This. I'll add that ReeFi includes three different spread options in the box at no extra cost. And, yeah...half the price of a poorer performing XR30 (any gen).Get a Reefi Uno 2.0 pro
- Covers same areaReeFi Uno 2.x Pro – ReeFi Lab
www.reefi-lab.com
- MORE POWER 270w vs 200w
- more blue spectrum
- 3 year warranty, vs ecotech 1yr
- HALF THE PRICE!!!!
Please post a link to the new lens for the gen 5. I cant find it anywhere.
www.bulkreefsupply.com It's there on the home page.
Thanks. Found it.
Everything you say is what I’m doing I currently have some 3D printed shades on my lights to spare my eyes when I’m sat on the sofa due to the excessive light spill these g6s put out. But with my water quality some of my SPS may be better off in the 400PAR I get on my coffee table!1. Glare is wasted photons. If you need to cover your light with a thing to reduce glare, or mount your lights above the silly low recommended 7", you have a light that isn't sending the light where the light is needed. 2. Has everyone forgotten the awesomeness that was the G4? Both spectrum and PAR in the tank. 3. Given the forgotten G4, we've also forgotten that the 120° wide angle kit was intended for shallow tanks and "spread [will be] achieved by dimishing the peak PAR at the center of the fixture." Maybe BRS meant "diminishing." 4. Now the G6 is at 126.3°. Or, wait for it...back to 77° with the comically named "High Intensity Lens Kit." The G5/G6 spread greatly reduces photons being sent into the tank. Your PAR readings are accurate. 5. That G5/6 spread performed VERY well during BRS testing. Not a surprise. Also not a surprise that performance at home is other than what BRS has shared. We generally don't reef with an empty glass box full of freshwater sans rocks, maybe sand, frag racks, stuff growing on the glass, corals, and fish.
If you move from G5 to G6, you will most likely see a drop in PAR. If the spread increases, PAR will generally decrease. The easiest way to see that is to test open-air. That's one of the reasons why I test open-air.
You can't get the OEM evergrows anymore? That's unfortunate.
This made me laugh! Thank you.
Didn't they use to brag about the advantages of HEI lenses? Ironic.1. Glare is wasted photons. If you need to cover your light with a thing to reduce glare, or mount your lights above the silly low recommended 7", you have a light that isn't sending the light where the light is needed. 2. Has everyone forgotten the awesomeness that was the G4? Both spectrum and PAR in the tank. 3. Given the forgotten G4, we've also forgotten that the 120° wide angle kit was intended for shallow tanks and "spread [will be] achieved by dimishing the peak PAR at the center of the fixture." Maybe BRS meant "diminishing." 4. Now the G6 is at 126.3°. Or, wait for it...back to 77° with the comically named "High Intensity Lens Kit." The G5/G6 spread greatly reduces photons being sent into the tank. Your PAR readings are accurate. 5. That G5/6 spread performed VERY well during BRS testing. Not a surprise. Also not a surprise that performance at home is other than what BRS has shared. We generally don't reef with an empty glass box full of freshwater sans rocks, maybe sand, frag racks, stuff growing on the glass, corals, and fish.
If you move from G5 to G6, you will most likely see a drop in PAR. If the spread increases, PAR will generally decrease. The easiest way to see that is to test open-air. That's one of the reasons why I test open-air.
24" above the sensor face, please. Would be fun to compare vs a Gen 4 Pro running AB+ at 100%.
1. I’d argue the target is BRS’ testing, and not forum requests. B. There were multiple tanks at their old facility, and I understand that that’s also the case at the new place.
Ryan has no stake in the game anymore. He's a paid representative. The only real innovation left for LEDs is to figure out the best solutions for spectrum for growth, spectrum for visual appeal, physical distribution of LEDs, and intensity. All the rest is bells and whistles (and how much the manufacturers can get away with cost-wise).
