Too good to be true..TaoTronics LED

Legitimate question and one that you could ask about these expensive models too. I could buy a $200 pair of designer jeans with faded marks and holes that wouldn't last as long as a 15 dollar pair at Walmart. Store brand foods are often repackaged brand foods. I.E. Great Value corn flakes were probably Kellogg, or a similar known company.

 

seen there original light, the single plug, no dimmer all on all the time. at the fish store yesterday. wasnt impressed, didnt have the "shimmer" like the ecotech next to it....

 

Well the ecotech doesn't compare par wise, apparently. Pick your poison. No light is perfect.

 

I dont know if i really trust those par numbers really. Just saying

 

nevermind, i just took a 2nd look and those numbers are from a 3reef member. I thoght they were claimed by a person from taotronics. the ecotech readings and ai readings are take at what level under the water tho? just so we are clear.

 

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2088048&page=4

 

thanks, i just found the link when you posted it.

so 12" awl....and 18inches of water.

 

Are you saying the the expensive models won't last as long as these cheap models. If not then this is a bad comparison.

Could you please point us to the store labeled LED fixtures that are the same as the high end LED fixtures for a nuch lower price. Again.....bad example.

 

Well its pretty well known that the bridgelux leds do not penetrate as well as the cree is it not? so it comes as no surprise that the cree lights would have higher par lower. Plenty of par for my 40B tho!

Now we need to find par readings on the taotronics with cree leds. see what thats putting out.

 

The thing that is baffleing me is how they get such high par with 120 degree optics.