Legit question. The reason that we know that a CND lamp will work of other uv cured polishes is because those polishes have specified what works - generally a 36 watt UV lamp. That's what the CND lamp is, so it works on products that have that specification. For example, Jessica Geleration says 36WATTS 4x9 WATTBULBS; Gelish and ACG say "Recommended curing times are based on a 36-watt UV Lamp."; LeChat and IBD say "a 36watt UV light" and so on.
I think the other reason the CND lamp is sort of the gold standard for UV lights is that in order to make it hypoallergenic, CND Shellac has fewer and different photoinitiators in it, which make it a bit more difficult to cure. If a 36 watt lamp can properly cure CND Shellac, it can cure just about any
So basically the brisa cnd lamps are just a normal 36 watt lamp and not the magical lamp it's always claimed it to be ? And so if this new lamp cures any gel then surely that means ANY lamp can cure brisa ?
I don't think there is anything 'magical' about the CND lamp! It is just the only one CND will guarantee to cure their products.
It doesn't mean that any lamp can cure Brisa nor Shellac as CND have made it clear that their products are not suitable for LED UV cure.
As far as speed is concerned, the point about applying a gel,polish is that you can be painting one hand while the other is in the lamp and many can't paint accurately in less than 2 mins. The IBX application is so quick that there isn't anything that can be done on the other hand until the end so an LED is quicker, even one that is a 4 finger only.