5 Flicker Free & Super Quiet Red Light Therapy Panels
Finally, round 6 of my red light therapy comparison series. Before I take a deep dive into the topic, here are the resources I talk about in my video:
✅ For my blog post on this topic, check: https://aferg.co/RLT-2021-6
✅ My excel sheet for comparing this panel to the competition here: https://aferg.co/rlt-data
✅ For my buyer's guide blog, follow this link: https://aferg.co/RLTguide
✅ Then, here's my flicker article: https://aferg.co/flicker
✅ My epic Facebook group on red light therapy and more: https://aferg.co/fb-group
✅ Full playlist for this 2021 body panel red light therapy comparison series with all episodes: https://aferg.co/RLT-2021-playlist
So, in this round, I will not only consider the sound levels that any panel emits but also the "flicker". Let's explore why flicker and sound are important:
✅ "Flicker" denotes how many times a light gets turned on and off within one unit of time. If there's no flicker, light will be emitted continuously. Flicker can be stressful when your eyes are exposed to it and there's even reason to believe flicker might be more stressful when that light enters your cells.
✅ The reason I measure sound is because at higher levels, sound creates "noise pollution". Noise pollution is certainly stressful to your body.
✅ Believe it or not, but some panels put out a lot of noise or a horrible sound. You'll start to get irritated over time, with lots of exposure, and it's less relaxing standing next to such a panel too.
✅ I measure flicker with my spectrometer and sound with a standard sound (decibel; dB) meter.
✅ Flicker frequency is measured in Hertz and the flicker percentage, which measures intensity. So, with a higher flicker frequency the lights are turned on and off quicker, and with a higher percentage, there's more of a difference between the maximum and minimum light intensity.
✅ Any panel that has flicker I've scored at the bottom automatically. Then I've ranked all the panels on the sound. Lower sound levels are obviously better for a higher score.
✅ The reason panels make sounds is because they need fans. With fans, the light output can be higher because more heat can be lost from the red light therapy panel to the environment.
So here's the outcome of this round - keep in mind that only 2 panels do flicker
1. Infraredi Max: https://aferg.co/infraredi - 47.5 decibels
2. Solbasium Optix 180: https://aferg.co/solbasium - 49.6 decibels
2. GembaRed Reboot: https://aferg.co/gembared - 49.7 decibels
2. CytoLED Triplex: https://aferg.co/cytoled - 50.1 decibels
5. Mito Red MitoPRO 1500: use this link:https://aferg.co/7d221, discount automatically applied - 51.7 decibels
5. LightpathLED Large Multiwave Pulsed: https://aferg.co/lightpathled - 51.9 decibels
5. PlatinumLED BioMax 600: https://aferg.co/redled - 52 decibels
5. Red Light Rising Advantage 900: https://aferg.co/redlightrising - 53.2 decibels
9. BLUblox Hive Max: https://aferg.co/blublox - 60.2 decibels
9. Joovv Solo 3.0: https://aferg.co/joovvbca0 - 62.1 decibels. The Joovv also makes a very irritating high-pitches sound that I very much dislike after using the panel for some time. Also, as you can hear on the video, the fans make a pulsing sound.
11. Red Light Therapy Company: Red Rush 720: https://aferg.co/redrush - has flicker and 54.5 decibels
12. Rouge PRO: has flicker and 55.4 decibels. For the Rouge PRO use the following links depending on the country you want to order from:
For the US use this link: https://aferg.co/rouge-US
For Canada use this link: https://aferg.co/rouge-CA
For Australia use this link: https://aferg.co/rouge-AUS
The space has evolved a lot since 2019 as back then, many panels had flicker and nowadays only 1 out of the 11 new panels has any flicker.
Also, keep in mind that 60 decibels might not be crazy in terms of exposure, but if you're using a panel multiple times a week for a long period of time, the noise will have a biological effect.
In terms of ranking, the Infraredi Max not only scores very low on the decibel reading, the sound is also very pleasant and soothing. This outcome in this round has also put Infraredi higher on the scoreboard - Infraredi is a new contender potentially challenging the top-3!
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00:00 Introduction
01:56 What Is Flicker?
03:09 Round 6 Results
08:22 Top-4 Results
10:17 Scoreboard Update & Conclusion