Bon ChargeBullet Red Light Therapy Device

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Three-LED torch with a removable battery and a 5-minute protocol, in an iron shell, missing from FDA’s registration listings.

$199

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SKU: BC-RL-NA-0040-C08 Category: Brand:

Usability

Usability

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A Three-LED Torch Missing From FDA's Listings

The Bullet is a torch-shaped handheld, 4.92 inches long with three LEDs at 630, 660 and 850 nm, a removable rechargeable battery and a 5-minute protocol. No measurement of it exists, so light output is not scored; Bon Charge states over 141 mW/cm2 with no distance or instrument. It appears in GUDID under BLUblox but in no FDA registration listing and in no safety directory, so it scores 2 on verification. No owner or tester has reviewed it hands-on, so its pools read Bon Charge as a brand. It is $199 on boncharge.com.

PROS
  • Red and near-infrared peaks published
  • Iron shell named
  • Removable rechargeable battery with its own charger
  • Short 5-minute protocol
  • Small enough to carry anywhere
CONS
  • No independent output measurement
  • Absent from FDA's registration listings
  • Wavelengths given as 630, 660 and 850 nm on the page but 660 and 850 nm in the manual
  • Length given as 12.5 cm and as 12 cm
  • No timer stated
  • 1-year warranty

The Bullet is Bon Charge's torch-shaped handheld, 4.92 by 0.98 inches and 0.44 lb in an iron shell, carrying three LEDs at 630 and 660 nm red and 850 nm near-infrared, though its manual lists only 660 and 850 nm. It runs on a removable rechargeable battery with its own charger, is held over the treatment area, and Bon Charge gives a 5-minute treatment protocol. Bon Charge states over 141 mW/cm2 with no distance or instrument, and gives the model as TL09 LPLMCRSLV on its spec tab. A spare battery charger is $14.99. Bon Charge's warranty covers it for 1 year from delivery.

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Brand-level

Bon Charge is the trading name of BLUblox Pty Ltd of Osborne Park, Western Australia, founded in 2017 as BLUblox by Andy and Katie Mant and renamed Bon Charge in 2022. FDA lists BLUblox as an exporter of devices made by others: GUDID records name Sunglor Technology Co., Ltd. of Shenzhen as the maker of its panels, Mini, blanket and both masks, and Light Tree Ventures Europe B.V. of The Hague as the maker of its cap. It sells direct from boncharge.com and ships US orders from abroad. Amazon US lists no Bon Charge light device, only three reseller listings for its glasses with 0 or 1 rating each, and no US retailer sells its light devices with a review file of their own, so those two pools are blank on every row. Its Trustpilot profile, under the blublox.com domain, reads 3.7 from 1,659 reviews, 73 percent five-star against 21 percent one-star; Bon Charge claimed it in September 2020, invites reviews and replies to 67 percent of negative ones. Complaints there and on Reddit cover late deliveries, unanswered email, store credit only on orders bought with a code of 25 percent or more, and returns and warranty claims shipped to Australia at the buyer's cost. The BBB holds no file on the company. FDA's recall and adverse-event databases hold no Bon Charge entry, and a federal class action filed in Delaware in January 2025, King v. Bon Charge, concerns its marketing text messages. Bon Charge pays creators 15 percent through an ambassador programme, so most write-ups of its devices carry a Bon Charge code or link, and each is named with its tie where it is used. The review widget on boncharge.com is first-party and counts in no pool, nor do Bon Charge's own channels, its ambassadors' and advisers' posts or The Chalkboard Mag's partnership pieces; Nick Engerer's and Dr Carrie Rigoni's reviews count nowhere because their sites carry codes for competing brands. Every Bon Charge red light device carries a 1-year warranty from delivery, and items may be returned within 30 days at the buyer's cost. On this row three pools are populated, each reading Bon Charge at brand level.

Additional information

Specification: Bon Charge Bullet Red Light Therapy Device

Red Light Therapy Specifications
Device Type

Handheld

Wavelengths

Near-infrared (800-880 nm), Red (620-680 nm)

Irradiance Claimed

100-149 mW/cm2

Irradiance Measured

Not measured

FDA Status

Not stated

Safety Listing

None verifiable

Power Source

Battery

Session Length

5-10 min

General Specifications
Warranty

1 Year

Dimensions

4.92 x 0.98 in

Weight

0.44 lb

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