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Lights are nice; User Interface not so much By Bithunter on 4/22/13
Bithunter would recommend this product to a friend
I do like the lights; very nice colors and flexibility. However, I think the programing interface is overly complicated. You need a PC/MAC to program. The ecotechlive site is not ready for primetime. Could not get the time to reprogram using the live site. It kept defaulting to GMT. I had to go with the PC client to set the time on the lights correctly.
Each time you program the lights, the program has to be written to the lights themselves.
I also own a bunch of AI lights. I like the controller on the AI lights much better. Especially the ability to reprogram with out PC. It's just a hassle to have to drag out a PC, hook up USB to program the lights. Granted, this should only be needed occasionally. The buttons on are hard to remember what they do. First couple of days I had to refer to the manual to figure the button sequence to control lights locally.
I do understand this is new concept for lights. Previously it was just on/off. Now you are mucking with time and colors.
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Top notch By Shawn on 4/11/13
Shawn would recommend this product to a friend
What can I say these light are great the programablty of them set them apart from any other lights I have used. Like the guy here at BRS say it like looking at a real ocean reef vs looking at a photo of a reef. Only negative I can say is I wish you were able to communicate with them wirelessly
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Radion GEN 2 By Bob on 4/2/13
Bob would recommend this product to a friend
WOW, all I can say about this light is GET one, I replaced my 120w chinese LED light with this and WOW, Should now better by now, Buy the best the first time and save money in the long run, best light I have ever seen on a tank!!
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Great Product! By Bobby on 3/31/13
Bobby would recommend this product to a friend
I absolutely love this light. As with all Ecotech products it's built solid. Easy to set up. My SPS are doing great! It took about two weeks for them to adjust but they are looking great. Corals are happy. Fish look beautiful. Very low heat if any. I usually will always post a con about a product however I haven't found one yet. I can't say it's to expensive because it's not in comparison to other led's. Ecotech live is just awesome. Thanks you Ecotech for another amazing product!
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Great Product! By Bobby on 3/20/13
Bobby would recommend this product to a friend
This light is great! It's very bright and beautiful at 100%. It has a great spread. I'm using 3 units on my 220 gallon reef (72X24X24) and it is perfect. The wireless control, fully customized controls, ease of use, beautiful coloration, and quality of build is what gives this a strong five stars. The unit, as with all Ecotech products, is very well built. I absolutely love them.
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This is a must have for any serious reef tank... By Rob Coberg on 12/9/12
Rob Coberg would recommend this product to a friend
This will be the second XR30W (GEN 2) for a 75 Gallon reef tank I puttting together right now. I was very happy with it. I love the fact you can replace the leds if they burn out for $30.00 a set..I think that itself
is a notch above most other lights out there. It has storm, cloud cover and lots of other features.
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It's a Beautiful Thing! By PryorRods on 12/9/12
PryorRods would recommend this product to a friend
I jut bought these for another large reef I'm setting up in the house. You'll have to go online to set-up and figure them out as the instruction manual is pretty vague. Because, my tank is 3' deep, I was going to go with the Ai's because of the huge PAR difference over the Radions, but since the price dropped, I figured I'd give them a shot. Very, Very nice!
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LED configuration not the same as Generation 1 light By rob knasel Reef Tank Adventure on 12/8/12
rob knasel Reef Tank Adventure wouldn't recommend this product to a friend
The LED's are actually 32 not 34 now. If you are adding this light to an existing Generation 1 light, be advised the light spectrum will look different in your tank, through all phases of the program. I have calibrated all of my lights and this one stands out amoungst the rest. This is not just a TIR addition.