Dear Grave;

My mods were concerned, so I went ahead and moved your posts. But you need to be warned that it's rare to get reliable answers to questions like yours -- they are just too specific.

Short of having Consumer's Reports tackle the problem, answers you get are going to tend to be based on random experiences, rather than general knowledge. Trustworthy residential pool service guys in YOUR area could probably answer the question -- I can't. I've never used any of the 'bells and whistles' controllers like you have. The problem is that, even in this market, this time of year, good residential pool builders and service guys aren't spending much time on their own websites, much less mine!

Don't misunderstand me -- you very likely will get answers. I'm just not sure they'll be very reliable. What tends to happen is that the people who respond are those who have experience with one unit or the other -- but experience driven by special circumstances. So, you may get a reaction from a guy whose cousin installed the lights, and who maintains them meticulously ** OR ** from a guy who managed to luck out with a unit that was DOA in the box and then hooked up with a warranty agent whose dog had just gotten run over the day he called. That's not to say that what they experienced is not real -- just that it rarely reflects typical or usual experience.

PoolDoc