Lighting LEDs direct from china

[Margahooja]

Hey fellas, not sure who you messaged in the past but you can forward any of those requests to my inbox and I'll make sure they are seen/considered. Let her know if she would like to discuss any opportunities, she is also welcome to contact me.

Our e-mail server (not PM's) has been down for over a year, so anyone trying to send an actual e-mail would have had no luck.

Hope that helps fellas!

Thank you. sent you PM

 

[Muddy]

She did email me and said she is interested in being a sponsor here and has tried to become a sponsor more than once and couldn't contact right person. I PMed one of the moderators to find out who she should contact.

I was contacted by "Sara" a couple months ago about advertising here and becoming an authorized vendor. We turned them down because of their warranty. It's since been reworded but at the time they specified that they would not honor their warranty if any negative comments were posted on the web. While it would be difficult for them to match posts to actual customers, just the fact that they had that kind of attitude was enough to disqualify them.

 

[Margahooja]

Gvv

I was contacted by "Sara" a couple months ago about advertising here and becoming an authorized vendor. We turned them down because of their warranty. It's since been reworded but at the time they specified that they would not honor their warranty if any negative comments were posted on the web. While it would be difficult for them to match posts to actual customers, just the fact that they had that kind of attitude was enough to disqualify them.

Thanks for the reply. That info wasn't mentioned, just that she failed to be able to contact anyone. I don't know if they've changed that policy or not. I've seen that on some ebay sellers.

 

[pop22]

Well I got my generic 900 watt LED growqlight today and no thanks to DHL........ in fact, In suprozed it wasn't damaged. Box was very beat up, opened and retaped multiple times...geez... BUT. the light was fine. It looks just like every other basic model. it claoms to have 150 6 watt LEDS, I even emailed them about it and they swear they are 6 watt LEDs. I lookwd it ovewr and everything looked fine, so I plugged it in.............WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Thought I was going to vaporize my house!!!! I mean this thing is BRIGHT! Puts my 300 watt units to shame! Now, if it proves to be durable, I'll be very happy!

 

[elsamurai]

holy sheep sh#t pop, you could start a disco or a brothel with that thing! nice score !

 

[9bear]

I started my indoor grow career Oct 2014 with 2 of these 300 watt beauty's from Ebay sold by a vendor from China. They appeared to work satisfactorily but the didn't stay very long as it was right around then when I fell in the door here and started to learn something about indoor growing .Next on the agenda was the Apollo 8 by Cidly based on some exposure here to their products . The gal at Cidly was very helpful and the company appeared to have been exposed to medical plant growers so I allowed them to determine the spectrum which they say they designed just for me .:tiphat: For all intent a purpose the product worked very well as I have 10 plants under this light as we speak . But I digress as the Cidly is down the road and enter theLumini 450 RI . Once again this purchase was made directly from the manufacturer in China as was the Apollo and once again the gal I contacted was very helpful and the company has worked very closely with medical plant growers and have established products that are designed specifically for that purpose .
All this comes at a price of course the Lumini being the most expensive but also is more technically advanced.
I must at this point confess to being an impulse buyer and a techno freak if you tell me it's better it must be so and I buy it . I don't know how long these products will last as none of them have been around long enough for me to find out and in fact the Lumini is still in transit .
I am not made of money and a lot of my purchases end up on Kijiji at a slight loss sometimes .I have made several purchases from Alibaba , Aliexpress, DHGate etc and have been burnt a couple of times but not severally enough to discourage me from purchasing again . The Chinese are smart enough to realize that there is a big market out there and I believe they have tidied up their act to accommodate the foreign devil.
It still comes down to this " buyer beware ". I know this is not a very comprehensive report on said products but shit man I don't keep anything long enough to be able to appraise it . :dance2: PS all this has taken place in 3 months . :tiphat:

 

[Margahooja]

Curious, what happened to the 2 300 watt lights? If defective, did they have a warranty? I just bought a light direct from Marshydro, coming with 3 year warranty. I went with them because a lot of people are happy with the particular light (192x3 reflector) and there is a contact sales representative available and easy to reach. She will soon be available here on 3-1-2015, and I've seen on a couple other forums that they have handled warranty problems. So we'll see how my luck goes with this.
The new GN HS1 seems to be a game changer also. A lot of grows going on with those new lights. This one is not a china company.

 

[pop22]

When I put the 900 watt unit up, I took down one of my 300 watt Mars units. I opened the case today to clean inside, they've run daily since may. I was surprised they weren't as dirty as I'd expected, considering the environment and long running time. Even better, I got to see how they were made/assembled. I didn't remove the heatsink/leds. The upper housing holding the fans and the power supplies was very nicely done. All connections are clean and solid, all terminations enclosed in shrink tubing. Wiring was neatly laid out and all parts were solidly attached. Seeing the light internally, has increased my satisfaction with these lights. I find it to be very well made, in fact, better than I'd expected! Given the price of these, I can't see any reason to use old tech, HPS/MH lights anymore. A pair of these 300 watt units will match performance with a 600 watt MH/HPS without a doubt. If i ever feel the need to upgrade, I'll gladly continue using this brand!

The KIing 900 watt unit is also performing well. My Durrty Cheese is building up some really nice colas as she grows under this light, and that’s what its all about, making bud! Heat is not excessive, infact, I've a total of 870 true watts of LED running in the growroom, and these lights come nowhere near putting out the heat my 600 watt MH did! Last winter, I was running a window fan on high, to bring in cold air in Jan when temps were around 0F to 30F! Above 30F, I needed to run my airconditioner!!! . Now they do make some heat, but I can go all day before it will get from 73F to 85F. When it does, I just leave the door open for an hour. Think how much electricity that has saved me!

so, one a bang for the buck basis, current generation basic LED growlights have become a worthy commodity.

 

[pop22]

I'll post pics of the internals when I clean the second light.

 

[Margahooja]

I'm going to keep my 400 hps running while I get used to the 192x3 reflector, and if I like my results, which I'm sure I will, I'll retire the HPS and get another LED.