par 38 options? Post your reviews!

Reefbreeders par 38 reefbreeders 89.99 shipped
Ledtric Full Spectrum par 38 https://www.ledtric.com/ledtric-full-spectrum-18w-par38-reef-lamp/ 130 shipped
ecoxotic par 38 PAR38 TriColor 119 shipped
rapid led 12 LED PAR38 Bulb (Mixed Color with UV) - Rapid LED 130 shipped

Anyone have any more to add to the list? Please give your reviews, and look over each light and make a recommendation. Think this would be a good sticky.
ReefBreeders comes up the cheapest by far! And has a good spectrum of colors. Hopefully he will chime in and maybe have par readings?

 

anyone?

 

You should look at Boost as well. I really like the ecoxotic, I have been growing all sorts of coral on my 29 gallon with them. My only wish is that they were dimmable but I built a light rack that will adjust up and down and they are on timers so I can control the photoperiod. I got lucky and found some from a guy getting out of the hobby so I got them cheap.

 

Just price wise, i am thinking reefbreeders. His par 38 is the price of others par 30. And is full spectrum. Cant beat that!

 

Par 30 and 38 relates to the physical size of the bulb, not output.

The Reefbreeder's is 9.5 watts, and is out of stock, according to their website. Is shipping free?

LEDTRiC is 18 watts.

ecoxotic is 18 watts.

Rapid LED is 19 watts.

FWIW, I have two similar Rapid LED units over my frag tank, and really like the color. They don't have the UV diodes.

 

yea free shipping on reefbreeders. Wonder why reefbreeders is so low watts compaired to others?

 

might be perfect for my 12x12x12 cube tho... idk

 

Might look at the BoostLed Par30. They have a cool gooseneck you can get with it. 10 watts, but looks like pretty good PAR data at a decent depth. About $100 with the gooseneck. Several color combinations and optics options available.

 

hmm that might be an option as well.

 

So the question is, do you need/want an 8 watt unit or an 18 watt unit?

Are any of the 18 watters dimmable?