One of the biggest complaints about people starting out with reef aquariums is that it’s one of the most expensive hobbies but it is possible to save a few bucks on getting started, and cutting costs without cutting corners. Reef aquarium LED lights are some of the most exciting and downright sexy pieces of gear you can add to a saltwater aquarium filled with colorful fish and fluorescent corals. Like so many other essential consumer electronics, manufacturers iterate on their designs and versions at a pretty rapid pace leaving behind their previous generation models.
This quick succession of new aquarium lights is a very new phenomenon because modern lights virtually all use LEDs exclusively, diodes that should last from five to ten years when used properly. Despite the promised longevity of aquarium lights, many reefers have opted to upgrade their fixtures way more often than necessary to take advantage of new features, more colors, extra control channels, and newer diodes with increasingly more efficiency for incredible light output.
At first the rate of progress really warranted the upgrade to the latest and greatest but the technology and the market has really leveled off, with newer fixtures only offering incremental improvements, a little more power, an extra moonlight channel, and sometimes a smaller footprint. Unsurprisingly, the rapid upgrade cycle has resulted in a bounty of value for reef aquarium hobbyists both in the form of lightly used equipment, as well as new-in-box, previous generation lighting fixtures.
我们中的许多人都可以使用最新，最伟大的东西，但也有很多可以照亮的坦克，非常满足于测试一些较新的灯光，但在我们的大多数坦克中仍然依靠前几年的旗舰灯。当然，最新的灯根据每瓦的par具有增量优势，但是前几代实际上提供了最佳价值，而par par美元. This situation is no different from the smartphone market, where many people choose to upgrade to the latest models for more power, longer battery life, sharper camera, but those perfectly good smartphones from last year are still perfectly capable of making calls, playing games, and taking great photos.
Kessil AP700正是这种情况，这是公司带来无与伦比的Multichip的第一个真正的照明灯具Dense Matrix Arrayto a slim aquarium light fixture. TheKessil AP9X今年早些时候发行了凯西尔爱好者的大张旗鼓，但虽然这是凯西尔的第二代面板风格的灯光，但将AP700称为“第一代”灯具并不公平。
凯西尔（Kessil）在150和350线的LED聚光灯下建造了许多世代，并在将其全部设计为AP700之前，对颜色，亮度以及控制力进行了改进。凯西尔（Kessil）的700系列水族馆面板是第一个在固定装置上包括触摸敏感控制的灯，但更重要的是无线连接性和内置可编程性，以动态改变平衡金枪鱼蓝光谱以及对红色，绿色和紫外线颜色通道的控制。
虽然大多数礁可能会大声疾呼黑色星期五/网络星期一交易，可提供最新灯的10-15％折扣，但AP700现在享受30％的折扣，价格为549美元。这是185瓦的纯礁照明功率，仅比Kessil自己的90瓦A360X LED聚光灯，新的保修和与Kessil AP700智能手机应用程序完全兼容。
AP700被广泛用于世界各地的礁石坦克和水产养殖设施，因此经过测试和验证，已被证明可以生长和展示美丽，丰富多彩的珊瑚。从来没有一个更好的机会来抓住Kessil AP700（或两次），但不要延迟，因为其余的新固定装置极为有限，并且以这些价格肯定不会持久。
