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Reefbrite’s new LED striplight have been treated to an new extruded aluminum exterior and some slight tweaking that has radically undermined the price. For starters, these Cree powered LED strips totally underdrive the LEDs and it uses a common internal reflector to evenly disperse the light into your aquarium. The new body is just as efficient as a heat sink but now with even greater strength and much less manual labor to put one of these together. The extrusion also allowed Reefbrite to ditch the side screws going to an enclosure that is nearly sealed except for the ends. The new body comes with a somewhat narrower reflector that should still give better spread than a series of lenses. The real advantage from the extruded body is obviously the price cut which is nearly 40% off the msrp of the first gen: whereas a four foot fixture used to retail for $379, the new four footer LED striplight will now set you back only $260 at retail. The smaller striplights from Reefbrite will soon follow suit in 36, 30 and 24″ lengths that should all fall within the $200-$250 range. The 48 inch Reefbrite has already started shipping and we’re expecting to soon spend a weekend setting up 8 of these bad boys as the near exclusive actinic light source over a 1200 gallon local reef tank. We’ll report back soon on how these lights fare with 36″ of depth as well as going head to head with 400 watt radiums.
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Glad I waited to get mine then
Sounds like Steve’s tank is getting a new light source?
Yep, nearly 200 watts of Actinic LED light ought to pimp that tank out.
Like that tank wasn’t all ready pimped out enough
I expect pictures to be posted now 
Wow the body added that much to the cost? No wonder I like retro setups so much. Don’t really understand it to be honest, its not like they are banging the casings out by hand.
The old body was bent aluminum that had a lot more assembly and manual labor involved. I think the new extruded bodies make it feel more robust and probably a better heat sink too.
Does anybody know their web site address or who will be selling them>
Marine Depot all ready carries tier bulbs so I’d assume they’ll stock these once they hit the market.
HAHAHA I knew they were CREE’s!
I’m intrigued by these led’s for my atinics. How many do you suggest for a 6′ x 4′ x 32″ tank ?
Do they have any contact info
http://reefbrite.com/
@Jim Yuen, For the dimension of your tank you’ll probably want at least four light. Either 4 x 48″ strips to place across your tank or 4 x 36″ strips to place along the length of your tank.