Dual Channel Timer

I spilled saltwater on my Current USA Orbit Marine Pro timer a couple too many times and broke it. So, I was on the market for a new timer. A new Orbit Marine Pro timer was $70, which is ridiculous. So I bought this one instead. It is a little complicated to setup, but you can have it ramp intensity up and down (a 15 minute sunrise, sunset mode) and you can adjust the intensity of each channel. It is also a timer as well, obviously. You can change the on and off time for each channel. Overall, it pretty much does exactly what my old timer did! The directions are a little vague in how you setup the timer initially, but just mess around with it and you will figure out how to do all of the stuff I mentioned above.

I love love love this timer in conjunction with the NICREW ClassicLED Gen 2 Aquarium Light. I've had both of them for six months and they work absolutely perfectly. In the morning the lights gently ramp up through a dawn setting into daytime. In the evening they ramp down through a dusk into night. The fish love it and are so much more active and alert now. They seem to enjoy the "gentle wake-up" rather than going from dark into blaring bright sunshine. Setup was fairly easy, and once it's set it just keeps doing its thing. No problems at all. Well recommended.

When the LED light in my freshwater tank died, I did some research and ended up purchasing a NICREW Classic Gen 2 aquarium light. Many reviewers noted that the NICREW dual channel light timer worked well, so I also purchased this. It was a little weird setting it up and is something you definitely need to read the instructions for (not super intuitive - at least for me anyways). You should know exactly when you what your lights on/off and dimmed or not when doing the set up. I found that there wasn't a ton of time between settings, so I had to be quick about configuring the settings. Once it's set up though, it works great! I love the feature where the lights can be dimmed as they go off and gradually turn on again (instead of blasting your fish with bright light). It's also really cool that you can use settings for both white and blue light. I would recommend this for use with a freshwater aquarium light.

This NICREW Dual Channel Aquarium Light Timer/LED Digital Dimmer for Classic LED G2 Fish Tank Light combination is working out well. It's too soon to know how reliable it will be long term, but I am well pleased with the ease of setup and the overall effect of moonlight/daylight combined with the slow on and slow off.

I accidentially unplug it periodically, then you have to manually reset the clock. I understand why the clock can't be stored, but it would be nice if it had a little capacitor in it to keep the clock running, at least for a few minutes. Otherwise, great product. I use a Dell Powersupply I modified the plug to fit the NICREW power connector, and run four 12" and one 36" lights off this one timer. Works Great.

I have only been using this timer for about a week, but so far I'm happily surprised with how easy it is to use. I use it with the Nicrew ClassicLED Gen 2. I spent a ton of time researching timers and dimmers, and for my tight budget this seemed to be the best option. The ramp up and down features are probably less harsh on fish, but I really just wanted to be able to put a timer on my lights without being forced to keep them at 100% intensity. Based on reviews of some of the cheaper (non fluval) lights out there, it seems like a lot of the built in timers don't allow you to control intensity while in timer mode- this timer does allow you to do that. It gives you control of 1. the time that each light (white or blue) will turn on and off, and 2. the intensity your light will stay at after the 15 minute ramp up. I'm no tech expert and it only took a few minutes to figure out how to program this timer. You can also turn either light on/off at any time and it will save all your settings for you to go back to by just hitting the set button again.

It works. No one could ever figure out the timer.

Works as advertised. Sunrise/sunset feature is decent but it steps up "1% at a time". I would like it better if it was a gradual ramp up. The timer function is nice and relatively easy to use. But if Nicrew came out with a smarter controller I could control from my phone and have multiple programs for different days (ei. weekends vs week days) I would buy it. As it is, it is only capable of one schedule and if want to make any changes I have to sit on the floor in front of my tank and reach under. Just a bit awkward. Overall, I wouldn't tell anyone NOT to buy it.

i bought the matching ClassicLED G2 Aquarium Light 18-24" for a small salt water aquarium. set up in a few minutes, quite intuitively. didn't read the manual (!) but the programming is very logical and simple. it has 2 channels, but to be honest i am not sure if i really need 2. the manual suggests full light less than 8-10 hours, so i set the blue light to be on for longer and kept the full light less.

Awesome timer, easy to program. Great value.

So far so good. I have only had this product less than a month so we will see how long it will function and function with accuracy over time. The controller is excellent and is packed with features. Everything is good about it and so far I have confidence with products from Nicrew. My only gripe is that I cannot adjust the levels of the full spectrum settings in manual mode. I can adjust the 2 channels light levels that are the warmer lights meant for sunrise and sunset, and the full blue for night time. I had gone over the manual several times, and tried different button configurations and I just cannot find a solution. Perhaps the feature that I am looking for is not compatible with their Round 30watt LED marine light?

Gives a whole you new life to your dual channel led. Split the channels for different startup times, adjust the intensity. Love the 15 minute ramp up and down feature. Works flawlessly with the Current Freshwater Satellite fixture. Way better than the original current controller. Perfect

Great value and item for the price point. Customer service is amazing, I used messenger for communication and they came through with a custom video for me to follow