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View BadgesIf anyone is considering new lights and has the Philips Coral Care Gen 2 on the short list take a look at the video below. CoralVue hosted a live stream yesterday that can be found on FB and Youtube with Luc Vogels. A Philips Engineer who is one of the primary reasons why the Gen 1 light was created if I caught it correctly in the video. Most of this is already known but for clarity sake it is important to watch as he describes why they went with the spectrum they did.
As you may or may not know there are a few reviews by fellow hobbyists and businesses who , and unfairly, box the unit into a specific reef type such as mixed, soft, or lps only. It couldn't be further from the truth because the person doing the review may favor a more blue look which this light isn't designed to provide. It is the more natural high noon look and feel. So expecting a Radion or heavily leaning blue spectrum from it means you turn off or down the whites which reduces par and lower than expected blue look and feel compared to others. If that makes sense.
I do not own these lights but have been aware of the Gen 1's over a few tanks I do follow and always thought they are amazing. The Gen 2 pick up where they left off and make the overall form factor more appealing and lighter. The thermal management and passive cooling is attractive and should be considered by all due to our water composition (salt). Out side of this probably the biggest attractive item is the integrated driver which removes the power bricks we all have come to dislike. This is huge in my opinion because we have so many external power sources with pumps, power heads, and lights it is somewhat dangerous - more so for those of us who are lazy and bad at cable management
Anyway tl; dr - if you are considering a new light or have these on your radar and had second thoughts grab and adult beverage, or not, or a cup of coffee, or not, and take an hour out to give it a view. Honestly has some good information even if you are not interested.
@Carlos@CoralVue - hope you don't mind me sharing this.
As you may or may not know there are a few reviews by fellow hobbyists and businesses who , and unfairly, box the unit into a specific reef type such as mixed, soft, or lps only. It couldn't be further from the truth because the person doing the review may favor a more blue look which this light isn't designed to provide. It is the more natural high noon look and feel. So expecting a Radion or heavily leaning blue spectrum from it means you turn off or down the whites which reduces par and lower than expected blue look and feel compared to others. If that makes sense.
I do not own these lights but have been aware of the Gen 1's over a few tanks I do follow and always thought they are amazing. The Gen 2 pick up where they left off and make the overall form factor more appealing and lighter. The thermal management and passive cooling is attractive and should be considered by all due to our water composition (salt). Out side of this probably the biggest attractive item is the integrated driver which removes the power bricks we all have come to dislike. This is huge in my opinion because we have so many external power sources with pumps, power heads, and lights it is somewhat dangerous - more so for those of us who are lazy and bad at cable management
Anyway tl; dr - if you are considering a new light or have these on your radar and had second thoughts grab and adult beverage, or not, or a cup of coffee, or not, and take an hour out to give it a view. Honestly has some good information even if you are not interested.
@Carlos@CoralVue - hope you don't mind me sharing this.