Questionable Tactics By LED Company?

Well, Aqua Illuminations posted their address (to company HQ, I'm assuming) on their own website. I'd say that's being pretty open.

And I found the same info for EchoTech marine.

 

No the opposite. It looked to me like the request for a fixture to test was in a joking manor.

 

So now it's obvious? So are you saying that Orphek's statement is false? Let's revisit the first sentence of Orphek's statment.

"Orphek has released a legal statement declaring that Mike Maddox is not now, nor has he ever been an employee, or extension of Orphek in any form."
- Shawn Wilson of Orphek

 

I can't argue with that.

 

Post where Orphek puts a link to Captive Aquatics for info about LEDs being compared to MHs. How do you not know what Maddox was doing when you obviously read his blog?

http://www.3reef.com/forums/led-aqu...ivalent-led-400w-mh-116781-2.html#post1187997


here is one where inwall had to edit the post. This is probably the post I was thinking about with Orphek attacking other company's products. In fact, this was in another sponsor's thread about their LED fixture.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/purely-h20/par-readings-our-coral-maxx-leds-111766-2.html#post1158999

Post from same thread where you can read the original post before being edited.
http://www.3reef.com/forums/purely-h20/par-readings-our-coral-maxx-leds-111766-2.html#post1159017

LEDs made in Hong Kong:
http://www.3reef.com/forums/orphek-led-lighting/bit-about-us-101843.html#post1079802

Another post by Orphek linking to CA.
http://www.3reef.com/forums/reef-lighting/understanding-par-102951.html#post1059652

For a company with no association with Mike or CA, they sure do like to post links to his blog.

It would be nice if Orphek popped in here and said something. Not like they aren't a sponsor...

 

PAR TEST READINGS

48″: average of 275, peak of 380
36″: average of 350, peak of 450
24″: average of 600, peak of 650

INSTRUMENT

Apogee MQ-200 digital Quantum Meter with waterproof probe/Coverage area: 24×12″
*Par readings kindly measured & provided by Mr. Michael Maddox, marine biologist and editor at Captive Aquatics Blog


News - Orphek LED lighting


That is on their website. Look at how much of a joke this is. I mean what kind of PAR information is that? And look at who they credit for the information....hmmm.

 

They actually only reference to him reviewing their products. Still fishy though.

 

It's kind of hard to know who this company is when they even hide their Registration info:
http://api.fastdomain.com/cgi/whois?domain=orphek.com
https://www.bluehost.com/privacy.html

I don't like shadow company's that are not open with their contact info:
Contact - Orphek LED lighting
Is this a real business or just run out of a guys garage?


This muddying of the waters ticks me off because I want LEDs for my tanks but, this misinformation makes it hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.

 

Look Mike, it's not like you can't go to any of the major trade shows and meet the owners of these companies. If you went to MACNA or any of the other trade shows you would have been able to meet them in person. Can't do that with Orphek.

 

Didn't Orphek used to rave about how all the LED parts were made in their own factory?