400w UV Blacklight bulbs - best value for money ?

thomann now sending over the two bulbs, more comparisons to come ..will feed back & take photos of results if they come out reliably :)

On this note, if the Omnilux produce my preferred deep purple tinge & output levels, i may have 4x virtually unused sylvanias to sell at a reasonable discount if anyones interested :)
Mostly it falls down to tastes & perfectionism, you get a slight bit more visable deep purple being emitted from the lamps, but they kick out just as much uv as the gold standard eye's... not going to notice at all with a ton of other lighting in use most of the time for many i guess :)

csg wrote: are you sure the iwasaki lamp is discontinued ? - its still a current product on their website. they still produce a full range of mercury vapour lamps as they are still very popular in Japan. luckily i still have a few spares on the shelf.

No joy from the states, the co wont ship to the UK ... bugger! .. but i'm still on the hunt

the omnilux for all intents and purposes seems to be very similar to the 'blue' branded Sylvania lamps (i expect sylvainia simply oem rebadges one of these generic makers bulbs), results from both of those acceptable enough, but not as narrow as the old eye lamps.
still looking out for oldschool eye style filter envelopes, but i fully expect to find the classic woods glass is no longer manufactured by anyone.


Edited by nineleaves - 04 August 2013 at 2:30pm