Apogee’s been on a tear the last couple of years to make their consumer grade PAR meters better, more useful, and even more relevant for aquarium hobbyists. The newest development is the announcement of the µCache or ‘Micro Cache’ which…
Apogee MQ510 Is The First Truly Underwater PAR Meter For Hobbyists
The Apogee MQ-510 is a brand new PAR meters which is specifically targeted at measuring light in underwater environments. Apogee has been giving the marine aquarium hobby a lot of attention this year with constant refinements to their handheld PAR…
Apogee Releases Calculator for Underwater PAR Measurement
A couple weeks ago we reported that Apogee had released a roughly estimated correction factor for measuring light underwater. Due to the the interaction of water and light and the immersion effect of the opaque sensor cover, it turns out…
Underwater PAR Measurement is Strongly Impacted by ‘Immersion Effect’
Apogee released their newest PAR light meter, the MQ-500 earlier this year with a brand new and improved light sensor. The improvements to the sensor of the Apogee MQ-500 increased the accuracy of this PAR meter across across the visible wavelengths…
Apogee MQ-500 PAR Meter hands-on and first impressions
The Apogee MQ-500 is the first new PAR Meter to be offered at the consumer level in quite some time. The new and improved MQ-500 from Apogee improves on the venerable MQ-200 meter which is pretty much the defacto PAR…
New Apogee MQ-500 with improved PAR readings for LED light
The Apogee MQ-500 quantum meter is a new and improved light measuring device which gives more accurate readings under all light types. For many years the Apogee MQ-200 with its long waterproof sensor has been the gold standard in measuring…
Hands-on with the Biotek Marine USB PAR Sensor
BioTek Marine really got a lot of attention when they announced their unique BTM3000 PAR meter. The BTM 3000 is actually a bare PAR sensor with a USB connection to be ‘powered’ by any regular old computer, PC or Mac,…
Apogee rumored to be developing a USB PAR meter
Earlier this year when we wrote about the iPhone Light Meter, we implored the inventors out there to develop something like it for aquarium use. Well our calls were partially heard because we’ve gotten word that something along those lines…
Apogee MU-200 Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation meter with pink faceplate
The MU-200 is a UV radiation meter from Apogee which follows in the design of the recently refreshed Apogee QM-200 PAR meter. Like the much sleeker body and modern-quality LCD display of the PAR meter, Apogee’s MU-200 includes a separate…
Apogee Quantum Par meter hands on
While most of us use 1990’s generation par meters Apogee decided to get serious about a Par meter. We had a rare chance to test drive one of their newest units. The par meter measures photosynthetic photon flux, instantaneous and…
