Valkee 2 Silver Bright Light Headset New Model

I purchased the Valkee 2 a couple years ago. Based on all the negative feedback I read online, I was sceptical. I decided to buy the product anyway. I'm glad I did. After using the machine for 12 minutes on a cloudy day, I definitely can tell an improvement in my overall mood. Perhaps I'm one of the lucky 87% who reported success, but overall I'm very pleased with the Valkee 2. My only complaint would be the delivery time to get the product. When I purchased the unit a couple years ago, it was shipped from Finland. Delivery took several weeks. Maybe delivery is quicker now. Update: After writing this review, I had time to think more about my experiences. Here are some of my observations while using the Valkee 2. I found that I have to keep almost perfectly still while the earbuds are activated. Otherwise I feel dizzy. I use the machine while driving to work. The dizziness is hardly noticeable. Also, I get a slight headache every now and then then while using the product. From what I can tell, this goes away after several days of usage. One other thing to note is a slight warming/aching feeling in my eyes while the lights are on. As I mentioned before, overall I'm very pleased with the Valkee 2 despite some of the side effects. I live in the Northeast. In the winter, I can use all the real and artificial sunlight I can get.

This company's financial reports recently have been dropping as more and more stories come out about this being a scam with no real scientific backing. I feel foolish for falling for it. Would give minus stars.

This is very well made, easy to use, convenient, stylish, and the battery charge lasts a long time. It also looks like a small electronic device rather than a medical product. I have used a SAD light for years and this took the amount of time I spend from 30-45 minutes per day to 12 minutes per day. I can also move around and do whatever I want while using it. For the first few days I noticed a very slight headache and a very small amount of nausea (same when I started using a SAD light) but that went away quickly and now I just feel great after using it. It took a couple of weeks for me to notice the full effect but I am now finding this to be more effective than the SAD light. I am very pleased with this product. Update 8/16/16: One of the LEDs burned out in the headset after about 2 1/2 years. I called customer service and they had me mail it to an office in California. I had a new headset back in less than a week free of charge. I'm still very pleased with the product.

I am on my second Valkee and am contemplating buying one for my husband. I have suffered with SAD all of my adult life and I am 72. I use a little light box as well in the depths of winter. I think the Valkee works on general depression as well because in some heavy duty periods of stress I have used it two times in a row and within a week I am feeling much better. It works very fast to improve depression. Maybe it won't work for everyone but it has worked wonders for me and I highly recommend it. Like another reviewer my SAD starts in late August and runs through May. I can only not use light the month before and the month after the summer solstice. This spring has been particularly rainy in the northeast this year and that has mad it worse. Try it it works!

Brilliant. One year later, I am editing this review to be more detailed as I ran across online articles that said this is not effective against SAD. I find this very effective treating SAD. I have used therapeutic light for about 20 years: giant light boxes; small light boxes; head visors; 10,000 lux; green lights, etc. All have worked: I found it to be a matter of preference as costs are generally the same. The Valkee ear headset works for me. Granted, I need to do two back-to-back 8-minute sessions but I often had to do back-to-back 20-minute sessions given the time of year. I find this convenient and effective. Plus, I can walk around with it. Re: the criticism that the research for this product is unfounded, as I recall, the research for therapy light, in general, can be disputed. All I know is, if it works, it works. This works for me. And my thanks to those who created such an elegant treatment for SAD.

This appears to do a lot more than treat jet-lag or the winter blues. I am using it to see what it does for energy and it has significant effects of rapidly improving energy. I have tested it on several patients and initial responses have been quite positive for migraine, TMJ pain, myofascial pain. As a neuroscientist I believe it is working on branches of the vagus nerve that are located in the ear canal. The light is powerful and if shined on the fingertip side of the thumb shines bright red through the opposing nail. I also wonder if stimulating the vagus nerve with light or alters the brains autonomic responsiveness. Whatever is happening it has interesting effects, at least initially on a fairly large number of people. Some do not respond at all, but this is the rather small minority.

returned...so -0- change.

I bought this for my SAD problem. Every cloudy day, weather I knew it was cloudy or not, I got depressed. I would be working in the house, not having gone out yet and wonder why I am so depressed. Then I would look outside and see the clouds. I grew up in Alaska with the 6 months of Darkness and I really had a problem with it. Once I got the Valkee, I used it that morning and then went about my day. I eventually went outside and realized it was cloudy, but I was NOT depressed! It has worked for me ever since and I have not been depressed because of a cloudy day! I feel quite free of that and I am so thankful!

Ich brauche sehr viel Licht und ich weiß das auch. Die Wintermonate sind daher bei mir stimmungsmäßig leider immer etwas gedämpft. Tja, was soll ich sagen: Ich war zwar skeptisch, aber das Teil hat bei mir nach einer Woche Standard-Einsatz eine deutliche Steigerung von Vitalität und Stimmung zur Folge gehabt. Allerdings habe ich auch gleichzeitig mit der Einnahme von Tryptophan begonnen. Is' mir egal, ob und wie es funktioniert oder ob es Einbildung ist oder sonstwas - Hauptsache, ich bin auch in der dunklen Jahreszeit hellwach und gut gelaunt. Volle Punktzahl für eine unerwartet hohe Wirkung. Das Gerät ist zudem stylisch, kompakt, einfach zu bedienen und rundherum gelungen.

かなり効果があります もともとは海外旅行の時の時差ぼけ防止に購入したのですが普段でも気分が落ち込んでいる時に使用するといい感じになり気分の改善が見られました

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私は概日リズム障害です。 出先ではブライトライトMEが使えないため、代わりになるものとして購入しました。 おそらく光量の違いからブライトライトMEほどではないとは思いますが、少なくとも効果は実感しています。 自動で切れる12分よりも2倍以上長めの時間で使用しています。 位相が大きくずれた状態からでなければ、位相のずれの回復・予防はできると思います。 極端に光の受容性が弱い体質の方でなければ、交代制勤務の時差ボケ解消にも役立つと思います。 (公式では2回以上の使用は推奨されていません。ただ、自分で睡眠の位相を把握して計画的に使用できる場合はOKのはず。 より影響力のある「日光」を12分以上浴びることも自然なことなのですから。 もちろん長く使用したときは体への負担は多少感じます。 ですが位相のズレをそのままにするほうが圧倒的に辛いです。 医師に相談はしていない私個人の方法論ではありますが、症状は改善しています) 私には強いうつの症状がないので断言はできませんが、うつにも効果があるのではないかと考えています。 何より仰々しくなく、周りからは唯のウォークマンとして見えますし、 職場でも相談すれば使用できるかもしれません。 高照度光療法とまではいかないかもしれませんが、 場所や時間を選ばずに、それに近い治療ができるこちらの商品は私にとっては本当に助かります。 金額を考慮するとやはりお財布には厳しいです。もっと普及して、値が下がると嬉しいのですが。 加えて、世間の病気への理解も深まって欲しいとも感じています。

ひと月くらい使ってますがあまり効果を感じられないです。期待をこめて星三つつけます。