Talk:Hair dryer

message: Was his name Godefoy or Godefroy?  "alexandre godefoy" 558 Google hits, while "alexandre godefroy" gets only 163, but I'm reluctant to change the page based just on that.  Does anyone actually know what his name was?  -- Zsero (talk) 04:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, nobody seems to have noticed this question, so I'm going to be bold and change it, and hope someone with actual information notices.  If you know for a fact that the name is Godefoy, please comment here to confirm.  If you know for a fact that it's Godefroy, please revert my edit.  Either way, if you have a Reliable Source for the name please add it.  -- Zsero (talk) 02:05, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I see that this has been resolved on page, but wanted to leave this comment for record in case someone else has questions. It is Alexandre Godefroy. Here are some reference to refer to. The Atlantic, Women's Museum of California, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and The Patent Magazine. Dobblesteintalk 13:53, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

text: The info in the Spanish and Italian WP is definitely wrong.  Racine, Wisconsin proudly states that malted milk and the garbage disposal were invented there; we can be sure that if the blowdryer had been invented there someone would have put it on the Racine page!  In addition, the German WP has an example from 1908, so it can't have been invented in 1920.  -- Zsero (talk) 00:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name of Inventor

message: "Blowdryers were invented around the end of the 19th century. The first model was created by Alexander Godefoy in his salon in Francein 1378. The handheld, household hair-dryer first appeared in 1486."
This seems to be horribly wrong. The years do not match up at all
87.79.60.28 (talk) 14:26, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time of invention? 

message: There's a source in the references:
Beauty Story Business's article " The Big Blow-Dryer Boom" by Kathy Kirkland (June 2004).
That is cited as the basis for a couple of pretty big claims in this entry. I cannot locate the source article and have a feeling that it might not even exist. If it can't be verified - I suggest the reference and any so called facts based on it are removed or further referenced.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Volatileacid (talk • contribs) 10:40, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source unverifiable - but many claims based on it 

message: Where are they mentioned?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.115.45.224 (talk) 20:39, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ion hair dryers? 

message: I removed this from the page "Hair dryers were first invented in 1931 by a man named John Tubir, an English immigrant that came to the United States by steam boat in 1911. John Tubir had a rare hair condition called "follicle moisture" which affected his hairs ability to grow. To help his condition, he invented the hair dryer so that he would be able to dry out so his hair follicles could once again be healthy. He sold his design to a manufacturer, and so began the enterprise of the hair dryer." due to the fact that it contradicts the rest of the article.
Mrs269 (talk) 00:21, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Tubir 

message: I am struggling to find a reliable source to back up the statement at the end of the history section about the decrease in deaths after 2000. I have found some complicated data that I could add from the CPSC though. https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/pdfs/blk_pdf_hairdryers.pdf
Has anyone seen a reliable secondary source for this information?
Dobblesteintalk 16:33, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deaths by Blow dryer