60" 8X80w TEK vs ATI

[MattinIdaho]

I'm going to be upgrading my lights on my 6'x2'x2' mixed reef shortly. My eyes still prefer T5's to anything available so I will be going that route. I have pretty much narrowed it down to a 60" 8x80w fixture from TEK or ATI. The ATI runs about $200 more. Anybody have experience with either? Are the ATI's worth the extra $?

 

[Kawicivic]

I'm curious to see if anyone has anything on this. I own an 8 bulb regular tek fixture and have a used ATI Sunpower for my frag tank. As far as I can tell, the fans are the only difference. The rest of it is looks in my opinion. My tek fixture is great and I would not hesitate to buy another one. I also like that you can use legs on a tek fixture where the ATIs are designed only to be hung. I am still setting up the ATI so I only have experience from testing the fixture and not running it for a long period.

 

[Kody72]

ati all the way

 

[chadfarmer]

atis are worth 200 more

 

[Reefing8EZ]

I have a 6x39 Tek5 Elite over my 40 and a 6x24 ATI Sunpower over my 30.
The ATI is much brighter IMO..