VBR-REDNIR Meter,Test The Irradiance Intensity for 660nm Red Light, 730nm and 800-1000nm Near Infrared Light

I’m going to put some effort into a comprehensive review of this red light meter in the hope of furthering citizen science (that’s us). My friends, I am convinced that red light has therapeutic potential, but it is not patentable. Therefore double-blind clinical trials will likely not be funded, and medical people will hesitate to make recommendations because they won’t have clinical trials evidence to reference.So, it’s up to us to intelligently experiment, and share the results with each other, and this VBR device is a great tool for measuring red light in the therapeutic range, for a very reasonable price.I tried the Red Angel full body light at Planet Fitness and found that I was jittery afterwards, so I concluded that was too intense for me and that drove my decision to purchase multiple smaller RLT devices for focused areas of my body. Incidentally, I find it handy to also have the blue light tester inexpensively available on Amazon Amazon.com: 10 Set Professional Anti-Blue Light Test Card,Including Anti-Blue Light Card and Blue Light Generator,The Blue Light More Strong,The Color Change More Deep,for Eyeglasses Test : Health & Household, and the UV light tester from Amazon, All UV-Test Functions UVA/UVB/UVC Test Card, Light Wavelength Indicator and Intensity Testing,Reusable Card,Easy Measures & Quickly to Detect Device with Light (credit card size): Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific. With this, I went inside the Planet Fitness Red Angel and tested: it does emit some UV light as well as the red, so be aware.Having purchased RLT devices for eyes, under eye bags, gums, belly and legs, and very focused “flashlights”, as well as the powerful Amazon.com: Wolezek Red Light Therapy, 18 LEDs Red Light Therapy for Body and Face with 660nm Red and 850nm Near-Infrared Combo Wavelength Infrared Light Therapy Lamp Device for Skin Care Pain Relief (Only Bulb) : Health & Household, I decided to measure the power of them with my VBR, not only to establish a baseline illumination strength to be compared to 1 year of use later, but also to get an idea of the power of the lights relative to each other, and to just being outside during the day. It was handy to open the VBR app on my phone, measure with the meter, collect the data, and take a screen shot on my phone. Then, I could make notes directly on the screen shots. I discovered a range of over 7000 for the “flashlight” Amazon.com : VEVOR Red Light Therapy Device for Body, Red & Near Infrared Light Therapy Wand with 3 Wavelengths, Handheld Red Light Healing Therapy Torch for Joint Muscles Pain Relief, Wound Healing, Skin Health : Health & Household, 4218 for the above mentioned Wolezek lamp, which I believe healed my trochanteric hip bursitis, all the way down to 2, which may be totally ineffective, and a waste of money, for the under-eye bags RLT device. Of course, some areas of our bodies are more sensitive and we wouldn’t want to use such strong lightsI also obtained a reading of 43 standing outside on a cloudy late November afternoon; of course daylight does have a red light component so it was natural to have some measurable red light. I tried measuring my computer screen which I have on the reddest setting; that had a reading of 1, confirming my idea that just putting red on our computer screens is not going to provide light in the correct wavelength.I hope this encourages people to buy the meter, start your own experiments, and share the results in product reviews and forums. A huge amount of data indicates that red lights of the correct wavelength and dose can reduce arterial plaque, lower blood sugar, speed muscle recovery, reduce gum inflammation, and much more. We don’t have the resources of the big drug and medical device companies, but we do have an army of people (us), trying different RLT devices on ourselves and reporting the results. Let’s do it in an intelligent way with this light meter to help.

The media could not be loaded. A tried true and tested device at 100mw/cm2 it was reading as 1000mw/cm2. Not accurate.

This is a neat little meter for checking red and near-infrared light output. Or if a device is even legit. This device showed ~30% lower mW/cm² than what's advertised for my 660nm/850nm panel at the correct distance. My panel is new and from a well-respected brand so I'm unsure where the discrepancy lies. Could be the panel, could be the meter 🤷‍♀️. Still, the readings were consistent, so I plan to use it for general comparisons.✔ App is simple and worked fine, no excessive permissions✔ Helpful for verifying if red light therapy products are actually doing what they claimI'm torn how to rate it, but accuracy feels in the ballpark, so I plan to test it on more devices.

Vabira has built a great business on selling reasonably-priced specialty light meters. This one is for measuring Red Light Therapy (RLT) lamps. If you don't know what that means, you don't need this meter. But if you know what RLT is, you've seen the wide variety of luminance claims - most of them dubious - made by the many RLT lamps on the market. This meter will measure the luminance from RLT lamps, reporting it in the units (watts per square meter) used by RLT practitioners. With this meter, I can finally figure out which RLT products actually deliver therapeutic amounts of red and near-infrared light.Vabira has other specialty meters - for photography, horticulture, and even for light transmission through windshields. They're all reasonably priced, and an absolute steal compared to competing products.The meters require Vabira's Vsensor app, which is simple to use, and which pairs very easily over bluetooth with the light meters.Bottom line: this is an impressive and impressively priced product.

After the app was recently updated, measurements for everything has changed. I am now getting very different readings. So, have not idea if I should rely on all previous readings or if new readings are the way to go...

I checked this device is currently accurate against my spectroradiometer. It is quite good for common wavelengths like 630nm, 660nm, and 850nm.Note that VBR recently updated their app to improve accuracy based on my feedback. Previous reviewers correctly noted that it was giving falsely high readings, it seemed to be just a calculation error or a misplaced decimal point.Very good service in accepting feedback and working to improve the app.

For $75, I was expecting something that was a better quality. This just feels like a cheap plastic item you would find at the dollar store. It feels light and cheap. The other thing that bothered me was having to download the app. For $75, I would just like to be able to read the numbers from the device. I shouldn’t have to have the device in one hand and my phone in the other.Others claim that it works great and I’m not going to dispute that. But when I can buy a multimeter for less than $10 and it feels solid and has more than 1 function, I kinda expect the same for when spending $75

Easy to use. It was great when it first arrived and they updated the software after that to make it even better. Terrific product.