LED's...the new Metal Halide

megelBeagle · Post by **megelBeagle** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:38 am

http://www.solarisled.com/

This is pretty cool. I think I'll wait for the price to come down though.

Dxtr · Post by **Dxtr** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:34 pm

very cool. I remember reading about these a month or so ago. I's really interested in the seperate timing system.

Agree - too pricy for my lil ole butget right now. =(

dxtr

mykpoz · Post by **mykpoz** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:34 am

i have seen a few tanks with these in, not in person, but from what I can gather from those who have tried, them is that they don't see the growth that they had with PC's...

now these could be individual instances and such, but i would hope for them to be wonderful, and to make my own lights

it is something i have been playing with for a few months.

Amphiprion · Post by **Amphiprion** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:00 am

From what I have seen and heard, I am not that impressed. They compared these to a single ended metal halide bulb with another glass shield (they already have one and don't need another) and a sucky reflector. I think I will stick with the usual stuff for now until I see improvements and better testing, etc.

megelBeagle · Post by **megelBeagle** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:29 am

I think its a step in the right direction. LED technology has definitely improved and people are finding new applications for them all the time. I think in the next few years more products like this will be available and we will see the gap between them and conventional MH's narrowing.

Post by **snoopdog** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:32 am

Yes, given time. The thing is the way development is, something will probably take the LED's place before they become viable as a solution.