Sfiligoi and Giesemann both make T5 only fixtures. Unfortunately they're all form and no function. I was ready to pull the trigger on a 6 lamp Sfiligoi Mini Stealth in white but they are really no better than a Tek light - they don't have any active cooling what so ever in fixtures with fewer than 8 lamps. The Sfiligoi distributor suggested that active cooling isn't necessary on fixtures with fewer than 8 lamps. Obviously the benefits of active cooling in any T5 fixture are well documented however. So what it came down to was choosing not to pay in excess of twice the price of a comparable Tek light for the aesthetics of a Sfiligoi.
Here's a link to the Sfiligoi Mini Stealth: http://www.sfiligoi.it/files/download/STEALTH%20ING.pdf
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