EconLux SolarMeter is best suited to measuring blue and UV light

The SolarMeter from EconLux is the first new light measuring tool to ‘compete’ with the near monopoly that Apogee’s PAR meter and UV meter have in the aquarium world. We use the word compete in quotations because there are two…

New Sunlight Supply PAR Meter wants to be your BFF

Sunlight supply just released a new PAR Meter. The device is bathed in the classic green and there are two models, one with a remote sensor or one with an integrated sensor. These look very  similar to a popular line…

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…

PAR38 LED spotlight coming soon from Nano Customs

The PAR38 E26 LED spotlight from Nano Customs may not sound like a very exciting piece of equipment, but this combination of high power blue and white LEDs in a incandescent base spotlight was one of the more original products…

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…