Buy the Ulike Air 3 if you want hair removal only, done fast, with the most comfortable flash on the market. Buy the FAUSTINA 3IN1 if you want hair removal plus skin rejuvenation in one device, with lamps you can replace instead of a sealed unit you eventually throw away, at £100 less than Ulike's list price. That is the honest summary. The detail:
Head to head
| FAUSTINA 3IN1 | Ulike Air 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £220 (list £240) | £319.99 list, often heavily discounted with codes |
| What it does | Hair removal + skin rejuvenation + blemish-prone skin lamp (three interchangeable lamps) | Hair removal only |
| Total flashes | 1,500,000 (500,000 per lamp) | 1,000,000 |
| Lamps | Replaceable, £60 each, device outlives its first lamp | Sealed unit |
| Cooling | None (lower energy per flash keeps it comfortable) | Sapphire ice cooling, the best comfort feature in home IPL |
| Flash speed | 1 to 2.5 seconds between flashes | Around 0.7 seconds, faster full-leg sessions |
| Intensity | 5 levels | 3 modes |
| Wavelengths | HR 530-1100nm, SR 560-1100nm, AC 400-700nm | Hair removal spectrum only |
| Skin tones | Light to medium, caution on deeper tones | Fair to tan, same physics, same limits |
| Warranty | 2 years | 2 years |
| Money back | 40 days on unopened devices bought direct | 100-day satisfaction guarantee |
| Ships from | UK stock, seller LaboTest Ltd (UK company since 2015) | Varies by promotion |
Where the Ulike Air 3 is genuinely better
Credit where due. The sapphire ice cooling plate is the most comfortable experience in home IPL, and if you are sensitive to the warm snap of a flash, that alone can be worth the premium. It also flashes roughly twice as fast, so a full-leg session finishes sooner. Its 100-day guarantee is longer than ours. If your only goal is hair removal and budget is not the deciding factor, the Air 3 is a strong device.
Where the FAUSTINA 3IN1 is genuinely better
It is three devices in one box. The Air 3 removes hair. The FAUSTINA removes hair, then swaps to a skin rejuvenation lamp for tone, texture and sun spots, then to a third lamp for blemish-prone skin. Buying that capability separately means a second device and a second spend.
Its strongest lane is one the Air 3 does not even enter. Skin rejuvenation is where the FAUSTINA has real independent coverage: Penn Smith bought one herself and reviewed it unsponsored for her mature-skin audience, with community results on broken capillaries, and Natural Kaos keeps a dedicated FAUSTINA protocol page. If your goal is tone, sun spots and visible redness rather than hair, this comparison is not close, because the Air 3 does not do it at all. See our at-home rejuvenation guide.
The lamps are replaceable. This is the quiet big one. Every IPL device has a finite flash count. When a sealed device like the Air 3 runs out, the whole unit is done. When a FAUSTINA lamp runs out, a replacement lamp is £60 and the device carries on. Over years of use that changes the total cost of ownership completely.
More flashes to start with. 1.5 million against 1 million, before any replacement.
£100 less at list price. £220 against £319.99. Ulike runs aggressive discount codes, so compare prices on the day you buy, but the FAUSTINA's everyday price is what the Air 3 costs on a good promotion.
The bottom line
| You | Buy |
|---|---|
| Hair removal only, want maximum comfort and speed | Ulike Air 3 |
| Hair removal plus skin tone and texture in one device | FAUSTINA 3IN1 |
| Care about total cost over years, not just today | FAUSTINA 3IN1 (replaceable lamps) |
| Sharing one device across a household | FAUSTINA 3IN1 (more flashes, swappable lamps) |
FAUSTINA 3IN1
£220 £240
Three lamps, 1.5 million flashes, five levels, UK stock, 2-year warranty. Buying direct also costs less than the same brand's Amazon listings.
See it at labotest.co.ukHere for skin, not hair?
£260
The FAUSTINA 3SR carries three skin rejuvenation lamps for tone, sun spots and visible redness work only.
See the 3SR