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Review on Hygger Advanced 24/7 Lighting Cycle LED Aquarium Light with Full Spectrum, 6 Colors and 5 Intensity Settings - Customizable Fish Tank Light for 30-36 inch Freshwater Planted Tank with Timer by Kimberly Graxirena

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great light, 24 hour cycle is amazing!

I'm assembling my setup right now, but I've been playing with this light for 2 days. I will update this review with any issues once I have my tank set up and planted. The Pros: - Bright full spectrum light - Super thin - Lightweight - Stays VERY cool to the touch - The 24 hour mode is great and contrary to what I've read about the timer on some other Hygger products, it toggles completely out. (I haven't tried the 6/10/12 hour timers yet as I don't plan on using them) The Bad: - The instructions are quite confusing, especially when it comes to how the 24 hour timers work - I don't know I don't like the retractable mounting feet, but they do the job. The RGB modes are decent but probably useless for most. No memory when power off. In 24-hour mode. You can see how it works in the product video, but here are some details/information: - Daylight cycle is approximately 16.5 hours from start to finish - Daylight begins with a dull orange color and slowly builds to full brightness by late morning at noon, then begins to decline. - The last 30 minutes are just blue LEDs that slowly fade out before turning off. The 24 hour button is probably the most confusing part of the instructions. It has 8:00 / 10:00 / 12:00 / 15:00 / 18:00 / 22:00 settings. This is where the current time of day is set in the light cycle. For example if I want to turn on the light and run a 24 hour cycle and it's 10:00 I set it to the 10:00 button. If it was 3pm I would set it to 3pm etc. Now the cycle starts at 6am and ends at 10:30pm (10:30pm). If you want to set a different start time, e.g. 7:00 am instead of 6:00 am requires some math. But this chart is perfect for my use. Overall I'm very happy to finalize the setup and see how it looks with this light. **UPDATE** This light is still amazing! I've had it running for about 3 weeks and my plants are taking off! Dawn is great too. My only complaint at the moment is that the plastic covering the LEDs is not attached in any way and rattles off my wave generators/filters from time to time. This should be easy to fix. **UPDATE 2** I am fast approaching a year with this light and now have 3 sizes running on 3 different tanks. (10g, 29g large, 40g grower) All are working great so far. Total lighting time is a little long (16.5 hours) but none of my tanks have algae growth out of control. All my plants are doing great! I am planning a few more aquariums this winter and will definitely buy this light for them.

Pros
  • Easy setup
Cons
  • There are nuances