Comments on: TMC’s New GroBeam1000 and AquaBeam1000 Ultra HD LED Lights

By: AquaBeam 1000HD LED Aquarium and Reef Light Tile by TMC - Tropical Marine Centre | glassbox-design.com

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:00:43 +0000

[...] month we shared some information on Tropical Matine Centre’s (TMC) new AquaBeam 1000HD and GroBeam 100HD LED lighting units, expanding on their Modular AquaRay LED Strips. More recently, fellow blogger Owen [...]

By: eric michael

eric michael — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:24:53 +0000

@Jon, A reader forwarded that “story” to us. I removed the link in your comment though. We do not support the practices or behavior of the site, I hope you understand.

I completely agree. These sell for very cheap in Japan and some are using them over nanos for color simulation. Pretty cool, but like you said more costly than established lighting technologies.

Now I am waiting for a DMX reef lighting controller

By: Jon 'hahnmeister'

Jon 'hahnmeister' — Mon, 11 May 2009 23:25:54 +0000

Lol, look at the first link I posted, and then look at the ‘news’ that ‘some other site’ posted the next day…
EDIT: Link Removed

…drrrrrrrrrr…. lol.

I agree… I think the efficiency per watt is only competitive with bluer halides, and then the cost is still 3x as much, so not worth it in most cases. But… for those that ‘gotta have it’…

By: eric michael

eric michael — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:05:49 +0000

@Jon, I am not convinced the LED bulbs are ready yet. I have tried many brands and types only to have them fail… DIY with high bin LEDs is the best route at the moment IMO.

These LEDs can be purchased from literally hundreds of manufacturers, very few use quality SSC, Rebels and Crees. It’s always difficult to differentiate the products when they all look the same–The Alibaba effect.

By: Jon 'hahnmeister'

Jon 'hahnmeister' — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:53:26 +0000

I figured you guys might like to see some more LED ‘geekery’ from here… spotlights and such…

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/831e/

http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/9ceb/

^^^ Im pretty sure that the EvoLux S is a Rebel, and the Super Spotlight is the Seoul Semi LED’s like in the AI units. Might be cool to know…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:57:58 +0000

Very cool, do you guys know what type of LED’s they are using? Wonder how they compare to Luxeon Rebels or Crees in terms of efficiency.

By: eric michael

eric michael — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:04:59 +0000

@Nate, 20cm is the correct size. The units will have an array of 10 LEDs. I apologize, the photo was a bit misleading and the respective text has been edited to clarify.

By: Nate Ellis

Nate Ellis — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:19:08 +0000

Do you mean 20 mm x 20 mm? They don’t look to be quite that big. Or are you talking about an array?