Cree vs Bridgelux......what say you?

[Big_Pun]

this is why I love to build them. I built 4 Bridgelux diys for a fraction of a single cree fixture

you show me a plan on a better fixture than mine that you can build and ill pay you parts and labor.

http://www.vertexaquaristik.com/Prod...minaSR260.aspx

[rrasco]

Mine are like 15" AWL, set at 40% power and can still be deadly.

[Big_Pun]

Mine are like 15" AWL, set at 40% power and can still be deadly.

do you have lens on your leds?

[350gt]

Mine are like 15" AWL, set at 40% power and can still be deadly.

thats some powa!

[BBQHILLBILLY]

you show me a plan on a better fixture than mine that you can build and ill pay you parts and labor.

http://www.vertexaquaristik.com/Prod...minaSR260.aspx

give me your led specs and theres allways a brighter LED, research is allready being done for the next generation of LEDs, buckle your seatbelts

[350gt]

I would think would want it as pretty as all his colonies of sps in his tank...... no wires and drivers to be seen...

[BBQHILLBILLY]

he said LED not pretty housing

here you go, here some shells at www.catalinaaquarium.com

shell is ez part, patience is the hard part, waiting for the next LED to come out

[Big_Pun]

give me your led specs and theres allways a brighter LED, research is allready being done for the next generation of LEDs, buckle your seatbelts

i dont want just bright lights i want same features i said better fixture than mine. so yea i dont want to see wires everywhere or bulky housings

read this article
http://myreefstatus.com/2012/10/24/v...ghting-review/

[350gt]

he said LED not pretty housing

here you go, here some shells at www.catalinaaquarium.com

shell is ez part, patience is the hard part, waiting for the next LED to come out

actually he said "better fixture"


meaning the whole package.... housing, controls..... everything!!


he paid for more than just some wires and led bulbs...... lmao

[rrasco]

Mine are like 15" AWL, set at 40% power and can still be deadly.

Okay, I lied, I just measured them and they are 12" AWL.

do you have lens on your leds?

Yeah, that's a big part of it. They are 60s, which is why I advise against getting 60s and going with 80 or 90 depending on what is available for the LEDs in the fixture. LED Group Buy will tell you they have lenses built-in, which they kind of do, but they are garbage.

he said LED not pretty housing

here you go, here some shells at www.catalinaaquarium.com

shell is ez part, patience is the hard part, waiting for the next LED to come out

In my experience, the housing and interfaces are actually the hard part. Catalina is really the only place with housings like that. That's why I opted to (and I'd presume most others) build one out of acrylic. You'll never be able to match a commercial fixture in all aspects for the same price. They have the benefit of buying in volume. Building one-off units doesn't save you that much if anything at all.