Nicest PC lights? PC lights to stay away from?

[runway1]

Prior to buying, what are your opinions on good and bad values in the PC lighting market? Coralife, Orbit, etc.? TIA

 

[fishfreek]

Are you asking about prefabed hoods or PC bulbs themselves?

 

[bound_for_obx]

Not to steal the thread of course... But I'd like to hear about PC 50/50 bulbs. (65w)

 

[runway1]

Not the bulbs but the fixtures, ready to go.

 

[Devilishturtles]

I ordered the coralife PC fixture from captivereefs.com.

I have no complaints with it. Everything works fine, the hood fits perfectly. I don't know about any other brands, etc. But this is my experience with the Coralife.

 

[RMPD109]

I just got the coralife lunar light w/ 1 65w 10000k and 1 65w acintic. It is great. The quality appears first rate and everything is built sturdy. I thought about the orbit and satellite fixtures but I was told the quality and customer service is with coralife.

 

[runway1]

Good advice because the Orbit tends to be more money.

 

[lando]

I really love my Aqualight by Coralife. According to Darin at captivereefs.com, Coralife offers great customer service and support and they have a very low defect rate.

 

[captivereefs]

Coralife is the best. They have great service, always answer the phone and have a low faliure rate as stated above.Plus the build quality is excellent and sturdy!

Current USA is good but the company support is pretty bad. There only contact is E-mail and you are lucky if they respoond.

JBJ is Ok I heard they made improvemnets but i still do not trust there stuff.

Jebos while real cheap are just that real cheap. They have bad ballasts fake actinic bulbs and no warranty or customer support.

 

[fishfreek]

I have used Coralife bubs and bulbs from hellolights (no idea on brand). I think the corallife bulbs overall have a more blue hue to them.

 

[Salttanker]

Corallife is very dependable. The actinic is really awesome on these.

Mike

 

[captivereefs]

Agreed coralife has the best PC actinic on the market.

 

[Fireworks]

The Coralife Lunar is the ticket man. Set all three lights on timers, it really looks sharp 8)

 

[stusclan]

I love my coralife aqualite. I leave the LED's on all the time. I have the actinics timed to come on an hour before I turn the white lights on. Great system. And I got a great price from Darin at Captivereefs.