danlu_gt

Oh they are around!  Just haven't been looking in the right places [emoji3]  Those look really nice on your new units. Are you planning on having some different options for other mounting orientations or just stick with these for now?

Right now, my lights came with wire hanging kits.

The prototype mounting is limited to my 3D printer bed size. For my tank size, I can't do different orientation with single continuous printed leg. I'm playing with different designs and will test out how sturdy multiple part expandable legs/mount before mass production. Because plastic injection tooling will cost over $15K, I may start with just an adapter to fit on existing mounts in the market. One of the problem with adaptor to existing 3rd party mount is that my lights are much heavier built from large mirror glass panel, higher performance cooling system, to stainless steel frame. I'm also considering extruded aluminum mounts.

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This is what I was referencing. I seen a lot of these growing up in the South but haven't seen them here.

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Shout out to @Optimusprime3605 for nice sps frags pack.

Daddy Long Legs are done.



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Happy father's day everyone!

 

I think it's a great day to introduce ReeFi Daddy Longlegs. I think I might need to trademark this. Hehe

 

1 more hour till the 4th leg is done.

 

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Nice find! I like the 4 50gal bags vs 200gal bucket. I've stocked up some 160/200gal buckets years ago and if you don't use them up fast enough, they'll clump up into 1 solid block even if the bucket was never opened before.

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Movie night and talk about corals sound great.  Too bad I didn't see this sooner.. maybe next time!

Wooaa..  wish my tank is ready for some corals.

So sorry to hear Daniel,   if you need any frags I'm sure there would  be some willing people including me to get you started again.

Thank you. I need wait till the algae under control.

That sucks Daniel . That’s why I took my tank down in the fall. Sps the hearbreak coral.

So much worrying whenever go for an extended trip.

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I lost all my sps except for a couple Monti when I was gone for 2 months in China. I was really bummed to lose one of my favorite sps. The 3 large colonies are now covered with algae. However, I found a couple survivor polyps, yay! Will it make a comeback before my 4 giant torchus snails knock it over or angels snack on them...fingers crossed.

 

 

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I've updated my webpage with ReeFi LED Duo Series (Extreme and Deluxe).

You can reserve your ReeFi LED now with pre-order discount of $50.  Once you placed the pre-order, you'll get an email with payment instructions (link back to website) when your ReeFi LED is ready to ship.

Let me know what you guys think of my new website:

http://www.reefi-lab.com/

Thanks,

Daniel

4 hours ago, SuncrestReef said:

You just need a flat black or white backdrop behind it to reduce the surface reflections.

Nice looking light!

I tried that but kinda looks like a black finish instead of mirror.  Still looks great!

Very slick. What kind of warranty will be offered? Is the polished side stainless or aluminum?

3 years limited warranty. I used all high quality parts (stainless steel frames, ball bearings fan, over spec cooling solutions, etc).

It's actual mirror made with no iron ultra clear glass.

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Trying to take some product photoshoot.  The mirror finish looks nice but makes it hard to get a clean picture.  haha

26 minutes ago, householdofpayne said:

@danlu_gt what do you think, would the dimensions given house the parts from the pendent? Would you be interested in selling cannibalized parts from the pendent? 

Sorry, I honestly don't think it'll work fitting ReeFi Pendant with your existing light housing.   The LED diodes are solder on customized metal core PCB which needs to be cool.  The pendant heatsink is over 3" tall.  Your depth is less than 2".

On 5/10/2019 at 9:48 PM, Lexinverts said:

My first impression is very positive. They have a sleek look and the individual reflectors almost completely eliminate lateral light spillage.

 

 

 

 

 

We're filling Trademark for the individual reflectors, calling them ReeFlectors TM. 

 

 

37 minutes ago, SuncrestReef said:

@danlu_gt Sorry if this has already been asked before, but what’s your background and how did you get started making these lights?  

This is how I started with V1:
http://www.reefi-lab.com/index.php/about-us/

I have BS in computer engineering and MS in EE from GA Tech.  My brother has a factory in China that does mostly plant stands and planter baskets (garden accessories).  I've worked for Intel for 8-9 years then helped my brother for a few years to understand manufacturing, importing and exporting.   Later decided to do something that I'm interested in.

2 hours ago, albertareef said:

Nice to see some first hand reports!  Dang Dodge, you have quite the frag collection going in those tanks! @Optimusprime3605  Would be curious to see two of those over my 6 foot 125 - thinking the overall shape will be advantageous for coverage of longer tanks vs. the V1.  Glad to hear we might get a demo soon!

Yeah.. V1 was initial designed form my 24"x24" cube tank.  I've designed the V2 to be able to hang higher without worry about light bleeds.  2 over your 125 should cover nicely.

9 minutes ago, CrabbyCrabs said:

As much as I'd love to try these, and support an individual and not a big corporation, these are way out of my affordable range if I need 2 for my 350. I was thinking 4 ai prime hd would be perfect.  

If you're planning to get SPS, I would seriously reconsider getting the ai prime hd.  With only 13 diodes, you're going to get the PAR needed for SPS, maybe their Hydra 26 HD would be better choice vs the Prime HD.  Dollor per LED, ReeFi still got it beat.

9 minutes ago, SuncrestReef said:

FYI:  Your banner ad at the top of the PNWMAS site contains a broken link to your web site:  http://www.pnwmas.org/index.php?app=core&module=system&controller=redirect&do=advertisement&ad=23&key=7d282091150ead2928f3ca7bbd3b260fe4ca6e7bac208cbe2f04faa0a0c1439b

It leads to this URL:  http://www.reefi-lab.com/" target="_blank but results in a 404 Page Not Found message.

Link should go the home page:  http://www.reefi-lab.com

Who should I contact to get that fixed?

1 hour ago, CrabbyCrabs said:

So..... 1 of these could take the place of 3 hydra 26hd over a reefer 350? Or are they more for extremely deep tanks due to the high diode count clustered tightly together? Just thinking of options for when the 350 is set up

 

Reefer 350 is almost 4ft long.  If you're doing softies and LPS, 1 unit is good if you can hang it 24+" above the waterline.  For SPS, I would recommend 2 units to prevent shadowing.

When will these be available? 

They are schedule to ship in container ship on May 20th and takes about 40 days to clear custom and land at warehouse.  I will finish assembly them around June 30th or so and will fulfill orders early July.

I will update my website to take pre-orders.  There will be pre-order discounts but unfortunately there's a high chance tariff going from 10% to 25%, I can not set the pre-order discounts just yet.  Thanks for understanding.

Daniel

@Lexinverts and @Optimusprime3605:  Thank you guys for posting pictures of your tanks with ReeFi LED V2 Extremes.  My tank have suffered from my extended trips away so I appreciate you guys showing how your corals look.

@CrabbyCrabs:  I will have 2 models, ReeFi LED V2 Extreme (72 diodes) and Deluxe (48 diodes).  The Deluxe model is on par with EcoTech's XR30W G4 PRO (46 diodes).

The retail for ReeFi LED V2 Extreme is $750 and Deluxe is $650.  So the Deluxe is the same as XR30W G4 PRO at 22% less cost ($190 savings).

For anyone that currently owns original ReeFi LED Pendant and want to upgrade, I will have "trade-in" value of $125 toward purchase of V2 Extreme.  However, you don't have to send in your original ReeFi LED Pendant, so you can still use it if you like.  I'm calling it "trade-in" program so it's good for anyone who currently owns ReeFi LED Pendant.  Also, this will end the warranty for the ReeFi LED Pendants.  I will still service them if I have spare parts and will charge a small fee.

 

Here are specs :
 

	ReeFi LED V2 Extreme	ReeFi LED v2 Deluxe
retail	$750	$650
watts	216	144
leds	72	48
400nm	8	6
420nm	8	6
435nm	12	8
450nm	12	8
470nm	12	8
Lime	4	2
PC Amber	4	2
3000K	4	2
6500K	8	6

 

• Extreme have 9 channels (one for each color type), whereas Deluxe have 6 channels (Lime, PC Amber, and 3000K are grouped together.  400nm and 420nm are also group together.). 
• Individual diode reflectors to keep lights in your tank and won't blind you with light bleed.  No optical lens is used to cheat depth penetration.  This is one of my favorite upgrade.
• Both models are WIFI enabled and can be controlled from any web browser.  If you have multiple ones, you can group them for master control from one unit. 
• You can control the max temp of the diodes with different fan cooling profiles.  All cooling profile will keep LED diodes below 90C.  LED can operate without long term damage up to 100C but output is brightest when under 70C.
• Temperature protection will kick in when temp exceed 90C.
• Web interface and software firmware can be updated over the internet wirelessly.

 

 

Here's a video to show all the color spectrums.

Can't wait to get these over my tanks and start my coral collection over again.

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After weeks and maybe months of drama, the first components I was sure to get first, came in last. So the company that I visited over a year ago tricked me that they are a PCB factory, but in reality they're just a trading company. When I visited "their factory", apparently they just go borrow someone factory and pretend to work there. So I am told this is very common in China. I guess that's not necessary a problem if we agreed on the cost and they have value added with their service. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The person that communicated between me and the actual factory have zero technical background. 90% of what she told me is possible turns out not being the case. This results in time for rework and more mistakes being made. Unfortunately, I had already prepaid in full so not getting that back. After much headaches, I'm now working directly with the factory engineer. Last week I spend two days on site getting him up to speed on testing my product to ensure all my issues are resolved. Yesterday, I finally got the first batch of the last pieces to my ReeFi LED v2.

It took a few tries to figure the order to put it all together without getting thermal paste all over myself. I think I got a few bucks worth of thermal paste all over my hands and ruined my shirt. Those first couple units will go on my personal tank. With all the delays, I've been here almost 2 months (hope all my fishes are still ok). I don't have time to finish all the assembly here in China. I've tested all the components and am finally satisfied with what I got. I will be loading everything in a container or two and ship over sea to US for final assembly. So I guess I need to order Made in USA stickers to put over Made in China. Haha

Few weeks ago I was like why did I start this adventure. So much time and money and all the drama and frustrating dealing with manufacturing. Worst is coming back after long trips to my prized arco and gold hammers completely dead. Maybe next time I'll need find a partner here in China that handles searching for custom materials and factories with proper capabilities and who will follow through with sampling, inspection and production. This time around, I did the entire supply chain from special copper on aluminum PCB to CNC heatsink solutions to eco-friendly packaging. So I can pass some of the savings to you guys.

I will see how many I can put in my luggage without over weight. Love to demo for you guys to see.

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