The Shark FlexStyle comes with a free $30 gift card at Best Buy

This is one of the Dyson Airwrap dupe's best (and only) deals to date.
By Haley Henschel  on 
a close-up of a woman using a shark flexstyle to curl her hair
What is it with vacuum companies and great hair tools? Credit: Shark

TL;DR: You'll score a free $30 gift card when you buy the Shark FlexStyle Air Styling and Drying System ($299.99) through Best Buy. The Mashable's Choice Award-winning hair care tool is our favorite Dyson Airwrap dupe.


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Straight & Wavy attachments
Shark FlexStyle Air Styling and Drying System
$299.99 at Best Buy.+ free $30 gift card
a shark flexstyle laid out next to its attachments for straight and wavy hair

Curly & Coily attachments
Shark FlexStyle Air Styling and Drying System
$299.99 at Best Buy + free $30 gift card
a shark flexstyle laid out next to its attachments for curly and coily hair

There are endless similarities between the Dyson Airwrap and the Shark FlexStyle, our No. 1 dupe for the former. Both are hair tools made by vacuum companies, both have sleek metallic finishes, both employ Coanda airflow technology to style hair without frying it, and both come with a range of attachments. They're also both incredibly difficult to find on sale.

That makes this Best Buy deal we found all the more special: For a limited time, you'll receive a free $30 gift card when you order a FlexStyle through the electronics retailer. You can take your pick from two sets — one with attachments for straight/wavy hair, and another with attachments geared toward curly/coily hair — which are priced at $299.99 apiece.

This is the closest thing we've seen to a proper FlexStyle discount since Prime Day, when a bundle with some extra accessories was almost $60 off on Amazon.

If you are interested in the Airwrap, you can save $120 on it by signing up for a paid My Best Buy membership (bringing its price down from $699.99 to $579.99). But Mashable shopping reporter and beauty tech guru Bethany Allard still recommends against it: "The Shark FlexStyle performs just as well, and in some cases even outperforms the Airwrap" thanks to the twisting mechanism in its base. This makes it usable as a traditional hair dryer and compatible with a diffuser attachment, which Dyson doesn't offer.

For a deeper dive into the two hair tools, check out Allard's standalone reviews of each one and her side-by-side comparison.

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Haley Henschel

Haley is a Mashable shopping reporter based in Chicago. Before joining the team, she covered politics for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, wrote about exotic pet ownership for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, and blogged for several Jersey Shore stars. In her free time, she enjoys playing video games and hanging out with her parrot (Melon) and dog (Pierogi). You can follow her on Twitter at @haleyhenschel or reach her via email at [email protected].


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