Advice on Replacment Pool Light

We are in the process of installing a new liner in our pool. I was looking at some of the newer lights :

Polaris D'Light 400 bucks
Heyward ColorLogic 2.5 or 4.0 500-800 bucks
Color Splash 3G 375 bucks..

anyone have any experience with any of these and pros/cons of each? currently just have 1 standard pool light and use the cheap plastic colored covers..want to know if any of these are noticeably brighter than the standard light. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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Hayward color logic lights are prone to failure in an electrical storm, I think the chip in them is highly sensitive to power surges.

Can't say anything about the others.

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I don't know much about IG lights, especially the full voltage ones where the wires actually are exposed to water--they scare the tar out of me.

However, there are AG lights that work by installing a clear lens in the pool wall, the way you'd install a return. Then a 12v halogen goes into the lens from the outside of the pool, sealed off from the water. Works very well, easy to change bulbs.

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Originally Posted by shutitdown

We are in the process of installing a new liner in our pool. I was looking at some of the newer lights :

Polaris D'Light 400 bucks
Heyward ColorLogic 2.5 or 4.0 500-800 bucks
Color Splash 3G 375 bucks..

anyone have any experience with any of these and pros/cons of each? currently just have 1 standard pool light and use the cheap plastic colored covers..want to know if any of these are noticeably brighter than the standard light.

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I have the Hayward Colorlogic 2.5 LED (120 volt for IG) system installed in both pool and spa, the latter fixture is smaller in diameter and fully lights up the crescent-moon shaped 7' diameter spa.

On the pool side, I don't think the light (lumens) coming from a single installation is as bright as a 500 watt halogen/incandescent but it is diffused in a more pleasing way and doesn't blind swimmers - there's no deer in the headlights effect.

Despite wording on the sales brochure that might indicate otherwise, it is not programmable. Sure, you can cycle through 4 or 5 basic colors plus another 10 or 12 pre-programmed "light shows" -- e.g. red, white and blue, a bunch of different colors quickly... or slowly; but you can't just set it to very light purple or chartreuse or reddish-orange. Pity. And since brightness is usually a plus during swimming, I mostly use white. The newer 4.0 version may provide more options.