LANI LED面板灯自2012年以来第三次返回,这次是更多的二极管和Wi-Fi功能。但是在2020年代竞争是否足够?以及对消费者的代价是多少?
It’s good…
很少有LED灯像Lani这样享有盛誉的首次亮相。这些机械加工的铝面板灯首先在2012年成名为Triton创始人Eshan Dashti的唯一灯光源epic display tank在德国的特里顿总部。
一方面,那些早期的LED点亮并增长了Acropora,甚至是一只巨型蛤lam作为整体Triton方法的关键部分,而在当时的LED怀疑论者中,它仍然在多个线性T5营地中非常重要。
从那以后,拉尼(Lani)与特里顿(Triton)分道扬ways,但是现在,这是一个光滑的,被动冷却的面板灯,提供宽阔的光,甚至散布。它已经改变了从Gen 1开始略微形成,将一排鳍的背面越来越多,以进一步帮助冷却。
Model selection
有三种LANI型号可用,全部由相同的一个或大约8英寸平方的一个或倍数组成,45瓦PCB。纳米是8×8英寸的最小的,然后在16×8英寸处为一半,然后在16×16英寸处正方。所有单元都厚1.5英寸。
The models then further subdivide into three diode configurations Lani calls Editions – Normal, a three-channel white, blue, and UVthat’s reminiscent of the first Lani. Then Pro, a six-channel unit including white, blue, UV, royal blue, cyan, and one they call “mix.” And then the freshwater community has been catered for too with Sun, comprising Bright Sun, Par Blue, UV, Par Red, Glow, and Bright Green LEDs.
Lani不想告诉我们他们的LED巡回板上的LED被填充或它们的光谱,除了揭示了一个蓝色二极管以405nm发射的紫外线发射365nm。
根据版本的不同,Nano的最多43个二极管填充了45瓦,一半的二极管最多可达86台二极管,最高可达90瓦,而Square的最高可达173个二极管,最多达到180瓦。他们由平均良好的HLG-240H 24-A驾驶员提供动力,并在轻型单元上提供10个保修,并在驾驶员上提供两年的保修。
Lani told us the units run at 1 watt each, and at 30% of their maximum load, making them 3 watt LEDs. No lenses, reflectors, or diffusers are used other than a quartz cover on the ultraviolet LEDs and a clear acrylic cover on the underside of the unit which allows UV through. The light beam emitted is 120 degrees wide and the unit has a dustproof IP50 rating.
Control
现在,控制器通过具有数字显示的控制器以及通过PC上的Web浏览器的Wi-Fi链接来实现。将控制器连接起来,预设程序将与强度控制,日出,日落和0-100%模拟调光一起预加载,而Lani说则可以防止闪烁。购买灯时,不包括(必需)控制器,但是无论您以后运行的光线数量多少,您只需要购买一个控制器即可。
不过,运行两个以上的单元,您还需要额外称为Switch(用于雏菊链?),但也不包括。尽管正在准备通过APEX和其他第三方控制器进行控制,但没有用于移动或平板电脑的应用程序控制。
Spread and customization
Offering three different panel sizes should mean a tailored fit to many tank sizes and those with the budget could really cram them in above their tanks, panel to panel, edge to edge. Play Tetris with the three panel sizes and you could end up with as many square feet of illumination as the tank footprint itself. Choose just one 16” Square though and Lani say it will be adequate to light a 24x24x24” volume, populated with light-hungry SPS corals.
The units are available in black, white, or silver, or pretty much any additional body color you could want, with a black and copper-colored unit illustrated to match the equally high-end and highly-priced Abyzz pumps.
因此,如果您或您的一位客户要求使用最广泛的LED灯具,预算无限或希望被视为脱离现有包装的礁石照明,Lani的独家水族馆照明线绝对值得调查。
但…
该单元不包含控制器,Wi-Fi控件通过台式机或笔记本电脑上的浏览器,而不是手机或平板电脑上的应用程序。授予控制器可以控制多个单元,但是如果您有三个或更多面板,则也需要其“切换”。建造迈巴赫是一回事,但是为钥匙收取额外的费用只是为了运行这件事。
And so far Lani only suspends via wires and doesn’t have any kind of tank mount, preventing the most popular way to fit LED lamps these days. And although it’s passively cooled it’s not IP rated against water yet, just dust ingress instead. Lani told Reefbuilders they were working on a mounting solution and an IP65 rated unit.
不幸的是,我们不相信2021年中期的升级足以与竞争对手相比,而对于Lani来说仍然更糟糕,现在不是唯一的欧洲制作的面板灯。飞利浦Coral Care Gen 2和ATI Straton都已经在市场上可用,并检查了渴望端到端宽阔,什至照明,无声,无风扇的礁石的盒子。
Straton具有类似的大型面板,更多的功率和一个额外的(第七个)颜色控制频道与Lani的Square Pro,尽管分别在153和173的LED略较少。
We’ve kindly been supplied recommended retail prices by Aquatic Now, Lani’s new UK distributor Aquatic Now, but do admit to being unavoidably stuck on them ever since.
Prices start at £999.99 ($1418.99) for the Nano, £1499.99 ($2128.49) for the Half, and £1999.99 ( $2837.99!!!) for the Square, not including the controller. Brexit has made European goods expensive in the UK. We’re guessing these are for the six-channel Pro and Sun Editions, and global pricing may vary. But all we can say is OMG…
判决
If we rewound to 2012, money was no object and no alternatives were available we would be raving about Lani right now, but 10 years is a long time in reef aquarium tech and back in 2012 the Radion Gen 1 was already getting an upgrade with TIR lenses. Now it’s on Gen 5…
Lani网站引用:“With the LANI it is possible for the first time to illuminate hard coral tanks at the highest level and exclusively with LEDs.”我们希望该声明是2012年推出的遗产,因为世界其他地区一直在照明和发展硬珊瑚,而LED已有十多年了。
尽管Lani的“六年开发阶段和两年的测试阶段”,我们确实想知道他们是否应该花更多时间研究当前的LED照明市场,这是其经过验证的珊瑚增长能力,但最重要的是实际上,其他高端LED灯正在出售。由于“市场上的测量设备之间的差异很大”,他们也不会娱乐出版任何PAR读数。
我们从自己的行业经验中知道,随着价格上涨(尤其是每单位 +$ 1000),实际售出的单位数量会大大减少。因此,尽管我们许多人梦想拥有和运行它们,但我们预测,无论是水上贸易和重扎社区,还是在水上贸易和重扎社区中都有16英寸,2800美元(至少在德国之外)的速度非常缓慢。
Lani looks on paper like a precision-made, high-end piece of quality German engineering but its prohibitive price tag makes it a niche of a niche, and that sadly it won’t be our niche.