Why all the hype over these ecotec LEDs?

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

Pretty sure he was making a joke about a multi-use phone/light/coffee-maker type all-in-one thing?

We have a bingo!

[kien]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

So - Iphone has a bazillion apps... Android has tons of apps too???
Android phones are cheaper, some people love them and hate Iphone... 'worth the money'.

Hey, Since you dont use the 'phone' part of your phone as you just said, an Ipad would actually cover all the functions you mentioned previously, and has a larger screen/interface for you to use... a bit more 'power'... but some think Ipad is a waste of $$$ too.

Halides light a tank just great, have been around for decades... LED's are so new... but some sexy as heck tanks exist that are LED lit. Some like the red and green lights in the radion... some think its a 'waste'.

Some like aquariums (like us folks on this site)... others say 'too much work/boring'.


This is, like someone said (Kien was it?), all 'relative'. What is awesome and cool and worth extra money to you, might not be to someone else, and vice-versa. This is where 'opinions' are the boss. Your opinion = radion blows... Other guy = radion = THE thing to have. That other guy thinks Iphone blows and has android... You: Iphone RULEZ.

The demand obviously existed for all the features that ecotech has offered... and they have made a fixture that is comparable to others in the market, with some trinkets that certain people will prefer, and will pay the demanded price for. (Also btw: the ($850)radion is not that much more than other fixtures... you said it was double or triple? What comparable fixtures pre-built, that have a programmable option with them, are half or a third of the price? Aquaillumination is like $600, Vertex Illumina is like $1000, and the PacSun Python is like $1200???. I'd say the Radion is hardly out of line in comparison, seeing as it offers an even greater ability to play with colours to your liking by having RGB LED).

And as per that last line... I think the ability to fine-tune colours to your liking, and get certain colours to pop from the corals (red/greens) that normally wouldnt from other lights... is awesome. You may think its rubbish. Difference of value and opinion.

I have an Iphone and a Macbook pro... I used to have a PC and a Blackberry. I had 'no problem' with my PC... but since switching to mac... I have seen an incredible difference in things that are convenient for me. PC though does have certain 'workplace' or 'school' advantages over my mac... and for those I will use the PC still, but my mac is usually faster, easy to use... and i hardly ever get any sort of 'error' windows (and I am computer savy enough to avoid average PC consumer problems).

My blackberry was a heap of junk, and replaced twice in 2 years. I was happy enough with apple from my Ipods and macbook that I figured Iphone was worth a shot. So far... this phone is light years ahead of RIM products... but I also am aware that many android phones stomp all over RIM. Some prefer android and hate the layout of apple products.

Its all a difference of opinions and values... I may pay 3 times as much for a 10% increase in performance on my phone... the other guy may not, but he may pay $200 for a collectible stamp... while I think thats insane.

Why is the radion such a hit at it's price? The Demand curve.

Just my 2 cents (though that was probably much more than 2 cents worth of blabber, sorry folks, lol).

Cheers,

Chris

blah blah blah blah blah..

all you had to say was, your blackberry is the sux0r and RADIONs are the r0x0rz!!!!!1!!1eleven!!11!!!

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Age: <12?

Have you ever laughed at a joke? Or thought something was 'cool'? Lol. Some people like different things than others. Maybe the fact that you cant accept people's different interests means (MarkoD <12yr.)

[kien]

Originally Posted by jorjef

We have a bingo!

ah okay, i get it now. My iPhone4 which can double as an aquarium light and cell phone does not make coffee. Got it, thanks!

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

I never said I think this thing blows. I just don't think the hype and price is justified.

For YOU.

And others dont think the hype and price of YOUR Iphone is justified either.

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by Funky_Fish14

Have you ever laughed at a joke? Or thought something was 'cool'? Lol. Some people like different things than others. Maybe the fact that you cant accept people's different interests means (MarkoD <12yr.)

That was a joke. Referring to why would anyone think a lightning storm was "cool".

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

The least used feature on my iPhone is the actual "phone" part. So comparing it to a 5 year old cell phone is not eve a fair comparison.

lol, same here. I spend about 5 minutes a month actually using the phone on my S2. I could even do without that feature

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by kien

blah blah blah blah blah..

all you had to say was, your blackberry is the sux0r and RADIONs are the r0x0rz!!!!!1!!1eleven!!11!!!

Originally Posted by kien

ah okay, i get it now. My iPhone4 which can double as an aquarium light and cell phone does not make coffee. Got it, thanks!

Lol Kien, you have popcorn out dont you?

[parkinsn]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

But this fixture puts out light and grows corals just like a metal halide or t5

Maybe this just seems too much for me because I'd have to spend over 5 grand on these fixtures where as my 1000 watts of metal halides cost me 600

Then I would say get a cheaper fixture something like the ones that I dont have a name for at the moment lol. The small white ones with the clusters of LED's (AI maybe?) Combind that and a GHL and get the result that you want. For under $5000 im sure.

I dont think that this fixture is really geared for the huge tanks or tanks that are outside the standard dimentions. Unless you have lots of money to burn. One every 24"x24" is great. If your pushing more that 6' and and a width more than 24" there are better fixtures LED/MH/T5 that would better suit your needs if money is an issue. I think the "novelty" of this fixtuers capibillities is the biggest selling point, of course with being a viable source of light for growing coral as well. This is a great little fixture for any standard tank 180, 125, 120 (4'), 90, 75 etc. Out side of that I would be looking at fixtures that are made for bigger spreads or pendants that are much cheaper.

[Funky_Fish14]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

That was a joke. Referring to why would anyone think a lightning storm was "cool".

So you do agree... it might be cool? You may not pay a cent for that feature... but someone else might