Product Review: Hagen Glo T5 HO

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WyldFya

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These new lights stand leagues above and beyond the prior forms of HO T5 bulbs there have been. The lighting output is something unmatchable by similarly costing lighting systems. For the money these are hands down the best HO T5 lights I have found to date. They are very fairly priced, and come with many different options for mounting. Included with the fixtures are extendable legs, risers for the legs, and even loops in the fixture itself, and hanging aircraft cable with eye lags. These are the perfect light for growing plants, and even corals. The energy use is far less, as the heat put out by these lights is far less, since there is no need for fans, or even vents. They are well built, and were not designed cheaply.
 
I have this unit but can't find the damn lamps for this thing...
 
When did you get the fixture? They only were made available a few weeks ago. Why didn't you buy the bulbs at the same time.
 
WyldFya;1168836; said:
When did you get the fixture? They only were made available a few weeks ago. Why didn't you buy the bulbs at the same time.

they were not available at the time:(:(:(believe me I would've.
 
ewurm;1169076; said:

balton777;1169087; said:
Yeah pics...can we see your setup?

yeah WyldFya show us how your tank looks with that hagen lighting; I would post pics of mine but it's really useless without the lamps:D:D:D:D I'm still in search of the hagen lamps.

I guess the down side to this unit is that you can't use standard/generic 48" T5 lamps such as helios because they too long for the unit it would not fit; I would then assume that you would have to strictly use hagen T5 lamps; which is not a problem but as of this time I just can find any...

I have to say though that the unit itself is very sturdy and looks really nice. Quality is really excellent.
 
Sorry no pics of how the tank looks with this fixture cause no lamps just yet:irked::irked::irked::irked::irked::irked::irked:

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Replied in your thread. The helios lights are junk compared to the hagen lights (not fixtures). I'll get up pics later today, or tomorrow.
 
check it out found T5's that would fit... check it out...

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