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| Welcome to my 'Blow Out Bar'! |
Chris Christensen makes one of the better dryers for home and pet grooming. I will compare the 'Kool Pup' with a pretty sub-standard 'pet dryer' that I am sad that I spent money on.
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| I am SMILING at you!!!! |
The one thing I have learned over the years is that 'YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR', although this isn't always true....but it proved true for dog dryers that I chose
Drying the dogs with a human dryer NEVER worked for me. The HOT was too HOT and the COLD was simply TOO COLD ~~~~ here we go with the 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' analogy again!
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| Dolce with Kool Pup (left) and Metro Air (right) |
Years ago I cheaped out and spent $100 on a Metro Air Dryer. Three tries and I never touched it again until I had to dig it out for this review (WASTE). $100 was a lot to spend on a dryer in my mind, but it was LOUD and the tank get HOT HOT HOT and the air is TOO HOT and the tank is UNSTABLE.
The cord is so short that the dryer has to sit right next to the dog in order to reach, which makes it feel like both of us are in the middle of a hurricane! The orange canister on this 'thing' gets super hot as well...clunky...hot....oh dear...
The cord is so short that the dryer has to sit right next to the dog in order to reach, which makes it feel like both of us are in the middle of a hurricane! The orange canister on this 'thing' gets super hot as well...clunky...hot....oh dear...
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| The hose on the Kool Pup is about 3x longer |
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| Dolce right after the Youtube Video shoot! |
The benefit of visiting dogs shows and in particular grooming shows, is that many of the pet industry vendors will have booths for you to visit. You can touch and feel many products that are available to us and even newer products that haven't yet been released. Pet shows are amazingly fun to visit!
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| See how long the hose is on the Kool Pup? Hi Dolce! |
The Kool Pup just recently went on sale for $220, which makes this a good time to splurge if you have multiple dogs like I do. I paid $325 for it at the show, but was lucky to have received quite a few gifts along with my purchase. Kool Pup Dryer
Thanks to our grooming obsessed friends on Spoiled Maltese forum for alerting our SM community that this Kool Tool was on SALE SALE SALE! Never has it been priced this low. I might have to get another for the human girls in my home!
The added 'HOLD A HOSE' flexible extra arm, that can be used with the dryer to allow a hands free drying, is currently $85. The dryer can be used without the arm, but I have to say that the extra arm comes in really handy if you can make the splurge.
This dryer comes in some pretty cool colors and is very small for the amount of air that is forced through it. The hose on the Kool Pup is plenty long enough that I place the actual dryer as far away as I can front he grooming table, in order to help with reduction of noise for my dogs.
The force of the air on the dryer is quite strong and will reduce the drying time of your dog significantly. You'll notice in the video tutorial that I had to 'batten down the hatches' and cover my grooming supplies so that I wouldn't have top knot bands flying all over! The air temp coming from the dryer will warm up after a few minutes of running on FULL POWER.
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| Currently $220 for the Kool Pup on sale from $325...thanks for the heads up on the sale SM friends
The 'LOUDNESS' factor plays a role when drying our maltese. The scientific and R&D side of my brain wanted to measure and compare the decibel levels.
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| Decibel Level for Hair Dryer 98-99 |
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| Decibel Level for Metro Air 107-108 |
I used an app on my iPad to measure decibel levels relative to the hair dryer, the metro force and the Kool Pup. These levels can vary depending on how the decibel meter is calibrated.
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| Kool Pup Decibel Level on HIGHEST is 80 |
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| Kool Pup Decibel Level on MID LEVEL was 75 |
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| Kool Pup on Lower Setting was 68, but I NEVER use it this low as the air comes out too cool on the lowest setting |
The number one complaint heard about the Kool Pup dryer is that the air is not warm enough. This force dryer pushes the ambient air in your room and does warm it slightly. The fact that the air doesn't get too warm, makes it amazingly safe to use on our dogs. On cold winter days when the dogs are really cold after a bath, I will 'FEED' the Kool Pup warm air by facing a warm hair dryer towards the vent of the Kool Pup. This allows the Kool Pup to push a 'warmer then ambient' temperature out to my cold dog.
My GO TO GROOMING TOOL(s) GTGT that I use when blow drying my dog are the CC wooden pin brush and the Madan pin brush. The CC FUSION brush is brass plated and is not meant to be used on a wet coat NOR with any types of sprays and solvent.
When the dog is wet it is more pleasant for your dog if you brush out with the CC Wooden pin brush. As the dogs becomes dryer, you can switch over to the Madan pin brush in order to fully straighten the hair.
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| Dolce says YUCK to any other dryer! |
The video tutorial will show how straight Dolce's fur becomes after using the Kool Pup. If I didn't dry her with this amazing little dryer, her hair would be pretty WAVY and CLUMPY. You can see her natural wavy hair in the beginning of the video.
This battle of the dog dryers was a 'BLOW OUT'!
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| The END!!! 'nuf said... |
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| Dolce smiling right after the video shoot was finished! |
Note: All fluffs as wells as their groomers have different tastes, needs and favorites. Not every SPAW treatment need be the same. Maltese Obsession is happy to share our PAWSITIVELY Perfect GO TO Grooming experiences.
Please acquire your dog through an ethical, reputable and HUMANE AKC breeder, or better yet, please consider adopting one of the many maltese or dogs available through your local rescue @ petfinder.com. Never, NEVER invest a single penny at a petstore that sells puppies....just sayin'...
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