Sun Aquatics Bulbs

[chilly05willy]

Has anyone used these bulbs before? They're going for $94.50 on Ebay for 2 bulbs... DE bulbs usually costs this much for just one, so I don't know if these are reliable or not. Anyways, if anyone has 250w DE system setup that wants to go half half on these with me, please let me know. Thanks!

Will

[chilly05willy]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=46314&item=4315499204&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

[SDRotary]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=3569169&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

I think Mr Krispy has used them based on his posts on RC.

A good lamp comparison post:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=254667&highlight=sun+aquatics+bulbs

[MrKrispy]

I tried to get them but couldn't find the guy. The bulbs got a good review from Sanjay, but they are hard to find. A note of caution: the guys ships from Canada so it will take a while. Also I think it is very hard to get shipping insurance from Canada to US, not real good when dealing with bulbs.

[kim92111]

I've got a few that are brand new. I have his 14Ks. Call me and I will sell you the for the ebay price.

[MrKrispy]

kim90210 I just saw your post on RC. It sounds like you had to deal with insurance stuff that I forewarned. Bummer

[kim92111]

Had nothing to do with shipping. It was the quality of the bulbs. For every one bulb that was good, you probably will get three that suck. I had a long horrible history with these guys and I refuse to give them business and will warn others of the same.

I went out of my way to sell the wrong bulbs they sent me (SE vs. DE) and I just got replacement bulbs (bought in Jan). Will came by to get the extra bulb from me and when we opened the package straight out of the shipment box, the pins just fell out. Had nothing to do with the shipping, just bad product.

Beware. You will get burned.

[MrKrispy]

wow sorry to hear about that. Blame Canada!