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Flow FL-100
Identity
- Manufacturer
- Flow Neuroscience
- Model number
- FL-100
- Codename
- —
- Aliases
- Flow Headset, Flow Neuroscience Headset, Flow tDCS Headset, Flow
- Generation
- —
- Country of origin
- SE
- Released
- —
- Announced
- —
- Discontinued
- —
- Status
- shipping
Classification
- Invasiveness
- non-invasive
- Modalities
- tDCS
- Primary modality
- tDCS
- Direction
- write
- Categories
- therapeutic, stimulation, consumer-wellness
- Form factor
- headband
- Use cases
- home-use treatment for adult major depressive disorder, tDCS treatment protocol delivered over multiple weeks, monotherapy or adjunct to other depression treatments
- Target users
- patient-depression, general-consumer
Electrodes
- Total channels
- 2
- Recording channels
- 0
- Reference channels
- —
- Electrode type
- wet-saline
- Material
- —
- 10-20 positions
- F3, F4
- Requires gel
- No
- Requires saline
- Yes
- Prep time
- —
- Reusable
- —
- Disposable
- —
Stimulation
- Capable
- Yes
Connectivity
- Protocols
- bluetooth-le
- Bluetooth
- —
- Bluetooth profiles
- —
- Concurrent mode
- —
- Encryption (transit)
- —
- Pairing methods
- —
- Cloud sync
- —
- Offline recording
- —
Power
- Sources
- rechargeable-li-po
- Battery life (active)
- —
- Charging port
- —
- Charging time
- —
- Battery replaceable
- —
- Notes
- —
Physical
- Weight
- —
- Dimensions
- —
- Materials
- —
- Sizes
- one-size
- Head circumference
- —
- Operating temp
- —
Compute
- Has onboard computer
- No
- Operating systems
- bare-metal
- Primary OS
- bare-metal
- Edge ML accelerator
- No
- Root access
- none
- App sandbox
- No
- 3rd-party apps allowed
- No
- Notes
- Stim controller MCU + BLE SoC; protocols are pushed and timed by the Flow companion app on the user's phone.
Software & data
- Mobile app
- Yes
- Cloud platform
- Yes
- Offline mode
- —
- Subscription required
- Yes
- Raw data access
- No
- Export formats
- —
- LSL support
- No
- Data ownership
- —
- Apps
- Flow
SDK & developer access
- Has SDK
- No
- Open source
- No
- Languages
- —
- Web Bluetooth
- —
- Raw sample access
- No
- BCI paradigms
- —
- 3rd-party integrations
- —
- Docs
- —
Capabilities
- Attention / focus
- —
- Meditation / calm
- —
- Neurofeedback
- No
- Meditation coaching
- —
- Sleep tracking
- No
Regulatory & clinical
- FDA status
- pma
- CE mark
- Yes
- Certifications
- CE-MDR Class IIa
- Prescription required
- Yes
- Pediatric approved
- No
Pricing & availability
- MSRP
- GBP 399
- Current price
- GBP 399
- Subscription
- Required — GBP 79/mo
- Warranty
- 12 months
- Return policy (days)
- 84
- Where to buy
- Buy at flowneuroscience.comBuy at well.co.uk
Accessibility
- Works with hair
- —
- Works over glasses
- —
- Works over headwear
- —
- Languages
- —
- Pediatric minimum age
- 18
Media & links
- Official site
- flowneuroscience.com
- Product page
- flowneuroscience.us
Editor’s take
In favor
- Strongest clinical-evidence stack of any consumer brain-stim device
- First FDA-approved at-home tDCS for depression (PMA P230024, Dec 2025)
- CE-MDR Class IIa medical-device pathway in the EU/UK
- Therapy app is included, not bolted on
- NHS-deployable in the UK
Against
- Prescription / clinician sign-off required
- App requires an ongoing monthly subscription
- US launch not until Q2 2026
- Not for under-18s; long contraindication list
Sources & provenance
- Flow Neuroscience — official site
- Flow Neuroscience — US (FL-100)
- FDA PMA P230024 — Flow FL-100 Summary of Safety and Effectiveness
- Medical Device Network — FDA approves Flow FL-100
- Well Pharmacy — Flow Neuroscience Headset (UK retail)
- Nature Medicine — Flow tDCS RCT
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