Just sold all my radion g5 xr15 and xr30 . I was never happy with them. I bought instead read see reefled 160.
What made me switch ? Their scam marketing claims and the results.
The g5 were worse than the g4 which was good. The g4 had wifi,made less noise,had more power,a better spectrum,more color pop.The g5 had disco ball effect also whiteout the diffuser,they had no real uv contrary to their claims. From a light to another, I measured significant paar differences,fir the spread I have to add twice as the recommended amount.Also, I have the sofa close to the tank and got lights in the face all time, my wife don't want them anymore for this reason.
With their study, they claimed better results than t5 and hqi,i never experienced this, some corals were ok with the light some sps not.I had to add again t5 to get better results. So take a light that should be better than t5 from spread and spectrum for end with them again...that is ..!!
For the g6,This should actually have been the real g5 instead of the g6.The wider spectrum in the blue is a good thing, less green, I'm not sure . When I turned the green to 100% the results on the radion were better ( t5 have a spike in the green). But I saw already a few people saying that it is not really more wide spectrum on the g6 , just marketing claims again ,even on Facebook people claim it see attachment.
The spectrum seems relatively unchanged, apart from maybe having less blue. Ok they have 395 but it is not enough to make a difference.
Where is the moonlight introduced by the g5? Given the design from the g6 there is a space for it, but where it is? Economical reason, shortage?
And pay 400$ for having just 3 Uv diodes more and no moonlights? Seriously no way! And I not more believe any claims from their marketing, this company can't be trusted anymore after what they did to us.
Would their lens support Uva, from what I know their technology until now doesn't support it, so how suddenly without testing it can be possible? How long they will hold? There is a big risk for break in 1-2 year just after the end of the warranty... But don't worry, they will propose you the g7 then..
Why I went with the reefleds? Because on my smaller tank , I bought recently a cheap second hand reefled 90, I wanted something cheap because I just had lps inside. I was thinking that this light is too weak and the spectrum too narrow for sps but ok for lps and it not have a lot of par. I put inside some frags of sps that were not thriving or had stn issue in the main tank with the radions. To my big surprise, instead of dying as expected they growth and get much better color than the man tank, the pop is also better! Some dying scoly under the radions also grew back. This lights definitely have something special. All frags I putted get better colors and growth.Also they have a great shimmer, are not noisy and you not have light come in your eyes when you are in the sofa.
So I sold my two Radions xr15 and my xr30 for two 160s . I was thinking two are not enough as I had tree radions so more watt, but actually two seems to be enough in terms of spread , they are surprisly good for a single lens light. I just saw also the brs reviews of the 90 the spread is great,unfortunately they not did it with the 160 which even should be better with the wider lens.So I even saved money and electricity with this change. They just could be a bit whiter and add a bit more red to my taste, as I prefer more daylight light. But it is no a big issue, and the tank looks better with the shimmer. The kessil seems also to be great but the put also light in the eyes and they have a bit less pop than the read sea.
