Began to fail on first use
I bought this hair dryer because of the review Sweethome gave it. I did check the Fakespot scores for the quality of Amazon reviews on this product and it gave it an F, but for some reason I decided to trust Sweethome more. On the first use the Peony started to intermittently make harsh grinding noises. During a &#34;grinding attack&#34;, the heat from the Peony would decrease, the air speed would decrease (make sense if the motor or fan is grinding), but more alarmingly little white specks would start being blown from the hair dryer and a smell of burning. I suspect the white specks are pieces of the white fan being grinded off. Quality control must be lacking because I've read additional reviews on Amazon of this same issue occurring. In addition to all that, I could feel air either being pulled into the body or blown out (it's hard to tell the direction) via the small gaps between the body and the handle buttons. The nozzle pieces also got incredibly hot, so hot that they adhered to the nozzle. I had to wait for it to cool down before attempting to remove them, after which a ring was left on the nozzle where the piece had either melted to it or melted the paint on the nozzle (I think it's the latter). In summary, all problems. Even if this is a lemon, there's enough reviews on here with the same issues that the defect rate is unacceptably high. I'll be returning this one and sticking with my $20 Conair from Costco that's three years old and has never had a problem.
Rating: 1 stars