🐠 Enhance Your HyperReef Aquarium with NICREW HyperReef Light Controller: LED Light Timer for HyperReef 50,100,150 Review

The UI is clunky and looks like it was designed in the 90's, but it gets the job done and manages the backlight well. I would like the spectrum and brightness changes to be smoother as it's a little harsh, but ok.

Power supply not present. Device requires a powered USB-C cable/adapter. The interface is a bit awkward to use and not very intuitive. You have to learn when to hit enter versus the down arrow, and you tend to mess around a bit. But generally you can figure it out without finding tiny writing on tiny printed instructions. It saves time and settings after power off. And two TRSS cables are included but not mentioned in the description.

Good controller and works great with the 2 Nicrew 150w bulbs I have. When setting the time, remember that you must set the schedule for the full 24 hours, not just the times you want it to turn on and off. I noticed the same issue in another review as the first time the lights came on at night. I don't know why, but when I set it to turn off at 9pm, it turned back on at 10pm and then stayed at 1% blue until morning. To fix this, I scheduled it to turn off at 1:00 am, then 10% blue at 6:00 am…

So I have a 2020 Nicrew light and I've been waiting for them to make a timer that works well with light, well it finally came and I can say that I am very satisfied with the product. I noticed a few people saying the timer was scratched and I thought the same thing, but it's just a screen protector that I took off and it looked brand new. With the moonlight setting, you can set the white light brightness to 0% and the blue light brightness to 100%. I set it so that the white light gradually…

Update: I misconfigured my partner and the Nicrew staff worked tirelessly to help me figure out why my blue lights came on 30 minutes after I turned them off. Make sure your start timer and end time colors are set to zero! 10 stars for customer service! I bought my Hyper Reef 50 in November and I love it. I commented on the slight creep and saw Nikru come out with a controller. I'm happy to say it works great. Same interface as kessil except preview. To be honest I didn't need a preview. If you

So this controller is half the price of Kessil Spectral X and has almost the same features. What I like: Requires no external power supply, powered by 0-10V headphone jack. It recognizes NICREW (Kessil doesn't recognize it) and appears to have copied the API directly from Kessil. Programming is easy, size and weight are good. I like fasteners. What I don't like: No moonlight mode, the minimum value you can control the lighting with is 5%, no mode to preview lighting settings before saving the…

The programming of the device takes some getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, it works. Mine has been running for about a week now, and after a few tweaks (e.g. waking up at 4am and realizing the lights are still on) I've finally figured out how to program it. You need to make sure the blue and white channels are 0 first and last time. So if you want your light (even just blue) to start at 7am, make 7am 0 for blue and white. Then, if you want to turn them off, make it the last…