Bon ChargeDemi Red Light Therapy Panel

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Bon Charge’s smallest panel, 60 LEDs at 660 and 850 nm, listed with FDA but with no clearance, safety listing or independent output reading.

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SKU: BC-RL-NA-0033-C07 Category: Brand:

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Bon Charge's Smallest Panel, With No Output Test of Its Own

The Demi is Bon Charge's smallest red light panel, 14.96 by 8.66 inches with 60 LEDs at 660 and 850 nm on its own base, and Bon Charge gives a typical session as 10 to 20 minutes. No spectrometer reading of the Demi exists, so light output is not scored; Bon Charge states over 100 mW/cm2 with no distance or instrument. FDA lists it under BLUblox's registration as a lamp exempt from premarket review, and it has no 510(k) and no safety listing in Intertek's or UL's directories, so it scores 2 on verification. Three editorial testers found it easy to set up and solidly built, one calling its stand hinge very stiff. It is $699 on boncharge.com.

PROS
  • Peaks published at 660 and 850 nm
  • Stands on its own base on a floor or table
  • Plugs in and runs from buttons, with no app
  • Session timer with red, near-infrared or both
  • Goggles included
CONS
  • No independent output measurement
  • No safety listing in Intertek's or UL's directories
  • 1-year warranty, claimed by shipping the panel to Australia at the buyer's cost
  • Stand hinge very stiff, per one tester
  • 300 W is an LED rating, not a measured draw

The Demi is the smallest of Bon Charge's three red light panels, 14.96 by 8.66 by 2.56 inches and 8.4 lb, carrying 60 dual-chip 5 W LEDs at 660 and 850 nm. It plugs into the mains, stands on its own base on a floor or table, and runs red, near-infrared or both with a session timer; Bon Charge gives a typical session as 10 to 20 minutes at 3 to 12 inches. Bon Charge rates it at 300 W, a figure for its LEDs rather than a measured draw, and states over 100 mW/cm2 with no distance or instrument. Goggles are included. Bon Charge also sells the Max ($999) and the Super Max ($1,599) in the same design. 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: Reddit reads Bon Charge's panel owners, web coverage reads the Demi itself, and YouTube reads the Max's first generation.

Additional information

Specification: Bon Charge Demi Red Light Therapy Panel

Red Light Therapy Specifications
Device Type

Panel

Wavelengths

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

Irradiance Claimed

100-149 mW/cm2

Irradiance Measured

Not measured

FDA Status

Registered or listed only

Safety Listing

None verifiable

Power Source

Mains

Session Length

11-20 min

General Specifications
Warranty

1 Year

Dimensions

14.96 x 8.66 x 2.56 in

Weight

8.4 lb

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