TESTING REPTILE LED UVB LIGHTS! | DO THESE CHINESE LIGHTS WORK?
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As you're reading the box on reptl+pet lamp i am over here ROLLING! The sarcasm is real here today.
lol
The Chinese wouldn’t screw us over! Sarcasm is real!
This is interesting. I mean, the whole world wants cheaper energy costs, I bet Arcadia is working on a bulb like this as we speak.
A very good product review. Honest and testing was honest as well. Love that you're educating people and trying products for lowering the cost of electricity as well.
Thank you!
Thanks for making videos. They always calm me down, idk how. Animals, maaan. 🥰
My pleasure 😊
Wow!! I really didn't think the bulb was going to do much!! I'm definitely impressed. I'm even tempted to go buy some for my indoor plants now.
i will like to see how it lasts
The audio sounds like it's a bit loud and distorted by the way, checking "stats for nerds" it says the content loudness is +9 dB!
This science of reptile lights is frickin fascinating!!
its crazy
Here again! I liked the video 😁
You're the best!
Going to see your update before considering purchase
good plan!
I cracked up while you were reading the box. I taught a Microsoft office class several years ago and the textbook had exactly the same bad wording. Also have you picked a name for the abandon house rescue yet?
Yes her name was said in he last 2 videos!!! Fenix!
Can you tell more info from the time you tested this until now please?
shxt! Just placed my order for arcadia fixture and bulb, which cost me over hundred dollar. Now I saw this video about cheap uv light. Def save it on my amazon wishlist for next purchase. BTW, any update on how well this light works?
Can you do a update video on your golden I would love to learn more about how he is I just recently got one and information is scarce on these guys
Ah I am planning to film him today!!!!!
So I scoured Amazon and got one of these bulbs. LED’s that produce appropriate levels of UVB without any UVC is kind of the holy grail for reptile lighting. My Solarmeter 6.5 measured very similar to yours. I’m letting the bulb burn in and will wait to see how the plants and universal rock background react to the light before I move any reptiles in the enclosure. Up until your video, I was under the impression that these diodes are incredibly expensive. I would not yet recommend these lights until further testing is done, fingers crossed though.
agreed!
I have a 13watt exo terra light that was killing plants so a card like that could come in handy to check for uv-c before installing a new lamp
the cards are great!
It'll be interesting to see how long it puts out UVB. Fingers crossed it lasts. 🤞
its running 12 hours a day
What the Frick is a crawler bulb lmao
lol
Color me impressed. I wonder how long these bulbs will last compared to other types of UVB elements.
Thats why I cant recommend them yet
How is this bulb holding up? Just finishing a stacked 4x2x2 for our adult female dragons and looking for a second basking fixture bulb to add extra uva and would be awesome if it added extra uvb as well! Have 36" t5 HO zoo med fixtures with reptisun 10.0 bulbs and 100 watt repti basking bulbs now, but wanted to add a LED spot and a cool side halogen as well. This bulb looked promising...
so far its held up great!
Holy crap, the audio in this video caught me off-guard XD no but this video still very relevant even today, and in fact I'd love to see someone who owns a UV photospectrometer thoroughly testing tons of different bulbs on the market (maybe the guy running VivTech can do something like that)
BTW, some notes:
• 1:36 Interesting, how can they claim it's metal halide but also LED, unless maybe it has both (which sounds like a bad idea)? Or maybe it's just bad english and they're trying to say that it compares to metal halide (which is unsafe; Zoo Med tried to release an overpriced metal halide bulb and socket some years ago and the reviews absolutely bombed)
• 1:43 Is it a pet peeve for anyone else when companies call it a "calcium lamp" or a "calcium supplement bulb" or is that just me?
• 3:44 I want everyone here to know that UVC is not the only UV light that damages eyes (and it damage skin, btw). Short-spectrum UVB also does, and your average Solarmeter isn't gonna account for that, which sucks because a Solarmeter is already so expensive and a UV photospectrometer is STUPIDLY expensive. BTW, it should scare you guys that most if not all of the companies designing and manufacturing reptile UV bulbs don't test them with a UV photospectrometer. It's insane how far behind this hobby still is technologically and in terms of care standards. The "main companies" (more on this later) usually don't even know if their bulbs are actually safe for your animals. They can't without a UV photospectrometer. How's that for sustainable long-term pet health and product quality control?
• 3:28 Honestly, even just having a Solarmeter isn't enough, or at least isn't as helpful as many herp keepers seem to think it is. The Solarmeter 6.5 is actually about as accurate as the UV test cards that have a labeled nanometer gradient (which isn't very high praise of even the best cards) because no tool on the market can distinguish between short-spectrum & long-spectrum UVB radiation besides a UV photospectrometer. You actually may as well just use one of the better cards (i.e., one with a labeled μW/cm² gradient and a UVC measurement option; the one in this video is actually a fantastic example, surprisingly) and buy a separate UVA or UVB meter that measures in μW/cm².
We can at least partially supplement cholecalciferol anyway, so I'd advise focusing more on UVA, a care requirement that keepers have been neglecting for decades, but by all means, if anyone reading this can afford a UV photospectrometer, that'd be *infinitely better than every other measuring tool on the market combined,* seriously. Hell, if any aspiring reptile companies/breeders out there can afford to fit the cost of a UV photospectrometer into your budget when you take out a loan for your business, I'd strongly encourage doing so.
Honestly, I would love to see UV photospectrometers becoming much more affordable by new manufacturers recognizing the undeserved demand of the crappy Solarmeter product line. Anyone who knows anything about the UV & near-UV spectrum knows how ridiculous it is that Solar Light (the company that made the Solarmeter brand) has such a strong monopoly on such a subpar tool (especially the newer series that don't even measure in μW/cm² in favor of adhering to the inapplicable metric of the ferguson zone - see the interview I linked at the bottom of this comment - such a hilariously depressing scam).
• 4:04: Uh oh. No, that's dangerous advice. The "main brands" have had tons if problems with UVC and short-spectrum UVB damaging pets' eyes (though it was usually because of CFL manufacturing defects, which no doubt contributes to the unfair hate directed towards CFC bulbs, i.e., compact fluorescent bulbs in a coiled orientation). No company is too big to make (dangerous) mistakes and there is WAY too much brand loyalty in this hobby.
• 6:59 Ok, that's interesting. Arcadia is known to just rebox other companies' stuff and push them to PetSmart. Arcadia was actually pushing against LED UV technology (which, btw, is already used in UV phototherapy; our hobby is just playing catch-up, as usual) when it was first being introduced to the reptile hobby by VivTech because, at the time, Arcadia had just recently competed to push out their "new" line of reboxed fluorescent UVB products to PetSmart's shelves. Yeah, no, if you're waiting on Arcadia to give you the thumbs up on LED UV technology, you're gonna be waiting a while lol
I will acknowledge, the suspicious Chinese products don't help. They took advantage of a new market niche and stunk it up for anyone else. The only legitimate company I can even name that's working on LED UV tech is VivTech. As usual, most of the hobby is slow and stubborn. Hell, there are still keepers who refuse to acknowledge how important and beneficial UVA is and refuse to be cautious about UVC.
• 11:28 This is true as long as you don't let the card degrade from heat or prolonged UV exposure; some cards even come with a plastic pouch to keep it in to prevent scratches while in storage (or you could keep it in your Solarmeter pouch if you bought it before Solar Light stopped including the leather pouch, the profit-hungry scammers).
• 11:38 lol ... I won't harp on this too much, I already typed an essay's worth of words about this earlier.
On-topic, I think every herp keeper needs to see this interview: th-cam.com/video/b0ikLyAElEM/w-d-xo.html It goes over information rarely known outside of optical science and biology, e.g., the differences between different types of UVB (i.e., why you don't want short-spectrum UVB) as well as what every part of the ultraviolet spectrum means for our animals.
By the way, 2 years later, how has this bulb held up? VivTech claims their bulbs last up to 4 years, so I'm curious how the basically bargain bin version held up.
Is UVB only enough or both with UVB and UVA?
Is it passing uvb through glass?
Hi, does it produce lots of heat? I'm thinking of using it on my arowana dragon fish.. Does anyone thinks it mgt works?
So did it last haha?
I have a smal question: how does monetization work? do you get more money for longer ads or the same amount for any ads?
more money for longer ads that are watched
@@Animal1Guy ok, thank you
Someone on a bearded dragon group told me that MVB bulbs are unnecessary. Mine is in a dome on top of the screen, and the basking spot is directly under it about 5-6 inches. Is it too close?
you need to measure the heat at the basking spot. If the heat is fine then perfect, if its to hot you need to raise the bulb
@@Animal1Guy The heat is good, I just don’t wanna overdo it on the UV. thanks!
So I just bought my very first bearded dragon. I'm super excited but want to make sure the temp is right for him. He's teeny tiny and all your videos are of grown dragons. So what temp do you recommend?
basking for a baby 90-95f is good
@@Animal1Guy Thanks! And thanks for responding so fast!! You're amazing!!
great work i wanted to see them tested for future just be more concise in your speech
Are you ready for some crazyness?? The 24" Tube light i bought specifically says on the description that at different distances it provides different levels of uv and to have climbing points for your beardies to climb up to. And replace every 6-12 months.
MIND BLOWN!
thank you
Update???
Unrelated question, but is bee pollen and bee propolis the same thing?
I dont think so
@@Animal1Guy ok thanks a lot, also love all the work and time u put into rescuing reptiles! keep up the awesome work!
Lol I bought one of these 2 weeks ago off Amazon... I returned it the same day! After testing it! Mine gave off less than 5 micro watts of uvb. I left a review Saying Don’t use this for Any Animal!!!!
ya the quality control is probably not there yet
@@Animal1Guy and 1 of the LED’s didn’t work 🤬 & they promote it to work for 2 years 🤦🏽♂️ didn’t work for 2 seconds!
Update on this?
Almost time for me to film it!
Don't see link for led bulb. Please advise
no link since the brands change and its to hard to know which ones stay good. Currently I used arcadia t5ho bulbs tubes for tank uvb and for spot uvb stong uvb cfl
Dang it i want this bulb and cant find it or a link.
Im still testing it long term
Necessary thing to say in such a video, a screen top does minimize the uvb output by 50%+
It doesnt do 50% you can watch my uvb bulb video b4 this one, we I review different screens and measure UVB
I thought it was on average 20% light loss thru screens
There is no link in the description for this
Not until I get longer testing data! having it run normal 12 hour cycles.
@@Animal1Guy ok ty!
It seems like they're better at making bulbs for reptiles than writing in english 😁 let's see how they hold through time, this is interesting
good to see the UVB market is moving.
I would say this is not suitable 😂 I made my own cage for my beardie, I think it's around 70-100 gallons, so she has a lot of room to run around. Idk why but I just wanted to share that lol.
lol thats fine
Thank-you for reviewing these! Saw them turn up on Amazon and immediately assumed it was too good to be true, good to know there's a grain of hope in there! Suffice to say if I get one of these I'll get the solarmeter at the same time, it'll probably pay for itself in no time if I can save money on bulbs.
On an aside, I probably wouldn't consider this "full spectrum" since it only uses one colour of diode for visible light, but that's really not why anyone would get this bulb.
Keep up the great work!
If you have multiple reptiles/bulbs it does. ESP if you were replacing every 6 months etc. Some of my bulbs have been running for 2 years and still giving strong UVB!
Where is the link?
no link until I get long term testing data
@@Animal1Guy Oh. Yes that ist ok.
I would caution anyone from running out and purchasing one of these until there is enough info/data showing UVB integrity, consistency, and decay.
agreed!
Anyone have any results?
the results were so so
@@Animal1Guy I'm thinking about it for a snake that normally wouldn't get a ton of uvb exposure. My biggest concern is that she would get too close to the bulb and over expose herself or UVC exposure The optimum basking distance would be about a foot. Any input?
Maybe it’s the metal halide aspect of the light that increased the UVB so much. Interesting!
very much so interesting
This lamp definitely needs testing with a spectrometer, I highly doupt it is safe just like all UVB LEDs I have seen tested. Maybe even a SM 6.5 to 6.2 ratio would be a cheaper test otherwise I can put you in contact with someone in the UK or Germany that can test it with a spectrometer
What happened to your mic, my dude? 😫
im not sure
"small screw"
cmon man it isnt about the size of the screw, its how you use it
ahaha