What will they think of next

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

Start up capital no doubt, I'm sure to implement a line like this there is a VERY large sum of cash upfront. I'm sure as more come on the market we will see a price drop, not everyone is as brilliant at building these things as you are Ron .

It's not like Vertex are a start up with no cash. Yes, they need to lay out money up front for some R&D, computer programmers and to have a first run manufactured but even so they are overpriced. I could see maybe up to $2000 for a good 48" fixture if the performance was up to par but not almost $3000. You could probably light a 48" tank with 3 AI modules at a cost of about $1700. So are these worth $1200 more than the AI units? Not to me. Sorry.

I think this is typical aquarium business practices where if it says its for aquarium use you jack up the price by 50%. LEDs may be new to our hobby but they are not new to the world of lighting. The costs of LEDs have come down dramatically from where they were even 4 or 5 years ago when the first PFO Solaris fixtures hit the market.

I think we should all write these manufacturers and tell them that while we really like their product and think LEDs are a great lighting technology, we feel that they are overpriced and won't buy them until the price comes down. The reason they get away with this is because we all rush to pay what they want for this stuff so they keep gouging us.