Reefi is a unique reef aquarium lighting startup that may be a smaller company compared to the hobby’s biggest players but you really wouldn’t know it from the way they build and price their lights. The Reefi LED Uno is a perfect example of what a lean and nimble manufacturer can achieve with their newest model being a fully fledged 180 watt light fixture with nine color channels for only $350.
Even as we type out these key specifications of the Reefi LED Uno, the combination of power, features and value doesn’t even sound right for a wholesale price, let alone retail and you would think that some kind of compromises had to be made to make this powerful light fixture. The Reefi Uno has the same number of LEDs as theReefi Duothat we wrote about almost two years ago but they are creatively packaged into the same size LED cluster as before.
If you’re paying attention you’ll no doubt notice that there are actually only 36 individual reflectors so the extra diode count is made possible by 12 x 4-in-1 quadruple die packages to enable quite a punch in the deep blue end of the lighting spectrum. The huge number of ultraviolet, 420nm ‘indigo’ and 430nm ‘violet’ totaling 48 diodes is massively more than any other fixture, but that still leaves 24 discrete LEDs for the blue, royal blue, white, warm white, and accessory amber and lime colors.
尽管一些制造商通过将其中一些颜色分组并将控制频道限制为仅五个或一个微小的四个通道，但雷夫（Reefi）却不保留任何功能，可以为每种颜色提供自己的控制频道。只有旗舰灯Ecotech Marine的第五代拥有更多的单独颜色频道，但大多数其他颜色频道都具有更多的控制权，因此这是我们真正欣赏的Reefi LED LED LED LED的一个方面，即使是琥珀色和石灰LED也可以单独控制。
Reefi has been able to pack this much power under the hood of the Uno LED by using a very innovative cooling system using vapor filled copper pipes to quickly direct excess heat to the tightly packed cooling fins. This heatsink design is so much more than a basic slab of aluminum and the only other lights we’ve seen using this technology are the Pax Bellum’s ARID reactor and certain models of Kessil LED spotlights.
Reefi雕刻自己的路径的另一个方面是通过使用特殊设计的反射器和镀铬涂层，以帮助向下引导光线并扩散光线，以帮助颜色混合。LED照明技术的敏锐观察者会注意到，180瓦的最大功率输出等于每二极管2.5瓦，这不如其他灯具以每LED的2瓦2瓦，但由于礁石LED UNO仅为350美元，因此额外的功率余量使用户可以以较低的功率运行二极管，同时仍然从该固定装置中获得巨大的价值。
拥有令人印象深刻的硬件是一回事，但是如今，高性能灯具仅与控制它的软件一样好，因此这是我们很好奇自己尝试的一个方面。好像此功能集还不够，单色屏幕内置的精美有助于指示当前的设置，风扇速度和内部固定温度。
此外，由于凯西尔（Kessil）基本上通过LED照明来源定义了其品牌，而飞利浦Coralcare和衍生产品则努力创造最坦率的光场，令人鼓舞的是，知道Reefi为Coral Reefers提供了这两个极端之间的选择。售价350美元，我们仍在确切地挠头Reefi成为UNO LEDso powerful even compared to their ownReef LED Duo, and with the concentration of power in the low wavelengths of the spectrum we’re very eager to see how this light makes aquarium corals look.
