Sunbrite slimline Led

I went to bay mac today and bought lots of corals and 2 sunbrite slimline LED
I gotta say, I love them, the best part is the remote. I really am the person that loves the blue effect, so since this has remote there is I think 11 different types of color combo you can have. Since I noticed it takes 11 click to dim a whole white bulb light or blue light.
Also its cool that this has a clamp on that you clamp on behind the tank. So no need to go through all the hassle with hanging kit and mumbo jumbo. This is also made out of 12x3 watt Cree LED XP.
So its pretty nice LED. 36watt total.

[Par reading / Coloration] I talked to the Sunbrite guys, and the Par reading for this was 24inch was 180, with water. Not too bad, perfect for nano tanks. will cover 20x20x20. So I could of just went for 1, but as you can see my rock works are not high at all, so I needed probably 2 to keep sps. But if my rock works were high atleast up to like +50%, I could of just gotten away with 1. But since I bought 2, I can make it more blue withought having to worry about losing too par value. If this thing is at 100% white and blue on, it looks pretty white rather then blue.


[Blue Color] This has a different blue coloration compared to like phoenix bulb or other LED set ups I seen. While most set up blue colors are from sky blue to pure ocean blue. This LED blue was little weird for me, so this gives it -1. Its not bad, its actually okay, but I rather let it be pure blue. But I can live with this with 90% satisfied coloration. The color is actually more like turquoise color, from dark to light depending on your blue settings. Heres an example.



[Dimming / Remote] Its still cool how you can control the blueness of the tank, or the whiteness, you can just play around with it however you want and be creative and create sunrise and sunset effect. It even has moonlight effect. However I noticed with me using 2 fixtures, it can get little annoying to use the remote. Since 1 remote works on both of them which is nice, but sometimes 1 fixture reads the remote little late to none while other one reads it. So both can get little off when it comes to coloration, and it gets annoying to get them back up same coloration. So its best to do it in front of the light which messes up the least

However if you only have 1 fixture you can control it from wherever your sitting around up to 8ft away, sitting on couch or whatever. Normally with fixtures that has controls on them, you would have to go back up to see colors from a distance, while this allows you to change color from distance, so its little bit more comfy.

The remote comes with 4 switches. A B C D.
A is to switch modes. [6500k, 12,000k, 16,000k, 22,000k] +1 on that
B is to switch modes from either to dim blueness or the whiteness
C is to make the lights stronger (+)
D is to make the lights more dimmer (-)

[With remote shield slide on]


[With remote shield slide off]



[Mounting] As I have said before this LED fixture is clamp on where you can clamp it behind from the tank. Only problem is it does not come out far as I would like to. It almost stops before the middle. So I have more lights on back of the tank rather then upper. Im going to have to see if there are other options or If I should just keep with this. Its not bad really though.

[Side view]


[Mounting leg]



This tank is 20x20x20 Solana 34 gallon tank made by Current

2 Slimline, 30% white off


New corals i got under LED, around 6 1/2 inch derasa clam $30 I bought at baymac


80% white off


[12x3 watt LED 6 blue 6 white]


[Manuel]


[Manuel pg 2]


[I rate this fixture]
Dimming effect: (+1) Must have with LED fixture
Mounting: (1/2) Easy mounting but does not reach far enough
Modes: (+1) I like the way you can choose the mods, including moonlight effect.
Style: (+1) Looks modern looking and very slim, also no fan so it stays quite, and no heat.
Coloration: (-1 )due to turquoise looking color rather then pure blue
Remote / Controls: (+1) Works around up to like 8ft away
Price: (+1) Best for low budgets since its only $250. Its the cheapest dimmable LED (from my experince) in market. Also its Cree XP LED, + dimmable.

[This gets 5 1/2 out of 7]

*This fixture has 2 years warranty*

 

what size is that tank?

 

Oh sorry, I forgot to name the tank. The tank is 34 gallons Solana 34 gallon tank.
20x20x20.

 

how many would i need for a 75 gallon you think?

 

Oh you got the SlimLines! They look pretty cool.

You have a Vortech too? Dang, that's lookin' pretty slick! 8)

 

Hey Mkizla - Good choice with two regular Slim Lines on that tank.
Looks great and I agree about the color combos with that light - very cool and a great deal for the money.

Nice to meet you at BAYMAC today!

matt

 

also where do you but there products online? i cant find them anywhere

 

@Rc: Im not really sure, maybe 3-4? depending on your tank spec
http://www.sunbritelighting.com/Bs_ProductShow.asp?ArticleID=337

@Seano: Thanks, yeah I got slimline and mp10 lol, 2 huge step. I should update my post soon

@Matt: Thanks Matt, Im happy I went with this, talking to you helped me make this decision. It was nice to see you at Baymac too!

 

Have you figured out the timer? I installed the Slimline S on my Solana a few days ago but can't figure out how to make the sunrise/sunset timer work. Pressing the A button doesn't seem to do anything (although it sometimes seems to turn on blue lights, too bright to be moon lights though.) And once it's set to ramp on/off on the timer, can you still adjust the intensity of the lights/color? And what happens to the program if you unplug it or turn it off? Does it forget what was programed? I really wish it had come with instructions. If you've figured it out, I'd sure love to hear it! Sunbrite has not responded to my email.
Thanks!
Dawn

 

sunbirte led system is cool