AI Hydra Edge! AquaIllumination's NEWEST Reef Light!

what's going on reefers Blaine here in today's video we're going to be taking a firsthand look at the all new line of Lights coming from Aqua illumination yes today we're going to be checking out the Hydra Edge 44 HD and 68 HD I'm really excited to get into what this new light is all about Brilliance edge to edge I see what you did there AI let's Dive In [Music] I always get so excited whenever I get the chance to get my hands on a brand new piece of equipment whenever it hits the aquarium market and I have to say the AI Hydra edges truly impressed me right from the start both the 44 and 68 Hydra Edge HD have an optic spread of 100° with the ability to cover up to 30 square in with smooth color mixing minimal shadowing and an even spread of par when I got the chance to put one of these over an empty tank in the studio it really is hard to understand just how much spread these lights truly put out when we're looking at the LEDs on the 44 and 68 HD there are some similarities but also some slight differences in the two units the 44hd has the following LEDs 10 blue six royal blue eight Violet 10 cool white two warm white and 8 UV the 68 HD on the other hand has the following LEDs 16 blue 12 royal blue 14 Violet 10 cool white two Warm White and 14 UV all the same colors just a little more LEDs on the bigger 68 Edge a new dimension to your aquarium lighting is now integrated into the edges solar ring the solar ring is Consolidated white LED Channel control and centrally placed LEDs letting you dial up or lower the drama against a constant backdrop of solid Illumination in other words the solar ring is here to bring that sparkle and Shimmer into your reef tanks that we all know and love the edge features a dedicated Moonlight Channel which can be great for stimulating your animals and be fun for you as a hobbyist to enjoy as well integrated into the Hydra Edge is a technology introduced during the Hydra models the hyperdrive hyperdrive technology lets you transfer unused power from a Channel of LEDs not being fully utilized to one that is this technology does not exceed LED specs but allows for the maximum use of wattage from the power supply ultimately this increases the efficiency of the light overall The Edge continues to use the same Edge field Optics we saw in the blade line coming out of AI and these Optics provide even par great spread and some nice gentle Shimmer this also increases the efficiency of the Edge by taking advantage of angle light output Aqua illumination was also excited to announce their newly crafted Spectrum the solar blue Spectrum this is only a spectrum available in the Marine units which are exactly what we're carrying here at TSA this spectrum stimulates shallow Reef lighting that is functional and also aesthetically pleasing to the eyes inside the box is the following AI Hydra Edge either 44 or 68 HD depending on purch power supply and quick start guide let's take the time now to talk about the dimensions of the two lights the Hydra Edge 44 HD dimensions are the following 11.25 in Long 6 in wide and 1.06 in of depth the Hydra Edge 68 HD dimensions are the following 15.25 in Long 6 in wide and 1.06 in of depth when it comes to what light you should go with for specific tank size this is coming from aquaillumination directly on tanks over 30 in deep we would suggest the 68 HD over the 44 HD as for mounting options for these lights AI has shown three different Mounting Solutions that can be utilized the rear tilt Mount the top tilt Mount and the hanging kit having a variety of options and ways to incorporate these lights into our reef tanks gives them much more functionability and use here in our systems I have to say you got to love a good button and the button here on the Hydra Edge will be used for cycling the intensity of the light in increments of 20% when unprogrammed but when programmed the button will be used to factory reset the unit while we are talking about the app I wanted to mention as well there are some easy templates that have been included into the Hydra Edge for setting up a lighting schedule easy and fast setup with three easy to use templates ready to choose from in the app as for getting this light up and running you can control it either via Mobius my AI or Apex fusion with an mxm I talked about just how simple it is to get the AI Hydra Edge hooked up to your app and I wanted to Showcase that right here and right now I'm actually on my AI app we're going to go ahead click up top and we're going to click new AI light once we click new AI light we'll go aead create a tank let's just make it our test tank and then after that you'll see right directly on the screen we have the edge 44hd showing up right away we'll go ahe click that click next it's going to check for the firmware make sure that's all up to date and now we're creating the network setting everything up and just like that we've got the light online already and it's got a schedule already integrated in up and running so pretty simple and easy to get this light on and running let's now get it back unprogrammed I'm going to show case the button functions and I'm also going to show off what the pars looking like at about 60 80 and 100% all right we've killed all the lights in the studio I've got the apig par meter now and we're going to start playing around with the AI Hydra Edge I've already cycled through a couple of the buttons we're now on 20% we'll go to 40% and we're now at 60% so I'll go ahead read off these numbers to you guys just directly under the water surface we're at 250 so we're at 2 50 right smack in the middle all the way at the bottom we are sitting at 120 par so 120 par I'll go ahead give it a click we're now at 80% so this is an increment of 20% like I mentioned earlier on but it's going up every 20% we're now at 80% and sitting directly below the surface we're at 430 so this is a super strong light putting out a lot of par right all the way at the bottom we're at 200 you're getting all the power of the light directly coming from this you know system in general I mean you have nothing holding it back just like the blade was and now we're getting all that punch so we are at now 100% And directly underneath the surface where it's sitting at 600 par so super super bright light like I said 250 at the bottom but yeah overall we're going to see a lot of power coming out of these lights they have the opportunity to bring a good amount of Shimmer a good amount of intensity and also a great spread of all those colors I'm excited I was able to kind of give you guys a little bit of a par treatment for you all obviously it's going to be different depending on how high you mount it where you mount it where it is on the tank how the Tank's working How deep the system is in general too but I wanted to give you guys a little L idea of what it's looking like directly over this rimless tank here in the studio interested in the price the 44 HD is going to be $3.99 whereas the 68 HD is going to be $6.99 these AI edges are made in the USA and also come with a 1-year warranty from the date of [Music] purchase if you guys are in the market of picking up a new light for your aquarium or if you're wanting to upgrade the current lights over your reef tank head over to our website now check out the brand new AI Hydra Edge 44hd and 68 HD if you guys have hung out all the way till the end I want to say thank you so much be sure to like subscribe and hit the Bell notification so you don't miss out on any future uploads