Cheap LED System

[bereleah]

Hi All,

What are some or the recognized cheaper price efficient options for LED lighting???

 

[PSU REEFER]

I use a Aqua Mars on my 40 breeder frag tank and it does ok/good. Now on my DT I use 400MH though.

 

[Ron Reefman]

MarsAqua is probably the cheapest (cost & quality), GalaxyHydro, Viparspectra, OceanRevive, Reef Breeders basic (similar to OceanRevive & Viparspectra).IMHO, at this level, as the cost goes up, so does the quality of the hardware, as in better case (aluminum not steel), better heatsink (fins vs flat sheet of aluminum), better stainless...

They all make basically the same light except the MarsAqua is 25% less powerful. They all use 3 watt leds but power them at lower wattage. MarsAqua is at 1.8 watts/led vs all the others at 2.2 watts/led.

 

[bereleah]

MarsAqua is probably the cheapest (cost & quality), GalaxyHydro, Viparspectra, OceanRevive, Reef Breeders basic (similar to OceanRevive & Viparspectra).IMHO, at this level, as the cost goes up, so does the quality of the hardware, as in better case (aluminum not steel), better heatsink (fins vs flat sheet of aluminum), better stainless...

They all make basically the same light except the MarsAqua is 25% less powerful. They all use 3 watt leds but power them at lower wattage. MarsAqua is at 1.8 watts/led vs all the others at 2.2 watts/led.

Thanks for the detailed reply!!!

 

[drummerboyevil]

Sb reef lights has a very loyal following.