Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
If you want to heat something, use a hair dryer on a low setting. High setting might overheat the hair dryer, as those devices usually are designed with a short duty cycle, likely no more than a minute or two.
That said, I do not know if hair dryers in EU have a low heat setting due to the higher voltage. If not, I would not run a hair dryer longer than a couple minutes.
Hairdryer has the same issue as a hot air gun: weight and bulk. Carrying one on tour would be silly. Also it's not a given that there is an electric outlet nearby when the need to use one arises.