Has anyone used WAVEPOINT t5 bulbs ?

[Lol21]

I use two t5 fixtures over my 72 inch 150 one is 48 inchs one is 24 because i want full coverage on my tank.

I need new bulbs in the 24 inch fixture they are 1 year old exactly and i can deff tell they need replaced. The 48 inch fixture the bulbs are only 4 months old.

I use two ati blue plus two ati coral plus. In each fixture. It iritates me that no local fish store in northern va sells t5s anymore at least when i called around. So i gatta order online. As i was looking i found some brand called wave point.

They have 2 packs on amazon of a super blue. And a two pack of one called coral wave. Onky 26$ per pack thats as much as one ati bulb. Spectrum charts look identical.

Has anyone used these before ? One thing i dont want is the color to ve different on one side of my tank due to different bulbs lol. But if they are nearly identical and only last say 6-8 months im fine with that as id rather spend 55$ for 6-8 months (im just assuming they will last 6-8) then 100$ for 8-12 months. Specially being cash strapped.

I will tell you though the ati at 12 months deff dont last 12 months. They have been much much dimmer for the last 3 months then the other side of my tank and even the bulbs have a slight black line through em. So why pay 100$ for 8 months.. If i can pay 55$ for 6-8 months

But yea i got this mentality that ati is better then everything

 

[Montiman]

I have used Wavepoint bulbs in the past and they grew coral just fine. I prefer the look of ATI bulbs (Particularly the Blue Plus) to the Wavepoint but corals didn't seem to care.

 

[matttaylor1976]

Spectrum may be close, but the look in the tank is different. The Wave Point bulbs are not as "bright" looking, if that makes sense. I use them, and have no complaints, especially at their price point.