Ballast choices - what would you do?

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by Whatigot

oh cool.
I would love to see that substantiated....

I'm looking for some 250 ballasts and it seems like the ice caps have the best performance with my bulb of choice, the phoenix.

and wasn't it the icecaps that made the175 watt iwasaki par buster?
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/12/review#h12

Seems whenever I do dd into ballasts, icecap consistently comes up as a solid performer...

IceCap and Vertex are the same ballast.

Sanjay has tested them. He's lazy. Here's a communication via email:

Yes, I tested your ballasts, and need to start writing up the results. Basically it performs as well as or better than the other electronic ballasts. With electronic ballasts I have noticed that they all tend to perform in a tight range.
I will send you the results as soon as I finish writing it up.
sanjay.

Enjoy