More fuel for the T5 fire

[spreerider]

MH acutally uses less electrical power to generate the same amount of light, they have the highest efficiency of any light source except sodium lamps but they are useless for us.
how many watts total of T5 do you use, how many watts total MH would you use to get the same lighting, from what i have seen you need more T5 watts to equal the same lighting as a MH setup.
I build and design underwater lights at work and we use MH exclusivly as they generate way more light than the equivilant T5's we tried, T5 dont have enough raw power to light a large amount of water, they do seem to be bright but only from up close, The MH lights are visible for miles underwater, while the T5 were maybe 100ft untill they dissapeared, both were tested in the same conditions...
top it off that i love the MH shimmer effect and to me that is the trump card.

[dreef]

I'm too old and wise to argue about what's better,and as everything in this world,to each there own.I went all T5's about 2 yrs ago.I'm sticking with what i like,i have no regrets,mix of softies,lps and sps.And everything looks GREAT.. but it's just my 2 cents.....