Aliexpress Red Light Therapy Hat Review

Aliexpress Red Light Therapy Hat Review

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I have been testing red light therapy products for a while and they seem to be either very expensive and high or cheap looking low end devices shipped directly from China.

Red Light therapy hats like this one are supposed to help with hair loss, other scalp issues and general health and well being and are usually priced from £150 upwards. This one cost a remarkable £30 after discounts from Aliexpress. This one came from the Astarexin store, but I have seen the same model under a range of different names at Aliexpress.

Usually direct from China goods are poorly made and poorly packaged. Not so here the build quality seems first rate, this looks and feels like a well made premium product. The packaging too is excellent, with a high end feel to the design and presentation. The box contains the LED hat,a USB-C power cable, 5v/1a USB adapter and the user guide, which is well written and nicely printed in colour. Had I paid £100 plus I would not have complained here about the build quality.

The hat is nicely made from a lightly padded black cloth, divided into 6 segments and vaguely resembles the zucchetto hat worn by Cardinals. The 102gm hat has a 65cm circumference and a diameter of 19 cm. Inside are 120 LEDs even spaced throughout. On the front is a single illuminated button incorporated into the USB-C power port and control button. Long press the button to turn the hat on and enter the standard pulse free mode, short press to go to the 10Hz pulse mode and press again to enter the high speed 40Hz pulse mode. The pulse modes, we are told, are to improve brainwave functions. The hat button LED changes colour to indicate the selected mode. The device will turn off automatically after 20 minutes.

I don't have a spectrometer so cannot check on the power of the 60 660nm and 60 830nm frequency LEDs but I have to say all seems fine on face value. According to the user guide, the LED beads are convex in design so the light is directly focused as it hits the scalp and not diffused. This is all very impressive and shows that some thought has gone into the design.

All seems good, so far. But what about hair loss, will it really help with that? Well there is some credible science reported in learned journals that RL therapy may indeed be of benefit, but in reality the jury is still out on that one. But we can all live in hope.

The bad news came when I tested the LEDs using my EMF meter and found the Electronic and Magnetic radiation levels both unacceptably high and possibly injurious to health with sustained use near the skull. So, for safety's sake, as with my budget priced red light panel, this is probably destined for the bin.

On balance, I would say this is a well made and attractively presented product that exceeds the modest asking price in quality. Had the EMF emissions been less, much less, it would have been an excellent buy.

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