Cree just brought another record-setting LED to market with its freshly announced XLamp® XM LED. The single-chip LED module cranked out 160 lumens per watt of power, setting new efficacy (the ratio of luminous flux measured in lumens to power)…
AquaVue CREE LED Coral Boosters by CoralVue
The AquaVue CREE LED Coral Boosters by CoralVue are a great way to add supplemental actinic lighting to your aquarium. You’ll have two models to choose from either a 14 LED, or 28 LED light strips with each lighting strip…
DIY LED aquarium Light fixture with CREE XR-E, XP-G and MC-E goodness
For those of you fortunate to get tickets at the Reef stock event this Saturday in Denver Colorado you’ll see some (if not all) of the worlds best top LED lighting. However here at Reef Builders we are all DIY…
PacificSun lights slated to get the Cree XP-G and XP-E royal blue LED makeover
The PacificSun LED printed circuit board above might seem innocuous enough but the excitement lies in the fact that those LEDs are Cree’s latest and greatest. PacificSun’s new panel will be using the highest performing XP-G whites at 130 lumens…
Cree breaks 200 lumens per watt LED efficiency barrier
The 200 lumen per watt efficacy barrier has just been breached by a fresh round of testing on Cree’s latest generation LEDs. Seems like just this past summer we reported the new advancements of Cree’s XP-G LED reaching a record…
Reef Light T LED aquarium fixture from Reef Republic
Reef Republic a company based out of Poland has their new reefLIGHT T series ready for the public. The reefLIGHT T series is a new LED aquarium fixture available in three sizes: reefLight 50, 100 and 150. The lights don’t…
PAR 38 LED spotlight bears its guts in this uncensored teardown
The PAR 38 lamp is rapidly becoming a gateway product for many newcomers to LED aquarium lighting. We’ve been fortunate to have a few of these lamps to try out for several weeks now and after this period we’ve seen…
