Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I WAS a groomer for six years but now I no longer have the perk of being able to take my dogs to work and groom them. So I bought this little dryer for home. It's not as powerful as the $400 to $500 machines but is outstanding for its size and cost. My wife (ex groomer also) and I bathed and dried 4 dogs in less than an hour. A Rottweiler, German Shepard mix, Lab/Collie mix and a long haired Chihuahua. It does have enough force to blow out undercoat. It is surprisingly quiet also. For those of you who said it was too loud, sound is nothing more than rapid changes in air pressure. All the noise comes from blowing air. Physics will not allow for completely silent high velocity forced air. The dryer itself makes very little sound. As for it scaring dogs and matting hair... The dryers at your local groom shop are definitely louder and your dogs are terrified there also. Unless they are completely dryed by a crate dryer. Crate dryers are still noisy but don't blow air directly onto your dog in a concentrated fashion as does this type of dryer. Matting and tangling long hair will certainly result if you don't know what you're doing. You must not put the nozzle close and brushing during drying will help avoid excessive tangling. I highly recommend this to any competent person that wants to groom their dogs at home.