jolee0722 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Anyone at Reefstock see these lights? They sound interesting, though their price point is almost double the normal Orbit Marine. Found them for pre-order on this site: http://www.saltwateraquarium.com/orbit-marine-pro-led-aquarium-fixture-current-usa.html Can read about them more here: http://current-usa.com/aquarium-led-lights/orbit-marine-fixtures/orbit-marine-pro/ What's the point of the magenta LEDs? And is it just a coincidence that these are coming out around the same time the Mr. Aqua 22 Gallon Long is set to come out? Link to comment
Horerczy Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Magenta is either a dual core LED with a Discrete Red and Blue emitter or a Blue Chip with a Red Phosphor coating. It's advantage is adding red without creating as much disco. They're not a common color and tend to always be sub 1W emitters. I'm not sure why they call it Magenta Indigo. Technically the 445nm Royal Blue is Indigo. And the 415nm Ultraviolet is really True Violet. The 6500K is actually Cool White just like the 8000K just a Warmer color temp not that most people will be sensitive to that difference. It moved from .25W to .5W emmiters though and the color rendering should be a little better than the regular Orbit Marine. Link to comment
exmasonite Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Interesting... of course, this comes out < 2 months after I buy the old Marine Orbit. Hehe. That being said, doesn't look like a big difference. The 18-24" goes from 18W to 21W. That's not a huge jump. Despite tweaking their spectrums a bit, I think this light is going to be hampered by its predecessor's weak points in not being that powerful. Full disclosure, mine is doing fine on my Biocube 29 and I am very happy with it. But at that price point, I don't see a big reason to spend twice as much $$ for the light. Granted... maybe the PAR data will make me eat my words. Will be waiting with bated breathe... Link to comment
jolee0722 Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 After reading more closely, as Horecrzy stated, the LED emitters are increasing in wattage from 0.25 watts to 0.50 watts, but they are also decreasing in number. Link to comment
OCNcheffy Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I had high hopes for this.. Not impressed at all right now. I was hoping for at least 1w emitters over the original .25w emitters. Colors look great but not worth the price hike I don't think. Link to comment
Horerczy Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I doubt the lower overall wattage will be a problem. The par numbers should be slightly higher than the other orbit marine fixture if there's any difference at all. Link to comment
evilc66 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I would think there would be a large difference, considering that all the LEDs now have a secondary optic. Sure, it will reduce the overall coverage, but output should be substantially higher than the non-Pro version. Link to comment
fredfish01 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I would think there would be a large difference, considering that all the LEDs now have a secondary optic. Sure, it will reduce the overall coverage, but output should be substantially higher than the non-Pro version. It sounds like they will cover a smaller area due to the optics,so intensity will be higher, but output will be the same. Link to comment
reefernanoman Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 What is interesting about this light is that it didn't include lime, cyan etc.? Link to comment
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