What is the difference between liquid cooled and air cooled machines?
When it comes to air-cooled or liquid-cooled (some call it crystal), we favour air cooled machines, simply because they’re more efficient. It’s simple science. The target temperature for permanently disabling a hair bulb is 73 degrees celsius. On a water-cooled machine, the head is pre-cooled to around 4 degrees. Therefore it has to generate 69 degrees to achieve the target result. Our IPL machines are water cooled, while our SPTF machines are air-cooled. With SPTF, we cool the head manually with special gel packs to keep it between 15 and 40 degrees – close to or slightly higher than room temperature. When the pulsed light flashes on one of our units, it only has to produce say 40 degrees variance instead of 69 degrees to achieve the desired result, making a shot from an SPTF machine up to 70% more effective. On the flip side of the coin, normal IPL is a quicker treatment, hence their popularity with most beauty salons and hair removal centres.
When it comes to air-cooled or liquid-cooled (some call it crystal), we favour air cooled machines, simply because they’re more efficient. It’s simple science. The target temperature for permanently disabling a hair bulb is 73 degrees celsius. On a water-cooled machine, the head is pre-cooled to around 4 degrees. Therefore it has to generate 69 degrees to achieve the target result. Our IPL machines are water cooled, while our PTF machines are air-cooled. With PTF , we cool the head manually with special gel packs to keep it between 15 and 40 degrees – close to or slightly higher than room temperature. When the pulsed light flashes on one of our units, it only has to produce say 40 degrees variance instead of 69 degrees to achieve the desired result, making a shot from an PTF machine up to 70% more effective. On the flip side of the coin, normal IPL is a quicker treatment, hence their popularity with most beauty salons and hair removal centres.
