Dyson, absolutely if you order it from their website, I will link it down in the description box down below. If you order it from their website, they do offer a firm which is fantastic. So you can just pay payments on it, make it easy if you're someone that already has the Dyson and you're just curious, how the shark compare years. I think that your Dyson is built a little better and it has better options. There'S things that makes the Dyson better, but the shark is a fantastic tool for those of you that have not wanted to spend the 600 on a Dyson. This is a great option. It really is it. I'M kind of impressed there's been a lot of Brands out there that have done something similar to this and I don't feel like they got it right, but I feel like even though there's some things about it, that I don't love it's still far better than some Of the others that I've seen out on the market, so that is my overall thoughts on this round off down below how many of you guys are curious about this shark? Are you thinking about picking it up? What are your thoughts sound off down below? Thank you. So much for hanging out with me in today's video. I hope you guys all have a wonderful day, and I will see you guys all in my next video love. You bye foreign