Aqua Illumination has announced they will be adding a new AI Sol Super Blue color option their best-in-class LED light. As we showed you in our initial Aqua Illumination LED Review, the first models came equipped with two Cree XP-G Cool Whites for every one Cree XP-E Blue, for a 2w : 1b color combination. [...]
Aqua Illumination has announced they will be adding a new AI Sol Super Blue color option their best-in-class LED light. As we showed you in our initial Aqua Illumination LED Review, the first models came equipped with two Cree XP-G Cool Whites for every one Cree XP-E Blue, for a 2w : 1b color combination. This color combination is now called the Sol White.
Today, President Chris Clough revealed that a new color combination, the Sol Blue is now available. The Sol Blue switches out one cool white XP-G for a color popping XP-E royal blue–giving you 1 W : 1 RB : 1 B. The enhanced blue wavelengths can be seen in the spectral plots below.
Chris writes, “The new Sol Blue is an exciting update for our product line, and is a solution that we are confident will quickly gain acceptance amongst the most demanding consumer. By including the combination of Cree XP-E Blue and Royal Blue LED’s, we can better meet the deeper blue light spectrum demanded by Reef enthusiasts. The XP-E’s do an incredible job of covering the 450-465 nm range, while still producing comparable PAR values to our AI Sol White.”
“As we develop new products, our focus is on the desires of our consumers. We know that consumers love the control and modularity of the AI Sol, but they were looking for a spectrum of blues that brings out the best in their corals. During the development of the product we made sure that the color combination of the Sol Blue met the demands of the serious enthusiast, and I can say that we have succeeded.”
8 months ago Chris Clough, President of C2 Development Inc, the company behind the Aqua Illumination LED light, sent us one of the very first production models of their new Sol LED unit. Our initial criticism of the unit? It didn’t go blue enough. The new AI Sol Blue answers this criticism quite well. As expected, PAR numbers will be slightly reduced on the Sol Blue. We will have to see just how much.
Keep an eye out for Sol Blue install photos and our reaction of the Royal Blue’s addition to AI’s triple-up.
