The Philips BHC010/10 is the Essential Care in the DryCare range: a compact 1200 W dryer built around a folding handle and three fixed settings.

The folding handle is the reason to choose this over a fixed-handle dryer. It hinges flat against the body, which turns a normally awkward shape into something that packs into a case or lies in a shallow drawer. If you travel, or if bathroom storage is tight, that is a practical daily benefit rather than a spec-sheet line.

Three pre-selected settings cover cool, gentle and quick drying. Philips pairs the heat and speed for you instead of offering two separate dials, which is faster to use and harder to get wrong on a weekday morning. The cool air setting is the one worth remembering: it dries at a lower temperature, which suits fine, dry or damaged hair, and finishing a section with it helps the style hold as the hair cools.

A concentrator nozzle comes in the box. It narrows the airflow onto one section, which is what separates hair that is merely dry from hair that looks finished — useful for smoothing a fringe or tidying one area.

At 1200 W it is honestly positioned: enough for everyday drying on most hair, light enough to hold comfortably, and not the model to buy if you want thick long hair dry in a hurry. In stock in Malé.