Hairdryers

[HAM]

Will be cruising on the Infinity Panama Canal 10/28/07. It's been awhile since we've been on an M class ship. Can anyone tell me if I should bring my own hairdry or are the ships good enough. We are flying from Florida to California to meet the ship so any extra weight is important.

 

 

Sandy

[FortyNinerLiz]

It all depends on what type/style of hair you have and what category of stateroom you have. In a suite and CC, there are handheld and wall dryers. Lower categories have wall mounted ones only. The wall mounted ones are worthless. The handhelds are ok for short hair. I always have to bring my Yellowbird because I have long hair. Hope that helps.

[kitty9]

And sometimes it doesn't matter if you have a suite or CC because not even those have the handheld dryers all the time. People either take them home or they break and X never seems to have replacements. Buy a good travel hairdryer. I found a 1600 watt folding travel dryer at Target that works great. Bring your own, to be on the safe side.

[MEcruzr]

I agree with you, Kitty... bring a travel hair dryer. Better safe than really, really sorry! I have an inexpensive travel hair dryer that folds. It's small and light but it works great. The wall mounted ones will work in a pinch, but I find that the escaping hair can be very hot on your hands if you have hair that takes longer than a few minutes to dry/style.

[Little London]

As we live in England and have to watch our luggage allowance, I always buy a cheap one when I arrive in USA and just leave it behind when I leave. Hope this helps.

[ssolomon56]

I just got off a 7-day to Alaska on the Mercury. I agree with the other posters. The hairdryers they offer will do in a pinch - but just to get your hair dry, and that takes awhile. The handle gets VERY hot, so you have to wrap a wash cloth around it or burn your hand. AND the air coming out is very weak. They are only 9 Watts! I laughingly told my husband that he could probably blow my hair dry faster by just blowing on my head! :D

[weelv2cruise]

Have to agree with everyone..BYO. I have thin, limp, fly away hair and can dry it faster on the balcony than I can with the hair dryer provided in the SS.

[Blazerboy]

As we live in England and have to watch our luggage allowance, I always buy a cheap one when I arrive in USA and just leave it behind when I leave. Hope this helps.

That's great...will you just leave in MY stateroom next time???:D