Four Technologies, One Goal: Your Wellbeing
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LessBlueâ„¢ 2.0: Engineered for Better Sleep
Blue Light Signals "Daytime" to Your Brain
Blue and green light are the most potent suppressors of melatonin, the body's sleep hormone. When your eyes detect high levels of these colors, they tell your brain to decrease melatonin production.
Exposure to this light in the evening can delay sleep onset and reduce sleep quality. Unfortunately, phones, tablets, TVs, computers, and LED lights all give off high amounts of blue and green light.
LessBlueâ„¢ 2.0: Blue-Depleted White Light
LessBlueâ„¢ 2.0 is a specially-engineered light spectrum that, when compared to LED and incandescent lighting, drastically reduces blue and green light. It maintains excellent color rendering, and brightness is optimized for the hours leading up to bedtime. When dimmed, LessBlueâ„¢ 2.0 further reduces blue and green light. This allows you to enjoy warm, comfortable, practical lighting that minimizes disruption to your natural sleep-wake cycle.
Why Not Red or Amber Light?
Some lighting products resort to pure red or amber color emission, but these products sacrifice so much color quality that they must be brighter to be useful. Even though they're blue-free, bright amber or red lights can still disrupt sleep.
LessBlueâ„¢ takes a balanced approach: by maximizing the color quality of low-blue white light, we can reduce brightness, resulting in less circadian disruption than bright red or amber lighting.
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BrightStartâ„¢: Morning Light for Natural Energy
The Power of Morning Blue-Enriched Light
While blue light disrupts sleep at night, it's essential in the morning. Exposure to bright, blue-enriched light upon waking provides a boost and sets your circadian clock for the day ahead.
Optimized Morning Spectrum
BrightStartâ„¢ delivers enriched blue light to help you wake up in the morning. It can be used as an alternative to an alarm clock, mimicking natural dawn for a gentle yet effective wake-up.
What About SAD Lights?
Restful's blue-enriched morning and daytime modes are a leap ahead of traditional SAD lights. The light spectrum is specially-engineered to emit the same amount of circadian-stimulating light at a lower intensity. This means you can experience the benefits of SAD lighting without the discomfort.
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FlickerSafeâ„¢ 2.0: Invisible Flashing, Harmful Effects
The Hidden Problem of LED Flicker
Most LED lights flash at frequencies invisible to the eye but detectable by your nervous system. Flicker can contribute to headaches, eye strain, and loss in concentration, even when you're not consciously aware of it.
A Warning from Leading Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers defined a standard called IEEE 1789-2015, and most LED bulbs fall into the "harmful" category. Even incandescent bulbs and "flicker free" LED products tend to be "harmful" or "potentially harmful."
The New Flicker Gold Standard
FlickerSafeâ„¢ 2.0, found in Atmos and Bedtime Bulb v2, is the new industry benchmark for health-focused lighting. Our products emit the steadiest, biologically-safe light, outperforming "flicker-free" LED and incandescent lighting.
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IRadientâ„¢: The Healing Power of Near Infrared
Beyond Visible Light
That feeling of warmth from the sun and incandescent bulbs? Near infrared (NIR). This type of light might not be visible, but it is healing light that penetrates deep into issues.
Recent research reveals that NIR light stimulates local melatonin production in cells throughout the body. This cellular melatonin acts as a powerful antioxidant, protecting against oxidative stress and supporting repair processes.
NIR: The Light That LEDs Forgot
In a race toward ever more energy-efficient light sources, we removed NIR, because we can't perceive it visibly and it generates heat. But the absence of NIR may be harmful, especially if we're exposed to high-energy blue and ultraviolet light.
By promoting local melatonin production in cells, NIR can counteract the harmful effects of these high-energy sources.
Restful's Stance on NIR
We believe that low levels of NIR over long time periods may be beneficial, and that's why we're leading the market in re-introducing near infrared to lighting.
With IRadientâ„¢, we engineered a new type of light source that emits NIR while remaining energy-efficient and long-lasting. It's the best of both the LED and incandescent worlds.
Ready to Experience Evidence-Based Lighting?
Every innovation at Restful is backed by scientific evidence. We're paving the way for healthier, more comfortable lighting that fits into your daily routine.
Better light leads to better sleep, more energy, and improved wellbeing.