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Leffler817

Leffler817

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They cost as much as the Aqueon version! But the Aqueon does not have the blue light favored by African Cichlid keepers. They did not have these available when I bought my light. : /
For that price, I'd give it a try.


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JasonC

JasonC

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And in a very timely manner, Kris W. just put up a favorable review (part 1 of 2) of this lights bigger brother. http://www.guitarfish.org/2013/05/2...ed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Guitarfish+(Guitarfish)

About half again as expensive...which, honestly, is a pretty good price. Comes with full RGB+W color mixing instead of 6500K + Actinic in the base model.

Think I may have to give these guys a try... waiting to see part 2 of his review though when he releases his findings on PAR levels for the light.
 
Tony

Tony

Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
Anyone have any idea how this stacks up to the Marineland double-bright? I have a 48" one and love it... but it's $30 more expensive than the Current for the 48"-60" size.

The adjustable color thing is a definite plus. Sort of eliminates my concern over the spectrum matching my existing fixture (planning on staggering two 48" fixtures over a 125).
 
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ezrk

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My gut feel is that these are not all that bright. The 48-60" version is only using 18w which is not that much LED for a 4 foot tank.

The same size double bright is 35w so this is probably not even as bright as that - though there are some other variables in play with LEDs.
 
Hawkman2000

Hawkman2000

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I've been looking at the Current Satelite Freshwater LED+. Much brighter and has a remote that lets you completely customize color and levels.

The one problem I have with most of the lights is that they give you all these options, a night/lunar mode, but no timer or even a way to hook one up. Very frustrating.
 
JLW

JLW

CCA Members
Ultimately, you're going to get what you pay for. You can find a lot of cheap, cheap LED lights on the market ... whether or not they're worth what you're paying is debatable.

There's not a lot of "brand recognition" out there for LEDs; no one is the "apple" of LEDs (i.e., making inferior products and stuffing a stupid logo on the side, then charging three times the price because people are willing to join the Cult...). So, if you find a light fixture for $300 and one for $150, the one with the lower price is cutting corners somewhere. It may have a bad power adapter which will last only a few months (LEDs run on DC), it might not be as bright, or....
 
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I am the walrus...

JLW said:
...no one is the "apple" of LEDs (i.e., making inferior products and stuffing a stupid logo on the side, then charging three times the price because people are willing to join the Cult...).
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"Inferior products"? When everything else runs on an operating system that looks and acts like it was written by brain-damaged goats (to say nothing of a firewall that makes a mockery of the term) you call that "inferior"? Right. May as well drive a Yugo, eat exclusively at MickyD's and go home with anything on two legs.

I use Apples because anything else is too painful and life is just too short for self-abuse. Not sure how my willingness to pay a premium for that enrolls me in a cult but so be it - the aesthetics alone are worth the price of admission.
 
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