On 28 Mar 2007 23:58:11 GMT, Scott Seidman
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sseidman wrote
I haven't heard any Ott complaints, and certainly never experienced
any.

If I may, what makes these bulbs any "better" than any other such
K-range bulbs? IOW, why are these "better" than another 5500K (or
xxxxK, apples to apples) bulb?

TC,
R



I don't know about better or worse, but there are differences: the ott
is flourescent, and the solux is an incandescent bulb, or at least looks
like one, so is likely easier to package in a variety of assorted ways.
Solux claims, and I believe (http://www.solux.net/Ott_lite.htm), that it
has a spectrum closer to daylight than Ott-light. Whether this makes a
difference to fly tiers, I don't know.

A big plus for Solux, though, is that they are a local Rochester company,
and the head guy is working on a project with some of our undergrads.
Seems to be a nice guy, a hard worker, and generous with his time for the
undergrads. I'd probably buy a Solux today if I needed another lamp, and
go out of my way to do it if I needed to, but not because I have a real
problem with Ott reliability.

A big plus for the Ott, by the way, is that Joanne's Fabrics sells them,
thus if you join the Joanne club, and wait till you get the coupon book
mailed to you, as they will periodically do, you can get an Ott lite at
40% or 50% off!

Oops...I don't mean the _fixture_, I mean the lamp/bulb. I understand
one is CFL and one is halogen, but Solux seems to tell you what the bulb
actually is, whereas OTT doesn't. Solux gives color temp, etc., OTT
didn't seem to.

The Solux lamp/bulb will fit into a standard old Home Depot/Lowes "low
voltage"/MR-16 fixure (about 15.00 USD or so). I have them on boats (if
you saw the thread with Larry, myself, etc. on solar systems, I talked
about them) as aux lighting, galley lighting, chart lighting, etc. If
you want to use them with 120vac, keep the transformer attached, if
12vdc, wire without the transformer.

IAC, Google "5100K compact fluorescent" and you oughta find plenty CFLs,
and Google "full spectrum MR-16" and you'll get lots of halogens.

And I'm still interested in opinions as to why OTT or Solux are "better"
- they may be, but I can't find anything that would convince me they are
- it all seems to be salespitch.

TC,
R