Pool Lights

[Jinx32]

Waterbear, Thanks for the info. Do you have the Jazz lights in your pool, or the Sam lights? We still have our choice so do you have a recommedation? I like that the Jazz lights have a 2 year warentee and a 10k hour life span. Do you know of anyone that has them in their pool?

[Jinx32]

Poolboyz, We are breaking ground tomorrow! Its a 44x24 freeform gunite with a white plaster finish. Definately send pics when you get a chance. I was set on the Color Logics too til I heard about the Jazz lights and now i'm confused on what to go with. We are doing 2 lights one in each end. I really want the colors to stand out and have a long lasting light. Let me know how yours works out.

[waterbear]

Waterbear, Thanks for the info. Do you have the Jazz lights in your pool, or the Sam lights? We still have our choice so do you have a recommedation? I like that the Jazz lights have a 2 year warentee and a 10k hour life span. Do you know of anyone that has them in their pool?

I have had several problems with my pool construction...I started the thread "Pool builder from H**L. I was supposed to have FX lights in my pool and spa and a 2004AS fiber opitics illuminator. I ended up with the fiberstars illuminator and Sam and Sal lights so the colors didn't match and they wouldnt' sync. I now have the Pentair illuminator that works with the SAM and SAL lights. I actually prefer the pentair colors and slower color wheel rotation but the Jazz is a brighter light source so if you need the candlepower it would probably be the way to go. As far as Fiberstars warrenty, I have some of their water features and had some problems with them (fiber optics light bars fell off within hours after being installed) and could not get them to honer the warrenty. I had to repair them myself after a run around with their cusomter support.

[Jinx32]

I hope my pool construction goes smoother than yours did. But now that its all said and done are you happy with your decision to put a pool in?

[waterbear]

I hope my pool construction goes smoother than yours did. But now that its all said and done are you happy with your decision to put a pool in?

I am very happy with my decision to put in a pool. I was just unlucky in my choice of contractor. He had a good record and went bad while working on my pool.

[Jinx32]

Comeon guys I need a final decision on my lighting system. Color Logic or Jazz Lights, http://www.fiberstars.com/ps/prods/jazz.htm

[Simmons99]

IMO - it sounds like you really want the Jazz lights - are they more expensive? When we had our pool built we tried to do everything we could afford - if you are going to spend $40K on a pool - why not spend and extra $10k and have no regrets about it later.

[divnkd101]

Jinx,

You have never discussed what type of pool finish you plan to put in the pool. Plaster, aggregate....???? I start construction on my pool next week. 36 x 22 IG gunite w/ white plaster. I have a neighbor that has the SunStone select aggregate finish (Darker blue/green finish). Not sure of the true name (emerald/pearl/etc.). Anyways, my wife and I could not find an aggregate light enough for our liking. Long story short, our neighbor has the Color Logics by Hayward (3 in pool, 1 in spa). they light up his pool just fine. Even with the darker aggregate, the light does penetrate and is very vibrant. We also have chosen the Color Logic Lights. I have not seen the Jazz Lights in action, so I can't give comparison. However, my wife and I were thoroughly impressed with the 5 or 6 pools (All Color Logic Lights) we looked at before choosing our builder. Good Luck. Send pics after you decide and finish your build. I will do the same for comparison.

[Jinx32]

We are also going with white plaster. Its a 44x24 gunite pool. The builder recomends the Color Logic lights but in reading about the Jazz lights I thought they sounded really cool. The 3 year bulb warentee and 10,000 hour bulb life sounds like a good deal. However I have heard so many people say that the Color Logics are great too. Its one of those decisions that is hard to make cause the two lights are so different. And its not something that can be easily changed if Im not happy. LED or Metal Halide ???? hmmmmm

[Poolboyz]

Jinx, my pool should be completed by the end of this week............in pool builder terms that is probably two to three weeks, but we can cross our fingers....as soon as it is done, I will send some pics with the grey/blue pebble sheen....hope it will help...I was able to get a picture of the color logic with a gray pebble surface...this is not my pool, but this gives you an idea of the brightness...I will post when my pool is done....