Which one should I get ?
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Good question! I'm in the same boat. Also wondering if there is really a difference between these two and the cheap $90 china Ebay LEDs
I hear lots of good things about the OR but my vote is RB. I've had my value fixtures for over 2 years and they will grow everything. Logan has great customer service too.
This was about 4 months ago before the crash[emoji17]
I'm sure you don't get much customer service with eBay bought lights.
So here the down low. RB OR RR are basically the same lights same drivers same 3 watt Bridglux LEDs. The difference is the colors and layout. They will tell you our light is different but in fact if you look at them they are the same just color customized for the vendor. Next and most important choice is customer service. I here nothing but great things about OR and RB as for RR well you can Search the threads and figure that one out on your own.
Good companies should only sell lights that they have in inventory unless explicitly telling you that they only order them in when they get enough orders. So beware of this. They should also reply to you in a timely manner. They should not blame the customer for issues with the lights like the blue led lenses melting because it is happening to a multiple people from different vendors.
As for the led burning out this is happening. The value fixtures have a heat plate not sure you could even call it a heat sink. The LEDs are getting to hot and melting there lenses. In most cases this happens when blues are up near 70% and up and whites are up near 45% and up at the same time. The heat sink isn't pulling enough heat off the LEDs and they are burning up. If you run lower settings you will be fine. You could add some strips of 90 degree aluminum with thermal adhesive to the back of the heat plate and this would help out a lot.
These are value fixtures and they are not built expensively so to save you money. So you get what you pay for.
I have three over my tank and they work fine other than the heat issue which I'm fixing. Just wish there was a light more middle of the road that we could buy. I would be very willing to buy these type lights again and spend more money on them if they were to include a better heat sink. I mean even if it was a 1/4" thick and had fins on it would be a huge improvement.
I'm sure you don't get much customer service with eBay bought lights.
As for the led burning out this is happening. The value fixtures have a heat plate not sure you could even call it a heat sink. The LEDs are getting to hot and melting there lenses. In most cases this happens when blues are up near 70% and up and whites are up near 45% and up at the same time. The heat sink isn't pulling enough heat off the LEDs and they are burning up. If you run lower settings you will be fine. You could add some strips of 90 degree aluminum with thermal adhesive to the back of the heat plate and this would help out a lot.
Love my Kessils, They are amazing lights and well worth the cost.
out:My bad out:Way to stay on topic [emoji6]