An Odyssea review - Page 3

when i started this thread i honestly thought i would have a ton to say about the product. i really dont. i havent had any issues with the fixture other than the loose screw on arrival (which was the fault of UPS). i bought these lights as a hopeful skeptic. i dont take much stock in hearsay, but i also wont jeopardize much in my hard-headedness. that said: i gave the fixtures a chance but it did take a few long "monitored" burns of the halides for me to be comfortable with them. the fixtures dont get hot, nor do the ballasts. sure they get warm to the touch, but thats expected with any company. even if this was a 'name brand' fixture it would take me a few days to feel comfortable with the product considering the amount of electricity sitting over a box of water. i am still very happy with the lights and the customer service from the company i bought it from. right now i only have one brain coral and an anemone, both of which are doing just fine under these lights. i had gotten 50 lbs of marco rocks about a week before ordering these lights, so maybe 2 months ago. since then, the rocks are really coloring up beautifully and i dont have any heat issues in the tank.

i'm still running the fixtures on the stock ballasts... still without incident. i am very content with these lights. i definately didnt get what i paid for, thats for sure.

i feel like i got more than i paid for.

you know what doc, i was worried at first, too. maybe not worried, but a little leary. whatever adjective i'm looking for. either way, i never took much stock in all of the hubbub about these lights, thats why i bought them. what i did was just left the actincs on while i was away, then when i was home i burned the halides. since i didnt have any photosynthetic animals it didnt matter if they were on for 30 minutes or 8 hours. i did this until i felt comfortable with them. i would have done the same thing with any fixture. like i said before, with this amt of electricity sitting over a box of water i would initially be cautious with any light. they run fine dude. they get warm, but all halides do. i have no problem leaving for the weekend with the lights on timers. i did some serious research before buying them, and i've talked to a large amount of people that have owned them for years who are still happy with them. i'm really pleased with them and i think you will be, too. my suggestion to you is to run them the way i did until you're comfortable turning your back on them. the reason you're not comfortable is because you heard from somebody, who knew somebody that had a pool guy whos dog got groomed by a dude who used to date a chick whos father went to a dentist who filled a cavity in a kids mouth who went to school with a kid whos father had heard that the fixtures are a hazard. (at least thats why i was leary) but after realizing the overwhelming amount of people that run these things w/o incident, i realized it was much ado about nothing. if odyssea had problems in the past, they've been addressed and fixed. i'm comfortable saying that i think you'll be pleased with them.

nah, the ones that were getting bad press were the magnetic ballasts. they have since switched to electronic.