 Hey guys Alex here from alexfigus.com and today I have a quick review of the Advantage 1500 from Red Light Rising. Now we'll be doing a deep dive review on this exact panel very soon actually so be sure to subscribe for that. In the meantime though I want to give you a quick rundown. So this panel is the new Advantage range from Red Light Rising. They have been in the Red Light Therapy space for a few years now based in the UK but they sell their panels all across the world. Founded by a bunch of bio-hackers and guys that are very passionate about their health and wellness and also Red Light Therapy. The cool thing is you can head over to their website redlightrising.co.uk and jump on a free 20 minute call with them which is cool. You can do that whether you get a panel or not and learn a bit more about Red Light Therapy and of course the products are selling. But back to this panel. So in 2019 I featured or I included the Red Light Rising full stack in my comparison series and their panel actually placed third. It was more of a basic budget panel, no bells and whistles but it did a pretty good job from a performance point of view. This new Advantage is new and improved range. It has a few new features such as modular capability and then built timer and improved internals. Red Light Rising have claimed that this is the most powerful panel on the market. Now I've tested it and I can tell you now that that claim does not hold water because I have tested it with my spectrometer, EMF meter and a bunch of other meters and yeah the numbers were good. Yes they were good but it definitely wasn't the most powerful panel I've tested which is a bit of a bummer. However there were some really good things. So this particular panel, the Advantage 1500 has 500 LEDs, the 503 watt LEDs hence the 1500. You can get a slightly smaller one, the Advantage 900 which has 300 LEDs or you can go totally down the other end of the spectrum and get the Advantage XL which is 1600 LEDs. Yes that is correct, massive huh. You have two wavelength, 660 and 850 so you don't get multi-wave design. There's no app function or anything like that. The control panel, yes it works and does everything. You'd expect from a control panel and a red light therapy panel but it doesn't do anything other than that. Not that, that's a bad thing but in today's age you can see all sorts of bells and whistles out there. It is large, 44 inches tall, 1.12 meters tall, obviously 500 LEDs you've got to pack them in there. Those LEDs speaking of packed in there are packed in. It is quite concentrated because the LEDs on here use a smaller bulb so you can get more LEDs in a tighter space. What that does mean though is in my test theme there are no hotspots. You get a nice balanced radiance across the panel and I noticed that with my spectrometer and also in some hotspot testing. So that's good. It means no matter where you are you know pretty much exactly what you're getting. Some other panels don't do that. There's some massive peaks and troughs. So that was good. Like I said the power ends were down. I really expected some good things given the claims that red light raising had made and given that those LEDs are packed in nice and tight but yeah it was a bit of a disappointment. Now this panel sells for nearly $3,000 US dollars, well $2,667 after use discount code at AlexALEX that will save you 5%. So maybe I should say it sells for a bit more than two and a half grand. Still big chunk of money especially for something that doesn't have all those advanced features or multi-wavelengths or pulsing or a fancy timer or anything like that. It's a big chunk of money. From a value point of view when I compare this to some other panels on a dollar per LED or dollar per wattage output it isn't doing very well. In fact it's one of the worst performing from a pure value point of view. I'll be putting all this data over at alexfegers.com in my red light therapy buyers guide so be sure to check that out. But most of all be sure to check out my full review which will be published soon or may be published already but depending on when you're watching this. In summary though what do I like and dislike about the Advantage 1500? First thing is the two wavelengths. I think with an elite premium panel like we have here from Red Light Rising with this sort of price tag I would like to see a couple more wavelengths thrown in there. There's plenty of science now showing that those wavelengths are beneficial and most other companies are using multi-wavelengths in their panel design. So that is a bit of a lead down. And secondly the power, you know reading those claims and seeing the price I thought hey this is going to be a really powerful panel. But the numbers were on the lower side and yeah to be honest it's a real big lead down. And thirdly that brings in price. You'll pay a lot of money for something that isn't super powerful and doesn't have all the bells and whistles. You could go out and buy like a Mitre Mod or a Mitre Pro or a Biomax or a Light Path LED panel. Sure you're only getting half the amount of LEDs, you know 200, 300 LEDs but you can get two of them and you're probably still saving money compared to what you would buy or what you'd spend buying one of these. So that is a bit of a blow. On the upside though there are a couple of good things I want to mention. Firstly you can get that free call with the founders. That's awesome. I mean 20 minutes with someone who lives and breathes with like therapy and biohacking that's you know that's probably worth you know 50 bucks easy hundred dollars. Take advantage of that. Secondly the new advantage panels all have five year warranty which is unheard of in the red light therapy space. I believe all other companies are two maybe three years. I don't know if there's anyone above three years so well done to red light rising there and that is nice to know you know if you want if you ask me a lot of money you know you've got coverage for a couple years so good job there. Thirdly the design and the color is nice. I think it does look good you know the black with the smaller LED bulbs it does look good on the wall whether you're hanging it or leaning against the wall like I am at the moment and finally you do get that consistent blend of light. It's probably the best performing or at least out of all the panels I've tested recently it's probably the best performing in terms of consistent power output right across the panel. There's no hotspots or anything like that so that is a massive plus as well. To wrap it up though if you do want to get one of these panels head over to redlightrising.co.uk into code LXALEX that will save you But be sure to subscribe and check out my full review which will be out on my YouTube channel soon. I'll also be doing more testing and more comparisons unboxing first impressions and other full deep dive reviews on red light therapy panels and other products I should mention here at LXALEX.com and on my YouTube channel so be sure to subscribe. Alright that's all for now I'll see you later.