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Różnice między modelami Philips Lumea - Który wybrać?
Na co warto zwrócić uwagę przy zakupie urządzenia IPL?
Dlaczego filtr w urządzeniu IPL powinien być jak najbardziej czerwony??
Urządzenie wykorzystujące do depilacji impulsy świetlne (IPL) wyposażone są w lampę błyskową, która emituje UV, niebieskie, zielone, żółte, pomarańczowe i podczerwone wiązki światła. Wszystkie one są wyzwalane podczas jednego błysku, jednak tylko światło pomarańczowe, czerwone i podczerwone może wniknąć w skórę na tyle głęboko, aby skutecznie oddziaływać na cebulki i zahamowywać odrost włosa.
Pozostałe wiązki światła (UV, niebieskie, zielona i żółte) są absorbowane przez płytszą warstwy skóry (naskórek) i mogą wywoływać efekty uboczne.
Z tego powodu urządzenia Philips Lumea są wyposażone w pomarańczowe i czerwone filtry, które absorbują wiązki UV, niebieskie, zielone i żółte, przepuszczając jedynie skuteczne i bezpieczne wiązki z zakresu pomarańczy, czerwieni i podczerwieni.
Na co jeszcze zwrócić uwagę?
- Rozmiar okna – im większe okno tym szybciej możemy wykonać procedurę. Warto zatem zwrócić uwagę na wielkość okna.
- Dodatkowe nasadki – warto też zwrócić uwagę, czy są w zestawie też nasadki przeznaczone do miejsc delikatnych i wrażliwych, takich jak twarz i okolice bikini, które ułatwiają zabiegi w miejscach trudno dostępnych.
- Brak potrzeby wymiany lamp – to też brak ukrytych kosztów. Wszystkie chcemy mieć jakościwy i wydajny produkt bez jakichkolwiek ukrytych dodatkowych kosztów. Oczywiście, jeśli nie ma potrzeby wymieniać lamp, to też się wiąże z brakiem ryzyka uszkodzenia urządzenia podczas wymiany.
- Żywotność lampy – W niektórych urządzaniach lampy należy wymieniać bardzo często, a wymiana jest bardzo kosztowna, natomiast żywotność lamp Philips Lumea jest bardzo długa, ponieważ 250tys błysków wystarcza spokojnie na kilka a nawet kilkanaście lat.
- Bezprzewodowość – cóż za wygoda! Nigdy nie lubiłam urządzenia z kablem oplatającym się tu i ówdzie, przy Philips Lumea mogę się zrelaksować, ponieważ jest bezprzewodowe – ekstremalnie wygodne w użytkowaniu w dowolnym miejscu w domu.
Philips Lumea Prestige review: Design and Attachments
The Lumea Prestige feels like a luxury device. It's solid and gives you confidence that it could survive being thrown in a suitcase and bashed around a little.
Philips has opted for an L-shaped design for the Lumea Prestige, which we prefer over the 'stick deodorant' design of some other IPL machines. The L-shape is comfortable to hold and makes extended use less strenuous.
That being said, the machine is still quite heavy, so can be wearing on your wrists. So, while I can happily cover both legs on my own, I do prefer having a partner do it for me.
The Lumea Prestige is the flagship product in Philips' IPL range, and, as such, it comes with all the attachments you'll need to treat your entire body. These include:
Face attachment
Precision attachment
The Precision attachment is a medium-sized, curved attachment designed for precise coverage of bikini and underarm areas
Body attachment
The Body attachment is the largest curved, contour-following design for fast treatment on large body areas like legs, arms, back and stomach.
You also get a pouch to store the device and all the attachments.
Philips Lumea IPL 9000 review: How does it work?
Knowing that IPL uses flashes of light to damage the hair at the root, to allow the light to effectively access the hairs as close to the root as possible you’ll need to shave, epilate or wax before treatment. If you’re waxing or epilating, be sure to do so a few days before your treatment to allow the root to heal.
Luckily, the Lumea 9000 is suitable for the widest range of skin tones of all the Philips machines and, thanks to its safety sensor, the machine won’t flash if it detects your skin is too dark. The SmartSkin sensor also suggests the most comfortable setting to use on your skin tone. That means you’re always protected from skin damage, you can also return the Philips IPL if the treatment isn’t suitable for you, thanks to a 100-day money-back guarantee.
As with many good things in life, the results aren’t immediate, in the initial eight-week treatment phase, users will need to do four treatments, one every two weeks, to catch every hair at the right point in its four-week growth phase. In my experience, the hairs get thinner and lighter and grow back much slower with every treatment. Although different parts of the body took different amounts of time to treat, it took four treatments on my legs to see a significant improvement.
Philips Lumea IPL 9000 review: Brilliantly designed, effective IPL hair removal at a price
- Amazing app connectivity
- Faster than other IPL machines
- Curved windows for easy treatment
Laser hair removal is well known for being an effective method for reducing and eliminating hair growth – and at-home IPL (intense pulsed light) devices have brought this once-expensive specialist treatment into the hands of the masses.
IPL technology uses flashes of high-energy light to shock the hair follicles at the root, preventing the hair from growing back long-term, and the Philips Lumea IPL 9000 is Philips’ top-of-the-range model, offering the fastest cordless treatment and a great range of attachments for treating all the different areas of your body.
As someone who has been blessed with thick, dark body hair, I was excited to get my hands on the Lumea 9000 to test what many people believe can get rid of hair for good. While this might be true for some, Philips only claims its devices can reduce the average user’s hair growth by 78% with long-term use. As you’ll see, I was impressed with its effectiveness, but it isn’t without its problems.
Philips Lumea IPL 9000 review: What do you get for the money?
The Lumea 9000 is the most highly equipped IPL machine in the Philips range and it starts at a pricey £460, stretching to £470 if you want the full range of attachments. The cheaper BRI-955 model gets you a body, face and precision attachment, whereas the fully equipped BRI-958 comes with a body, face, bikini and underarms attachment.
All of the attachments are specially designed to help treat the different areas of your body safely and with ease. Each comes with a rectangular shaped window that fits over the glass treatment lamp on the main body of the device, this is where the light pulses come from. The Lumea 9000 has the largest treatment windows of any Lumea model, with the bikini attachment’s window measuring 10 x 30mm and the face attachment measuring 8 x 26mm.
Additionally, each attachment has a slightly different shape, designed to match the area you’re treating. For example, the body attachment has a slightly concave shape that fits around the contours of your legs and arms, whereas the underarm and bikini attachments are convex.
The mid-range Philips Lumea IPL Prestige offers the same SmartSkin sensor, but the bulb only lasts for 250,000 flashes, as opposed to the 450,000 in the 9000 model. This might seem like a huge difference, and it is, but in reality you’d be hard-pressed to get through 250,000 flashes in the machine’s lifetime.
Right now, the Lumea IPL 9000 is the only machine in the Philips range that can be operated cordlessly. This is a huge bonus, especially as treatments can take up to 15 minutes at a time, and having a cordless machine also means you can sit in the most comfortable spot in your home without bending to the restrictions of a wire.
One full charge of the IPL 9000 lasts 30 minutes when used on a lower intensity level, which is plenty of time to treat most areas of your body. The only caveat is that cordless operation slows down the device’s “flash rate” by around half a second, which means treatment takes significantly longer.
