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Originally Posted by Coralgurl (Post 750045)

Good to see you back!

Giving up on the radions??

No not at all I still think they are the best lights out there, I just hope the vega's are equal with the ability to adjust wirelessly. I still Love my Radions and I'm not totally sure if I'm going to sell the radions or the Vega's yet.

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Originally Posted by molotov (Post 750475)

I don't think Radions will be worth much anymore with the advancement of new LED technologhy. It's like that new laptop you bought two months ago.......it's not worth much today

Yeah I did see them at Big als in the clearance bin next to the bio balls and air stone skimmers.....LMAO

c'mon they are still selling for the same price as always, they are the top of the line light and I just hope the Vega's can equal them (with easier controllability)
Thanks for the giggle though :razz:

I finally got some time and adjusted my rack and got all the Iights up...
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b8...009_094834.jpg
One first look the Radions are brighter by quite a bit, but I'm expecting the Vega's wireless controller today so maybe some adjusting will help.

There are 2 radions on the right and 2 Vegas on the left equally spaced.

wow the radions look wayyyy brighter:P

looks good buddy:)

Looks good Jason

Are they all at 100%

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Originally Posted by Titus99 (Post 753392)

Looks good Jason

Are they all at 100%

I believe the radions are still ramping up at that point probably about 90%. The Vegas are at 100% as far as I can tell without the controller. I'm hoping I can tweak them to get brighter and maybe they need to break in??

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Originally Posted by subman (Post 753373)

Tagging along... Thank you for doing the comparison! :razz:

So you decided to sell the Vega fixtures?
What did you not like about them specifically? Did the radion simply outpower it?

Subman, are you able to get a par meter and take some reading for us? It would be greatly appreciated.

On the side note, the money you spend on 1 radion you can almost get 2 vegas, not saying it's better but just stating a fact.

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Originally Posted by Arok3000 (Post 760385)

So you decided to sell the Vega fixtures?
What did you not like about them specifically? Did the radion simply outpower it?

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Originally Posted by Bblinks (Post 760391)

I will try to get a par meter and do that although the par meter and leds don't seem to jive the readings are a little miss leading.

As for a side by side comparison now that I have the controller (which is ok at best) the vega's are very close in brightness using my eye meter. I find the Radions have less of the disco ball effect but only noticeable if you are looking for it. I have seen a great deal of growth in all my corals under both lights and with the right amount of tweaking the corals and fish pop under both lights. I think at this point both of these lights are very comparable, and both ways of setting them up leave a lot to be desired.

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Originally Posted by subman (Post 760423)

Not exactly I actually had the Radions for sale and had a buyer for them last week, I had a conference in Ottawa so he was going to pick them up this week. Then I learn last night Ecotech has dropped the MSRP on the radions, the price for new was less than I was hoping to get for them. I'm not prepared to take a $800 loss in a year so I am really forced to keep them (not all that bad I still love them) so now the Vega's are for sale and I have a order in for a couple more radions.

I will try to get a par meter and do that although the par meter and leds don't seem to jive the readings are a little miss leading.

As for a side by side comparison now that I have the controller (which is ok at best) the vega's are very close in brightness using my eye meter. I find the Radions have less of the disco ball effect but only noticeable if you are looking for it. I have seen a great deal of growth in all my corals under both lights and with the right amount of tweaking the corals and fish pop under both lights. I think at this point both of these lights are very comparable, and both ways of setting them up leave a lot to be desired.

Nicely put subman. Thanks for the review.