Radion gen 3 pro thoughts?

[nick063]

So I'm looking at getting some lights for my Red Sea reefer and I know that radions are great lights. Cost wise the gen 3s work with my budget, what are the life span of these lights? My budget is around 500 for two I've also looked at the hydra 26s...which is a better buy?

 

[billdogg]

Being that the radions are up to gen5 now, I'm guessing those are used? As to how long they will last - that depends on how hard you push them and several other factors so it's a difficult question to answer, but I have a pair of AI Sol blues that are about 8, a pair of kessil A360W's that are about 6, and a pair of radion XR30G4 pros that are about 1 1/2. All are going strong, but I max them out at about 70%.

 

[NewOne81]

I have gen 3s that are 6 years old running at 60% that are doing just fine.