Ecotech Marine’s Radion XR30w wins the 2011 Reef Builders LED showdown

[unclesalty]

Originally Posted by lastlight

They only chose stuff released brand new this year apparently. I'm sure they didn't want the Radion to have any competition from AI, Vertex or Orphek lol.

With all the politics between paid reviews, blogs, manufacturers... you name it... I'm 100% convinced that the most useful thing to us are each others personal experiences with all of thiss tuff.

The Radion doesn't have to worry about competition from the AI. The Vertex Illumina maybe but definately not the AI

[lastlight]

I didn't necessarily mean the AI is a better unit but with their price-point they are selling a ton of them. That's something for any competitor to worry about!

[MarkoD]

All reviews of the Radions are balogna.

No one who just spent thousands of dollars would admit that they made the wrong decision and say they the lights are no good.

Anyone getting paid to write a review, is obviously biased.

Any store or supplier is obviously going to push them to make money.



The only honest reviews (good or bad) will come after a couple years when the price drops and when the hype dies down.

[cale262]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

All reviews of the Radions are balogna.

No one who just spent thousands of dollars would admit that they made the wrong decision and say they the lights are no good.

On the other side of the coin, by the same above standard, anyone owning AI would also be a biased fanboi.

[badAZZlars]

Originally Posted by unclesalty

The Radion doesn't have to worry about competition from the AI. The Vertex Illumina maybe but definately not the AI

Why do you make this statement? There seem to be alot of people happy with the AI fixtures. Have you tried them both?

[cale262]

Originally Posted by badAZZlars

Why do you make this statement? There seem to be alot of people happy with the AI fixtures. Have you tried them both?

Anyone I've talked to whom has owned and used both has stated the Radion is the better of the two...including unclesalty.

[cale262]

This whole "Coke" vs "Pepsi" argument is getting old, to the point of being pathetic...That's all this has become. Buy the fixture you can afford with the features you require, enough said.

[mseepman]

AI has new units coming out...I'm surprised that they have taken this long. I saw them at MACNA and they were quite nice. Used the XM-L chips, nice software and everything.

I also really liked the look of the Maxspect. I know there's been good and bad reviews from purchasers...but the same could be said of the Radion.

[MarkoD]

I have both radion and ai at the moment and I can truly say I'd rather have 2 ai over 1 radion.

[cale262]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

I have both radion and ai at the moment and I can truly say I'd rather have 2 ai over 1 radion.

And that's your personal choice...For me the AI doesn't offer any of the features I want (wireless, spectrums etc.), That's my choice and not a mistake as you previously elude to...given the choice again, with the currently available fixtures I would still choose the Radion over the AI product. As a matter of fact I just bought two more Radion fixtures.