I've got one of the TaoTronics, and two of the Reefbreeders LED Value fixtures.

Both have grown coral like crazy for me. The TaoTronics is not dimmable, which is the only downside I have found to it. The Reefbreeders LEDs are dimmable, and my corals LOVE them.

Personally, I think the Reefbreeders are comparable to the "name brand" fixtures, just from my personal experience with coral growth and happiness. I hear people talking about thunderstorm this and special features that........but, I live in tornado alley, so I don't need any artificial lightening. And I could care less about special features, I'm interested in what makes my corals happy. The reefbreeders value fixture is $179, grows coral like mad, is dimmable, runs cool, and works great. I'm very happy with them. The taotronics requires that I move it up or down to increase or decrease lighting, grows coral like mad, runs cool, and works great.

No one will every convince me that I should pay thousands of dollars to light my tank just so I can have a name brand, highdollar fixture. Not when I've already seen fantastic results with the TaoTronics and the ReefBreeders LEDs.