Best IPL Hair Removal Devices 2026: 10 Ranked, Two at £109.99

It takes first place on the strongest evidence here: 3,875 ratings at 4.4, with 73% of them five-star and 7% one-star. The 8000 Series also ships with four smart curved attachments — body, face, bikini and underarms — one more than the £364.99 Lumea 9000 Series and two more than the £219.98 7000 Series. Among the best ipl hair removal devices in this price bracket, it is the one with the hardest rating to argue with.

Philips claims up to 98% hair reduction after four treatments, with sessions every two weeks for the first six weeks — half the frequency of other brands, in its own wording. SenseIQ does the thinking: a SmartSkin Sensor reads your skin tone and indicates the light setting, which matters on a first attempt. The catch is in the small print. The battery line reads '1 AAA batteries required (included)' and the page never says what it powers — the bundled Satin Compact Pen Trimmer, most likely.

Do not buy it if you want to treat while watching television unplugged: the listing gives no cordless mode. The spec table also lists dimensions of 1 x 1 x 1 cm at 1.16 kg, which is a placeholder rather than a real measurement, so check the photos instead. And at £329.99 it is £110 more than the 7000 Series for two extra heads and a skin-tone sensor; if you only want face and body, the cheaper unit covers both.

It ranks second on 3,178 ratings at 4.3, close to the Lumea's 4.4 on roughly 700 fewer reviews. The claim that separates it is speed: visible reduction in two weeks when used every other day, with a stated 96.52% figure from clinical testing. Meanwhile its cooling number goes the other way from the cheap end of this list — below 15.6°C, where the two £109.99 units promise 8°C. A colder contact temperature is not the same thing as a better pulse, but the gap is worth knowing about.

Dual Lights are the engineering story: two lamps rather than one, covering 18% more area per pulse and firing double flashes, which should shorten a session. In practice, that plus a 1.83 kg body makes it heavier to hold than the 967 g Braun Silk-Expert. Four modes — fast, normal, high and SHR — and a SkinSensor that stops flashing if the patch is too dark. For at home ipl hair removal on legs and arms, the auto-glide mode is where it earns its place.

However, the listing is new: first available 23 April 2025, so the 4.3 rests on buyers from a single year. Ten of those 3,178 ratings are one star. The page never states cordless use, so treat it as a plug-in device, and there is no dedicated face head. If you want attachments for the bikini line, the Philips units below cover more ground for less.

Third place, and the highest price in this list at £584.00 — £314 more than the £269.98 Ulike Air 10 and £134 more than the £449.99 Braun Smart IPL. What that buys is a stated 10-minute full-body session, matched only by the Braun Smart IPL, plus a five-year warranty no other entry matches. Its 4.4 comes from 1,416 ratings, with 75% five-star and 7% one-star.

Braun's Smart SkinProtect Sensor adapts every flash to your skin tone continuously, rather than once at the start of a session. Three intensity modes, UV-filtered light, and heads for legs, arms, chest, back, face, underarms and pubic areas. It is corded electric at 967 g, lighter than the Ulike Air 10 despite costing more than twice as much. If you are weighing Philips Lumea vs Braun IPL, this is the Braun that argues on speed and warranty rather than on attachments.

That said, £584 is the biggest outlay among these IPL hair removal devices, and the box holds two heads — a standard and a precision — against four on the £329.99 Lumea. It is not water resistant, so no shower use. Skip it if you want a cordless ipl hair removal device, or if your budget stops at £400; it needs a socket and it needs the money.

It ranks fourth on price rather than power: £219.98, the lowest of the four Philips units in this list, and £110 under the 8000 Series. It brings 1,445 ratings at 4.3 — more reviews than the £364.99 9000 Series and the £384.99 9900 Series combined. Eight per cent of them are one star, and 68% are five star.

The practical difference is the length of the claim: up to 18 months of hair reduction against two years on the 8000 and 9900 Series. Five light-intensity settings instead of a skin-tone sensor, and two attachments covering body and face, with an integrated light filter on the face head. In theory that covers ipl hair removal for face and body; in practice you lose the bikini and underarm heads.

However, the £110 saving buys an older specification: no SenseIQ, no SmartSkin Sensor, two attachments rather than four, and an 18-month rather than a 24-month claim. If you have light skin and dark hair and only two areas to treat, that trade is reasonable. If you want one device for everything from the neck down, put the money into the 8000 Series instead.

It ranks fifth on specification rather than volume. At £384.99 it is the second most expensive unit in this list, and its 4.4 comes from only 130 ratings — the thinnest evidence in the top five, against 3,875 for the 8000 Series. Philips still lists it second in Amazon's IPL Hair Removal Systems chart, ahead of the £329.99 model. Both can be true at once: a strong chart position and very little review history.

What it adds over the 8000 Series is cordless operation and the SkinAI app, with a Body Hair Analyzer and an AudioFlash Counter for guidance. Four attachments again — body, face, bikini and underarms — and the same up-to-2-year claim, with 98% hair reduction after four treatments. It was first available on 13 September 2024, making it the newest Philips here. If unplugged use matters, this is one of only two cordless ipl hair removal devices in this list.

Even so, £384.99 against £329.99 for the 8000 Series is £55 for cordless use and app features, and a 130-rating base gives the 4.4 far less weight. Seven per cent of those ratings are one star. Buy it if you travel with your device or treat away from a socket; skip it if the 8000 Series covers the same four areas for less.

Sixth, and the lowest rating in the top six at 4.2 from 469 ratings — 13% of them one star, the heaviest one-star share in this list. It sits £20 under the £384.99 9900 Series and £35 over the £329.99 8000 Series, with three attachments rather than four: body, face and precision areas, and no dedicated bikini head.

It is the other cordless option, with corded and cordless use and a Lithium Ion battery included. SenseIQ returns — the SmartSkin Sensor indicates the light setting for your skin tone — along with the same up-to-2-year and 98%-after-four-treatments claims as the rest of the Lumea range. As a laser hair removal device for home use it covers the same ground as the 8000 Series, minus one head.

At the same time, £364.99 for three attachments is £35 more than the four-attachment 8000 Series, and 4.2 is the joint-lowest score in the top six. The spec table repeats the same 1 x 1 x 1 cm placeholder dimensions as the 8000 Series, at 1.16 kg. If you need the bikini head, this is not the one — pay £35 less and take the 8000.

Seventh, and the first half of the coincidence this article opens with. At £109.99 it claims a 21J maximum, 9 energy levels and cooling to 8°C — the coldest contact temperature claimed anywhere in this list, colder than the £269.98 Ulike Air 10's below-15.6°C. Its 4.5 comes from 613 ratings, 77% of them five star. On paper that is the best value among the ipl hair removal devices here, by some distance.

The hardware is straightforward: a 600-1200nm red-light spectrum, two working modes — single flash for lips and fingers, auto-glide for larger areas — an LCD showing running parameters, and a skin-contact sensor. It is corded and must be plugged in during use. The box measures 30.2 x 18.3 x 6.9 cm at 1.12 kg. Worth noting, the listing's 'Date First Available' reads 3 July 2026, which cannot be right for a product already sitting on 613 reviews.

However, it is not for every skin type. The listing states it suits light skin with dark hair and is not applicable to dark skin tones, or to blonde, red, grey or white hair. There is also no lamp-life figure anywhere on the page, so the 21J headline says nothing about how long the unit lasts. If your hair is blonde, red, grey or white, no device at this price will help you.

Eighth, and the second half of the coincidence. Same £109.99, same 21J maximum, same 9 levels, same 8°C cooling claim. Its packaging measures 30.1 x 18.3 x 6.9 cm against the Deplite's 30.2 x 18.3 x 6.9 cm — one millimetre apart — on 1.05 kg against 1.12 kg. Two brands, two model numbers, one specification sheet. It does hold the number one spot in Amazon's IPL Hair Removal Systems chart, where the Deplite is ranked third under Laser Hair Removal.

Three modes instead of two, an LCD touchscreen, auto-glide for legs, arms and back, and a skin-contact sensor that only fires when the head sits flat against the skin. The listing repeats the same limits: corded, not effective on brown-to-black skin tones, and not for blonde, red, grey or white hair. For a first ipl hair removal device at this price, the safer of the two is the one with more reviews — 613 against 457.

That said, both units are the reason this article leads with a warning rather than an award. When two £109.99 devices publish identical energy, identical cooling and a box one millimetre apart, the honest read is that the money is buying a label. Crucially, neither listing says how many flashes the lamp is rated for. Buy either if £109.99 is your ceiling and the stated skin and hair limits fit you; do not pay more expecting the same internals to improve.

Ninth only because 84 ratings cannot carry a top spot, despite the best score in the list: 4.8, with 83% five star, 14% four star and no one-star ratings at all. It is the only entry here with an empty one-star column. The connected app adds step-by-step guidance and a real-time coverage tracker, and Braun claims up to 6 years free from hair with two sessions a month for three months.

Both Brauns here come from Procter & Gamble, but the warranties differ: five years on the £584 Silk-Expert Pro 5, two on this one. The Smart Flex head is claimed to give 100% coverage, including tricky areas, and the skin-tone sensor adjusts each flash automatically. It is corded electric at 1.26 kg, and the box holds two heads, a Venus razor and a pouch. Of these ipl hair removal devices, it is the one built around being told what to do.

The catch is the sample size. Eighty-four ratings cannot tell you what 3,875 can, however good the 4.8 looks. At £449.99 it is £120 more than the £329.99 Lumea 8000 and £134 under the Silk-Expert Pro 5, which makes it a middle price with a thin track record. Wait a few months if you want the rating to mean something; buy now only if the app-led routine is the part you actually want.