The Flying Pig Flying One delivers genuine force-dryer output at a home price: a 4 HP motor moving 240 CFM at 2,800 FPM, with a published claim of up to 60% faster drying. It parts a double coat to the skin. It is loud and bulky.
Buy it if
You have a double-coated or curly-coated dog, you are tired of hours of air-drying or weeks of shedding, and you want the most airflow per pound spent.
Skip it if
You have a small short-coated dog that towels dry in ten minutes, or your dog is severely noise-phobic and you have no way to put the motor in another room.
Air volume dries a coat; air speed parts it so the air reaches the skin. On a double coat that distinction is everything — you need to get through the guard layer to where the water and the dead undercoat actually are, and at 2,800 FPM this does.
240 CFM finishes the job in a sensible time
Enough volume to dry a 70 lb coated dog without the session outlasting the dog's patience, which is the real constraint on drying anything large. The published claim of up to 60% faster drying is consistent with that much air.
It deshes as it dries
On a double coat the dryer is as much a deshedding tool as a drying one: the air breaks dead undercoat free from the skin, which a brush can only remove once it is already loose. Paired with a rake it turns a six-week coat blow into two or three sessions.
The most airflow per dollar in this category
Twin-motor professional units cost substantially more, and for most single-dog households they are more dryer than the job needs. This sits at the point where the output is genuinely sufficient and the price is still a home purchase.
What it gets wrong
It is loud, and that is physics
Moving this much air fast makes noise; there is no quiet high-velocity dryer. Put the motor in another room with the hose through a part-open door — nearly all the noise is the housing, not the nozzle — and desensitize the dog over a week.
Bulky to store
It occupies real cupboard space between grooms, which in a house rather than a salon is a genuine consideration. Measure before you buy.
No heating element
It moves ambient air, so in a cold room you are blasting a wet dog with cold air. That is fine in a warm bathroom and unpleasant in a January garage. The Metro Air Force Commander's motor-warmed airstream addresses this at the cost of lower airflow.
You dry in a cold room or have a thin-coated dog, and want warmth in the airstream.
How we assessed it
This assessment rests on the manufacturer’s documented specifications and on published findings from the named sources at the foot of the page, compared against what the coat types in question actually require. We did not test this unit on our own dogs under controlled conditions, and we will not claim to have done. Where a figure comes from a manufacturer we say so; where it comes from someone else’s testing we cite them. The score is our editorial assessment, not a product rating derived from reviews or measurements. Full method on how we review.
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Flying Pig Flying One high-velocity dryer
The Flying Pig Flying One delivers genuine force-dryer output at a home price: a 4 HP motor moving 240 CFM at 2,800 FPM, with a published claim of up to 60% faster drying. It parts a double coat to the skin. It is loud and bulky.
You have a double-coated or curly-coated dog, you are tired of hours of air-drying or weeks of shedding, and you want the most airflow per pound spent.
Airflow9.5
Noise5.0
Build and hose8.0
Storage footprint6.0
Value9.5
Overall8.4 / 10
What it gets right
+Real force-dryer output, which is what blows a double coat open instead of merely warming it
+Enough air to push water out of a Samoyed or Pyrenees in one session
+The most airflow per dollar in this set
What it gets wrong
−Loud. All force dryers are, and this is not the quiet one
−Bulky to store between grooms
−No heating element, so your bathroom temperature becomes the dog's comfort
Who should skip itSkip it if you have a small, short-coated dog — a towel and ten minutes do the same job.
Loud enough to be worth hearing protection in a small room. Put the motor in another room with the hose through a part-open door and the dog hears air rather than a motor.
+−Is 240 CFM enough for a Great Pyrenees?
It will do it, slowly. For a giant double-coated breed dried regularly, a twin-motor unit halves the session and that matters because the dog's patience is the limit.
+−Can I use it on a puppy?
Yes, on a low setting, with a proper introduction, and never at the face. A puppy that accepts a force dryer is a dog that will accept one for life.
+−Does it have heat?
No heating element — it moves ambient air. Dry in a warm room, or choose a motor-warmed unit if your drying space is cold.
How this page was put together
We define the coat problem the tool has to solve, shortlist products currently sold, compare the manufacturers’ documented specifications against what that coat actually needs, and cross-check against published findings from named sources. We do not test these tools on our own dogs under controlled conditions, and we will not say we do. Where a figure comes from a manufacturer, we name them; where it comes from someone else’s testing, we cite them. We print no prices — a stale number is worse than none. Read the full method.
