FOREO BEAR 2 vs NuFACE TRINITY+

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Quick picks

The short answer

#	Product	Best for	FDA clearance	Price
1	NuFACE TRINITY+ Wins on everything measurable	anyone who wants to know what they bought	Located	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded
2	FOREO BEAR 2 Wins on living with it	hygiene and low effort	Not located	Check price on Amazon #ad How we are funded

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FOREO does not publish a microamp figure for the BEAR line. Not a ceiling, not a range, nothing. The device is sold on its sensor technology, its app and its form factor.

This matters more in microcurrent than in almost any other category, because current is not just the specification - it is the mechanism. A microcurrent device that will not say how much current it delivers has declined to describe the thing it does. NuFACE, ZIIP and even the professional-lineage MyoLift all publish or expose a figure; FOREO does not.

FOREO holds K200803, covering BEAR and BEAR mini, cleared 31 July 2020 under product code NFO, and K232242 for BEAR 2 Body, cleared May 2024. We could not locate a separate record naming the BEAR 2 face device.

That is not nothing - the brand is in the right product code with a genuine clearance history. It is also not the same as a record naming the device you are buying, which is what NuFACE's K201782 gives you.

• Hygiene. A sealed silicone body rinses clean under a tap. Every other device here has seams, metal contacts and a charging port that you are wiping around. Over years of daily use with conductive gel, that is a real difference.
• Durability. Nothing to corrode, nothing to work loose, no attachment mechanism to wear.
• No consumable attachments. What you buy is the whole device, which is the opposite of the NuFACE model.
• Gel flexibility. It works with its own gel or a generic conductive gel, which not every app-driven device does.

If you are the kind of buyer who will abandon a device because cleaning it is a nuisance, FOREO has solved your actual problem and the missing specification may be a price worth paying. Adherence beats specification, and we say that on half the pages of this site.

If you want to know what you bought, NuFACE tells you and FOREO does not, and no amount of silicone changes that.

In detail

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Wins on everything measurable

NuFACE TRINITY+

NuFACE · Best for anyone who wants to know what they bought

Up to 340 microamps published, K201782 and K212947 located, two-year warranty, eight clearances since 2007. Harder to clean and it needs attachments bought separately.

The reference microcurrent device: swappable attachments, an app, a published microamp ceiling and the deepest clearance history in the category.

Specifications

Output	Up to 340 microamps; the Boost button adds 25 microamps
Attachments	Facial Trainer, Effective Lip and Eye, Wrinkle Reducer (red LED)
Protocol	5 times a week for 60 days, then 2-3 times a week
Warranty	2 years
Clearance	K201782 device, K212947 Wrinkle Reducer attachment

FDA clearance located

510(k) K201782 (NuFace Trinity Plus Device, cleared 22 January 2021, product code NFO - over-the-counter powered facial toning). The Wrinkle Reducer attachment carries its own clearance, K212947 (2 April 2022, product code OHS).

What works

• Publishes its actual microamp output, which most of this category refuses to do
• Two located clearances, one for the device and one for the LED attachment
• Two-year warranty is the longest here

What does not

• Attachments are sold separately and add up fast
• Needs conductive gel every session, which is a running cost
• The app is a convenience, not a reason to buy

Specifications from NuFACE product page; FDA 510(k) K201782 and K212947, checked 13 October 2026.

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Wins on living with it

FOREO BEAR 2

FOREO · Best for hygiene and low effort

A fully sealed silicone body you can rinse under a tap - nothing else here can be cleaned that easily. FOREO publishes no microamp figure at all, and K200803 covers BEAR and BEAR mini rather than the BEAR 2 face model.

A silicone-bodied microcurrent device with a sensor that claims to detect and throttle current by skin area.

Specifications

Output	FOREO does not publish a microamp figure
Body	Sealed silicone, fully washable
Clearance	K200803 covers BEAR and BEAR mini; no separate BEAR 2 face record located

FDA clearance not located

FOREO's located clearances cover BEAR and BEAR mini (K200803, 31 July 2020, product code NFO) and BEAR 2 Body (K232242, 13 May 2024). We could not locate a separate record for the face BEAR 2.

What works

• Sealed silicone body is the easiest device here to keep clean
• The brand does hold a located clearance in this product code
• Works with its own gel or a generic conductive gel

What does not

• No published microamp output at all, so it cannot be compared on the one number that matters
• No located clearance for the BEAR 2 face model specifically
• Heavily app-dependent

Specifications from FDA 510(k) database query, applicant FOREO, 13 October 2026, checked 13 October 2026.

• NuFACE TRINITY+ if a published output and a model-specific clearance matter, or if you want area-specific attachments.
• FOREO BEAR 2 if cleaning and maintenance are what will decide whether you keep using it, and you accept buying a device whose output is not published.
• NuFACE MINI+ if you want a cleared device that is also easy to live with, which is the middle ground neither of these occupies. That comparison.