Many are great quality and made just as good or better than anything that BRS sells. The problem with the video from BRS was the total lack of diversity when doing the black box study, and then the scare tactics used in telling people they are fire hazards.
There are many good examples out in the real world of some black boxes that produce wonderful results...
Viparspectra--- A light that has as good or better quality than any of the big name brand lights.
SBReef--- A black box that is customized by Sbreef here in the USA to have great spectrum and quality.
Mars Aqua--- Probably one of the lowest priced of the term "BlackBox" brands. I know of a whole USA facility that is lit by these.
Now lets look at lights that are the Upper-grade Black Box made in China.
Aquarium System solution- About 179-200$ These are very high quality without costing an arm and leg-http://
www.asaquarium.com/index.php/article/index/id/18/cid/3
https://aquariumsys.en.alibaba.com/...pm=a2700.icbuShop.maes88c8c1.8.773c1633l9dnl4
Lumini- Many different price ranges because they have many models
http://www.luminiaqua.com/ and
https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...alleryofferlist.normalList.289.8b427d08P4vlZS
Evergrow- Another great light with an awesome build quality.
https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...alleryofferlist.normalList.289.8b427d08P4vlZS
As you can see not all Black Boxes are created equal. I am sure that the hate mail will come my way , but people need to be educated on their options.
If you want to see most of these lights in a REAL black box study then go to the following link and check out a study as it goes along-
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-real-black-box-light-study.503052/
I hope I have enlightened you that there are more choices than just the big 4 companies.
