Plus brand halides

[parkavenuereef]

anyone ever use plus brand halides before? What is everyones brand of choice in 400W 20k?

 

[parkavenuereef]

Anyone?

 

[MSHUR]

radiums

 

[reefinmike]

there is a reason they are only $20 and other bulbs are $65-$100...

 

[RichConley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7492816#post7492816 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefinmike
there is a reason they are only $20 and other bulbs are $65-$100...

I dont know anythign about these bulbs.

But around me, a couple of the LFS are having bulbs shipped over directly from china. Thats where a lot of them are made (XM,hamilton,etc), and we're getting them for $20 each. The reason theyre $60-100 is because you'll pay that much.

 

[shelburn61]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7492945#post7492945 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RichConley
The reason theyre $60-100 is because you'll pay that much.

There is certainly a markup for brand names, but you usually get what you pay for in this hobby. You only need to look at Sanjay's data to show how big a difference there is between bulbs.

Those bulbs have been around too long to be some great secret IMO, but if you find a brand name bulb with the same internal structure as the plus you might be on to something

 

[parkavenuereef]

Thats what I thought... Thanks!

 

[RichConley]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7494133#post7494133 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shelburn61
There is certainly a markup for brand names, but you usually get what you pay for in this hobby.

I dont think theres any statement that I have found less true in this hobby.

I've seen $300 chinese skimmers that will outskim $700 euroreefs. I've seen $25 halide bulbs that are much better than the $100+ Geismanns, etc. The lab grade calcium hydroxide I use is cents per ppund, commercial Kalk is dollars per lb, and less pure. Maxijets are cheap. EVC ballasts are cheap, and better than pretty much everything out there. The $40 refractometers are just as good as the $200 ones.

I find, that usually when someone is saying "you get what you pay for" theyre trying to justify overpaying for something.


Like I said in my first post, I dont know anything about that bulb specifically. I was just objecting to him broadly saying that if its cheap, its junk.