Old Reviews Gotham Hydroponics

[Gandolph420]

Well I have to highly recommend these guy's, I ended up purchasing 4 Blackstar 240's off them, after contacting them personally through email they worked with me and gave me an amazing deal on them.

Great customer service, great prices, and only 2 days delivery time!

http://www.gothamhydroponics.com/

 

[The Squid]

Ah man, you shouldn't have, you're sweet Gandolph for buying me a Blackstar, I areally appreciate that man, it's just what I wanted

 

[robwars]

I second that. I've bought both my tents from them, very high quality. Tip though... They have an Amazon store as well (that's where I purchased my tents). On Gotham's website they were going to charge me like $40 for shipping for one tent and on Amazon it was free shipping. So...check the Amazon store first. Anyway Gotham does good business.

 

[grindin]

i purchased my 600 watt hps from them, they cut like 30-40$ off their ebay price for me

 

[mattinuk3]

Lots of money spent through them. Great support, great prices on quality tents and lights. Fast shipping

 

[TurboJoker]

A word for the wise. All of these lights come from china, be it lighthouse hydro, gothem hydro, blackstarled, you name it they all come from one of a few manufacturers in china. Consider buying direct

Gothem Hydro 500w Blackstar retails for 'special' price $549.95

The same light can be bought direct from Shenzhen Jingchuangxin Electro-Optic Co., Ltd. for $320.00 with 3 year warranty and free shipping

Gothem Hydro 180w Blackstar retails for 'special' price $219.95

Shenzhen Jingchuangxin Electro-Optic Co., Ltd. 180w Blackstar $178.88 (116.00 + 62.88 shipping) again with 3 year warranty

I could go on for days but I can begin to feel my spine boil so I will save myself.

http://www.aliexpress.com
Just key in blackstar led and find a wealth of companies offering these lights, many with shapes and sizes not available stateside or wherever you choose to grow. And that is just with express checkout, check http://www.alibaba.com for manufacturer wholesale listings and an even better price or custom led could be negotiated. The only drawback is it ships from china and could take between a week to a month for delivery, and wholesale purchasing usually requires a bank wire, however with aliexpress CC may be used.

Shop around folks, those special prices are only special to the joker that's selling them.

 

[philipd]

Cheers turboj

 

[Gandolph420]

TurboJ Have you ever bought one of these lights from that company?

I just always try to read everything and the wording is always key. It does say "Blackstar Design" which could mean they are built LIKE a Blackstar but are not authentic blackstar lights. I mean i could make an LED Grow Light (with all the components) exactly LIKE a Blackstar but it wouldnt be a Blackstar, do you know what I mean? The spec's on these lights arent Patented so anyone can make a light exactly like it with cheap chinese parts compared to the real thing made with better north american parts.

Just my

 

[lykaboss]

the marjority of this forum knows that 95 percent of all LED's come from and can be bought in china, Most of us on this forum support blackstar aka gothamhydroponics because Victor is a great guy and offers superior customer service. Sure if you wanted to save a bit buy from china and wait a month to get your product. I like Victor over at gotham he has helped me alot. He even replace a power supply for me once out of warranty for free.

Also to note, i am no way associated with gotham just a happy customer of theres.

 

[Mr Piggy]

I am also a customer of gotham hydro and pay very close attention to wording, kinda like how "natural" sure as fuck ain't "organic." I also don't trust long term warranties on brand new technology. I have no way to confirm that chinese manufacturer will follow up with that replacement if mine breaks, or that they will even be around in three years to back it up. Gotham hydro on the other hand has HEAPS of people who can confirm their customer service and prompt response. They have also been around a while and are an American company, so I can hold their feet to the fire if I need to on warranty. Good luck haggling with that chinese company if something goes wrong, I've been there. As a matter of fact, if your unit breaks gotham will post you a brand new one the minute you confirm return shipment on the broken one. That's service. So in the end that few extra bucks buys me peace of mind, I'll take the hit.