LED lights

[banditpowdercoat]

I totally agree with you and will back you if you decide to fight it. But really, what can we, a group of reefers do? If PFO ran out of money fighing, then Orbitec has some deep pockets or REALLLY good lawyers. I couldnt afford a PFO fixture when it came out, and I certainly can't afford to fight Orbitec for the Patent

[Crytone]

What gets me is the LED manufacturers likely HATE this patent. They'd easily sell more LEDs if this patent didn't exist.

[Edmonton newbie]

i have been searching for some good leds in canada but nobody seems to carry the good cree ex-r mounted on the star boards if anybody is thinking about a group buy out of the states count me in

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Crytone

What gets me is the LED manufacturers likely HATE this patent. They'd easily sell more LEDs if this patent didn't exist.

not realy... we are a very small slice of the market that would buy leds. automotive, industreal, and flashlights are way bigger markets that we would ever be. don't forget 50000 hours works out to about 11 years on a 12 hour cycle befor you should need to replace the leds. so when you look at it that way if I bult a whole new system every 11 years I would buy about 30 bucks in LEDs a year.. and 50000 is a concervitive estimate, most leds are rated at 100000 hours, but I cut that in 1/2 as I would run at 1000mA instead of 700. but with proper cooling that souldn't affect the life.

Steve