[corallivore]

honestly, 25% brighter would be awesome.

The cloudy light diffuser was stupid from the get go as far as I'm concerned.

Simplified, it says in the reefbuilders article that the E5's are basically an led that acts like a T5 whereas the E5X's are more an LED that fit's into a T5.

I can't support a company that works this way though.

They would have known full well at launch that these better versions were in development, I am sure my sentiments regarding this product were widespread but they were too far into production before they got the feedback they needed to make these changes.

So I won't be buying them unless they offer some kind of a trade in rebate.

BUT based on that article, it would seem the E5x's will address the issues I had with the E5's.

brighter and more LED pop.