About WellSpecs

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Kirill Gissa
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WellSpecs is a database of 313 home wellness devices from 99 brands, plus the guides written on top of it. Every spec on the site sits next to where it came from: the brand's page or manual, an FDA record, or a measurement someone else published.

What WellSpecs covers

Devices people buy for home instead of booking sessions at a clinic, spa or salon: red light panels and masks and home saunas. These categories made the cut because each device has a record you can check, an FDA 510(k) clearance or listing, or specs you can measure (wavelength and light output and heater power). That puts every model in one table.

The method doesn't change from one category to the next: the FDA record, specs with a source and a date, warranty and returns, a price checked on a date, and one score.

Why it exists

Brands publish the same kind of number in different ways, which makes devices hard to compare. Take light output. Of the 124 red light devices in the database, 53 don't publish an output figure at all, and 52 of the 71 that do don't say how far from the device it was measured. Distance matters, because output drops as you move away from the LEDs.

FDA wording is the other trap. “FDA registered” and “FDA cleared” mean different things, and product pages use both. Of the 38 panels in the database, 25 are registered and listed with the FDA without a 510(k), and the 11 that are cleared are all Celluma's flexible pads.

So WellSpecs puts every model in one table with the same columns, and the differences show up on their own.

What you'll find here

  • A source and a date on every number. Wavelengths, output, heater power, warranty and price link back to the page they were copied from.
  • FDA status checked model by model. “FDA cleared” appears only with a 510(k) number that links to the FDA record. 55 red light devices in the database have one.
  • The brand's figure next to an independent one. 14 devices have a third-party irradiance measurement, shown beside the brand's number with the name of whoever measured it.
  • Scores from published rules. Five criteria, 1.5 to 2 points each, all worked out from the database. How we research devices has the details.

You won't find paid placements, coupon codes or countdown timers.

Who runs it

I'm Kirill Gissa. I run WellSpecs: I keep the device database current, check the FDA records and write the guides. You can find me on LinkedIn.

The site is paid for by affiliate commissions, and the affiliate disclosure explains how that works and what it doesn't change. WellSpecs doesn't give medical advice; see the medical disclaimer.

Get in touch

Found a wrong number, or want to send a manual or spec sheet? The contact page says how.