hygger 7W Full Spectrum Aquarium Light with Aluminum Alloy Shell and Plastic Extendable Brackets, White Blue Red LEDs, External Controller, for Freshwater Fish Tank (5-8.5 inch)

Star ratings explained:BRIGHTNESS FUNCTION - five stars because it is bright! Very bright!TIMER FUNCTION - ZERO STARS Whats to rate???? It's a OFF timer like the Sleep function on your TV in 1972. Not a feature to brag about man, more like pimple your trying to hide. Heres the feature: You can turn it OFF in 3 hours, you can turn it OFF in 6 hours, and wait for it......you can turn it off in yes.....12 friggin hours. NICE. Oh yeah AND you can turn it OFF in NOT NEVER! hours. so.....friggin.....cool...........I Wanna do it again tomorrow, yup, press the stupid button again for 3,6,or 12. not programmable captain.WATER RESISTANCE - ZERO STARS - Its going to be around water, near water or within inches of water right? I dont want water resistance, I want water proof. Its not. I sealed mine up with aquarium silicone around the edges for my case only. I broke the rules. No tank lid and it's extended like a ballerina on a tight rope, because my tank is a too long for the size i got. My junk is hanging by metal wires one inch above certain electrfying death. The longer one is too long and that is just plain ugly. I don't buy ugly on purpose. Aesthetics over safety? in this case yes. My bad.One year of ownership and now I write my review of this light. Why? I thought to myself, this is a good time to write the best review because I have used it, abused it, dropped it on the floor, dropped it in the tank (oops), and it has gone on and off and on and off and on and off over 365 times now!What I liked.• Durability o I dropped it on the floor o I dropped it in water while lit o It has turned on and off over 365 times already and still works like new• Two sets of brackets o Plastic ones for smaller tanks o Metal wire ones for extending it to larger tanks o I needed the metal wire ones. ~ They are stiff and solid. ~ I still used some aquarium silicone to hold the adjustment in place• Brightness o No scientific way to measure in my house, but to my eyes, they are bright! o I’ve grown plants for 6 months now, no issues, but I inject CO2 and fertilize also o The description of brightness in their ad. See below for what I don’t like.What I don’t like• Brightness description on the Amazon page o Now the description says adjustable brightness and to combine the timer function to simulate day to night. Not what you think. Its an off timer. That’s it. An OFF timer. Nothing more. Not an ON timer. Not programmable. No memory. It won’t turn on in the morning and simulate night to day. You have to do that , just sit there for two hours and press the little button every 20 minutes and just sit there. And wait for 20 minutes. Make it brighter Mr. Sun, go ahead.. NOT. Get the point. Its marketing propaganda. But not a deal breaker. Just buy a programmable dimmer/timer if you want that fancy stuff. I bought one today, review coming soon.• Dimmer/timer. o Again, Its not programmable, so its just an off timer. 3 hours, 6 hours or 12 hours. What if I want 10 hours, if its what I need. It’s useless so I don’t use it. I have a WI fi plug connected to it set to come on at 9 am and turn off at 7PM, 10 hours. That cost me 4 dollars. Well worth it, but that is another review. o No memory recall after power loss and default is WHITE ON 100% | RED/BLUE ON 100% o Due to above wifi plug I use, it loses memory every night because I cut power to it. So the fish are awaken every morning by the GREAT GOD of SUNLIGHT shining through their little a*** at the peak of dawn!!!! This is an economical light, so I didn’t expect it to have a fully programmable EPROM chip installed with full dimmable capabilities at this price point. Not a negative. This product is 100% recommended for a cheap, well built, long lasting, bright LED, slim, sturdy, strong and sleek designed LED lighting fixture for your aquarium, planted or not planted. Buy it if you want all that! Thanks for reading.Ray

Great aquarium lights. They are very easy to use and are long lasting. I've had mine for almost five years now I believe and they still work perfectly. The timer is very handy and the different modes are fun. The adjustable supports work perfectly.

Edit: the manufacturer reached out to me and took care of itI bought this light anticipating to put together a tank at a later date, kind of collecting items for it rather than buy them all at once.When I received it I didn't open the box because it was more conveniently stored in the box and I figured it would be fine. But today I opened it and plugged it. The wire connection on the white lights is broken, so if I jiggle the wire it will come on, but the connection is broken. I'm one week after the return date so I am stuck with this, which really sucks.I've used these lights in the past and these connections tend to break over time for me, but I've never had one not work right out of the boxUpdate: they reached out to me, and after some quick messages, got me a new perfect working light at no expense to me, 100% satisfied.I love these lights, I'm farming rare aquarium and terrarium plants off them, works great. The five brightness settings are perfect for me so I can tailor brightness to species, they grow plants very well

Compared to cheap aquarium lights that you just turn on/off this is a great improvement. With different light options (white- white red blue-and red,blue) and light brightness (5 different levels) you can help give your tank what it needs. It does have a timer too for 3 hrs, 6 hrs, and 12 hrs so you don't have to worry about forgetting. Makes things easy while on vacation. However it's nothing super fancy. There's no sunset/sunrise/moon mode. And I do wish it had an option for 8 hrs timer. When the timers up it also just puts your lights at a super low settings and not completely off. Which can be nice for some but I don't berate my fish with constant light so it bugs me. I also kind of wish it was a bit wider but it's not too terrible. It'd just disperse the light more evenly I think. For basic fish keeping Im happy with it and its great for the price.

I am using this bar light to replace the bulb housing on the fish tank hood. Going thru the different lighting settings I love the 77% red, white and blue setting which gives a light lavender color to water and brings out the color of the fish. Has 3 settings for automatic timer to turn lights on and lowers lights to almost off- 10%. I would recommend this product.

Brightness is nice & adjustable. Pretty bright. I like being able to switch the different settings & timer works great. Well made product, not setup needed. I am using it in a crested gecko enclosure as a plant light. Amazing! Would buy this again if needed!

I have about four of these and they are very high in quality I've spilled water on them dropped them in water spilled fish food on them and they're perfectly intact I've had them for the past couple of years and the quality still hasn't degraded it comes with all the plugins and wires and comes with two different stand options and not to mention you can adjust the stands I would highly recommend this light

It works awesome, is very sleek, enjoy it.

I needed a light for my 5g tall tank that didn’t clip on, as the back of my tank has a filter. The tank isn’t very wide so a side clip on wouldn’t do well either. I seen an IG post of the same tank with this Hygger 9w so I decided to take a chance on it. I didn’t know it came with sliding legs and metal brackets, that should be a selling point and the first photo as I overlooked this light many times trying to find what I was looking for. The legs were what I needed to sit on top of my tanks lid. It fits perfectly! The lighting is perfect for what I need, the water is orange from almond leaves. I’ve posted 3 photos of all the color options. Only downside is the timing options. I prefer to have set times, not 3,6 and 12. I will see if a separate timer will work but I doubt it. Hygger, your products are so amazing, please make this one with adjustable timers!! That would make this light absolutely perfect for low tech plants. Overall though, I’d recommend.

Justo lo que esperaba una lámpara potente que hace que el acuario se vea muy bien. Es un plus el cambio de colores y la programación que tiene.

The media could not be loaded.  Por el valor de la lámpara es muy buena , muy elegante y de gran calidad. La sigo probando y cumple sus funciones al 100

The light itself is good and I like the dimmer feature on it. I use an external timer so the only downfall is that the light always reverts back to the brightest setting when it comes on in the morning but I knew that when I bought it. I work from home so it's no biggie to adjust it during the day.

Las funciones de luz estan padrisimas!!