Hi

>Josh, do you have an explanation for marketing term 2.0%, 5.0% reptisun
>etc..  What is it a percentage of?

I'm not Josh, but I'll try and explain this. :)
I can be pretty confusing figuring out what the precentages are of. 
Manufacturers may or may not inform you how they arrived at this number.
Let's say you have a bulb that produces 15% of it's total wavelenghts in the 
UV range, and of that 7% is in the needed UVB range (290-315 nm).
This would be advertised as a 7% bulb.
Now take a light that produces 40% of it's wavelengthts in the UV range, and 
5% of that is in the UVB range. This would be advertised as a 5% bulb. But 
as you can see, the lower number may be the bulb that put out the most 
UVB...
I belive somebody mentioned something about the 'party-lights'?
Do not use these as they will cause eye damage.

Hope this helps,

Magnus


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