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Originally Posted by Aqua-Digital
Oh Andrew you just could not keep things to email could you.
Yep thats CAD so do the USD conversion and it brings it to the same price as your loved ATI unit. Difference is then you dont get the LED shimmer lights, the highest German engineered ballasts and the active cooling etc etc that YOu WILL get with the Fauna unit.
Andrew please please please put your self out of misery and go buy an ATI, PLEASE!
I am tired of this stupid ATI thing, the emails the threads etc etc. If you want an ATI go buy one. If you want our unit then you have a rough estimate at a price that i gave you that you decided to blurt over on the board without asking us. A price that is an estmate and will likely still come down.
This subject in regards to ATI is now closed both on email and on here. This thread is about the fauna lamp.
Correct prices will be released next week once fauna have the new technology worked out. the prices will be in line with current market trends and not be above anything else on the martket of the same quality but will offer a heck of a lot more.
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Michael,
The only reason I mention ATI at all is for comparison because they are presently at the pinnacle of the North American T5 market with respect to price and performance. The FM fixture certainly sounds better than the ATI with respect to features but the logical next question is will the consumer find the reported improvements justify the price? - not just in comparison to ATI but simply as a price point in excess of $1000 for a 6 lamp 24" T5 fixture. You could manufacture the FM fixture with ballasts made by aliens on Mars and reflectors made from top-secret NASA materials thereby justifying an astronomical increase in the price, but if the performance improvement is negligible in comparison to your nearest competitor then the consumer has to perform a little cost-benefit analysis.
For comparison, there are several "high end" LED fixtures being produced and sold now that have outputs comparable to MH (in comparison to the low intensity LEDs used in some of the earlier models). At $1300 plus for a 24" fixture these aren't exactly flying off the shelf. Consumers hit a point where they ask "Will the light provide any significant benefit to my livestock or does it provide an aesthetic that justifies that price?"
I'm not actually much of a fan of the ATI fixture but, as I said, it's your nearest competitor so you have to expect FM's fixture will be compared to ATI's.