Bon ChargeRed Light Cap

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125-LED cap at 650 nm, cleared under its Dutch maker’s 510(k), K253349.

$449

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A Baseball Cap Cleared Under Its Maker's 510(k)

The Red Light Cap is a baseball-style cap lined with 125 LEDs at 650 nm, run from a rechargeable controller with a pre-timed 10-minute session. FDA's registration lists it under K253349, a 510(k) held by its maker, Light Tree Ventures Europe B.V., whose summary describes a battery-powered textile LED cap at 655 nm and whose GUDID record carries the cap's own barcode, so it scores 7 on verification; no safety listing exists. No spectrometer reading exists, so light output is not scored. No owner or tester has reviewed it hands-on, so its pools read Bon Charge as a brand, a point lower. It is $449 on boncharge.com.

PROS
  • 510(k) K253349, held by its maker Light Tree Ventures
  • Cordless, hands-free and pre-timed at 10 minutes
  • 125 LEDs, stated in Bon Charge's manual
  • Baseball-cap form
CONS
  • LED only, at a single 650 nm wavelength
  • Bon Charge states 650 nm against 655 nm in the clearance
  • No independent output measurement
  • Battery cannot be replaced, per the manual
  • Manual gives a 2-year lifespan against a 1-year warranty
  • Use given as daily and as three times a week

The Red Light Cap is a baseball-style cap lined with 125 LEDs at 650 nm red, 11.6 by 7.7 by 5.3 inches and 10.1 oz, run from a rechargeable battery controller with a pre-timed 10-minute session. Bon Charge's manual gives 20 mW/cm2, a battery that cannot be replaced and a 2-year lifespan with normal use, and its page recommends 10 minutes a day in one place and three times a week in another. 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, a point lower for a device type its coverage does not reach.

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Specification: Bon Charge Red Light Cap

Red Light Therapy Specifications
Device Type

Hair cap

Wavelengths

Red (620-680 nm)

Irradiance Claimed

Under 25 mW/cm2

Irradiance Measured

Not measured

FDA Status

510(k) cleared

Safety Listing

None verifiable

Power Source

Battery

Session Length

5-10 min

General Specifications
Warranty

1 Year

Dimensions

11.6 x 7.7 x 5.3 in

Weight

10.1 oz

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