What are you looking for in LED lights?

[peacemaker]

Hi fellow reefers! What do you look for when you buy LED lights for your reef? Here are a list of items to consider, and how would you rank them in terms of importance?

- Pricing

- Ease of use

- Coral health / growth

- Overall outlook of the reef (colours pleasing to your eye?)

- Design (looks like a freakin' cool toy)

- Power consumption

- Customizability (modular system, interchangable parts, etc)

- Upgradability

- Wireless control

- Syncronization with 3rd party equipment (ie. app control through smart phones, controllers, etc)

- Touch panel control

- Dimming / in-built timers

- Special features (ie. lightning, cloudy day simulations)

- Accessories

- Build quality

- After-sales support

- Hybrid options (coupled with T5s)

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[linko]

For me,

- Pricing = I can't find any good budget LED

- Ease of use = 50/50

- Coral health / growth

- Overall outlook of the reef (colours pleasing to your eye?)

- Design (looks like a freakin' cool toy)

- Power consumption

- Customizability (modular system, interchangable parts, etc)

- Upgradability

- Wireless control

- Syncronization with 3rd party equipment (ie. app control through smart phones, controllers, etc)

- Touch panel control

- Dimming / in-built timers

- Special features (ie. lightning, cloudy day simulations)

- Accessories

- Build quality

- After-sales support

- Hybrid options (coupled with T5s)

[peacemaker]

For me,

- Pricing = I can't find any good budget LED

Lol... I think there are plenty, just that they compromise on quality, so not very useful. Thanks for your input!

[resser]

- Pricing
- Coral health / growth
- Design (looks like a freakin' cool toy)
- Build quality
- After-sales support
- Overall outlook of the reef

Everything else is fluff.
I want green and cheap. :yeah:

[erikokelf]

- Overall outlook of the reef
- Coral health / growth
- Power consumption

- After-sales support
- Design
- Dimming / in-built timers

Here's my take on LED expectation.

[peacemaker]

- Overall outlook of the reef

- Coral health / growth

- Power consumption

- After-sales support

- Design

- Dimming / in-built timers

Here's my take on LED expectation.

- Pricing

- Coral health / growth

- Design (looks like a freakin' cool toy)

- Build quality

- After-sales support

- Overall outlook of the reef

Everything else is fluff.

I want green and cheap. :yeah:

Thanks guys!

Keep those views coming!

[peacemaker]

Looks like the common consensus is coral health, growth and being visually pleasing to the eye is top priority? Anyone has different expectations, or something else not from this list?