Customer Reviews With Photos
I have ordered quite a few grow lights over the last number of years, and this is by far the largest, heaviest, and most versatile of any I've received. It offers 3 Lighting Modes to choose spectrum, 10 Levels of dimming , and you can control the number of light strips by another button. It offers a timed option for 2,4, or 6 hours, and it will come on each day for the same amount of time. Now, it's hard to explain just how large and heavy this light is, but it is ridiculously large and will light up a large section of your room.....like BRIGHT! As with any I've ordered on stands, you do have to adjust carefully to keep it balanced, especially if you raise it to the highest level. . . which makes the tip of the lights a good 6 ft tall. I cannot stress enough, each light probably puts out as much light as 3 or 4 wands on the typical stand lights of this nature. Unfortunately, as with every light I've ordered, a loss of power requires you to restart the sequence and set your lighting options, so I plan on using a power backup to try to avoid having to reset mine, since I travel regularly and want it to run even if I'm not around.
The full-spectrum light mimics natural sunlight. And the clip design is super convenient which it easily attaches to my water tank, and the adjustable neck lets me position the light exactly where I need it. I love the 4 brightness levels and the timer function. The auto on/off feature is a plus which I don't need to turn it on manually. Besides, it only runs on 5V power, so it's energy-efficient and doesn't overheat.
I'm very pleased with these lights. The brightness is perfect for my little plants who have to sit on the back porch with very little sun. I am impressed with the quality, the cord and lights are not flimsy but very well made. I haven't had them in a storm yet so fingers crossed they hold up properly. I like that you can replace the bulbs easily if one burns out. Very happy with this purchase and I think my peas and carrots are too.
Just installed them today! These are awesome and it looked great in the corner of our living room! We shall see how the plants like it! But we have been looking for something to illuminate the one corner of our living room, and this added a bright beautiful corner to our living wall art!
This grow light is great but has one major flaw. In the photos you could see the outlet that connects light to light. But the connection is not US and the plug keeps falling out. If the company could send an adapter for this it would be perfect. I had to contact ecogrowhawaii.com about it because I wanted to connect this light to others. I asked them to try to contact the vendor for support but ecogrowhawaii.com could not reach them. ecogrowhawaii.com is sending me a new light and I imagine that I’m going to have the same problem since the ecogrowhawaii.com representative cannot see the type of connection that I need to make. I would go buy one but I don’t even know what type of connection it needs to stay in the light. Otherwise, I have to say there is no light as good as this one on the market for this price point. It has a built-in fan and adjustable light. The instructions are clear. The cables they send with this light are the best. I cannot see how people have ever complained about these lights breaking because the packing is so good. If you want to put this light on a surge suppressor or timer it would probably be best on a surge suppressor because the cable is very thick which is a very good thing to prevent fires, but I just can’t see it working that well with the timer. This unit burns cool but is extremely bright. An additional fan in the room would still be a good idea. I am growing herbs and I put it 16 inches above the head of the top of the herb and turn it at about 40% to 60% and leave it on about 12-14 hours a day. My herbs are on the west facing window and the light does not burn the plants but moisture level needs to be checked frequently and plants misted because they do dry out a bit more quickly. If you think that the light doesn’t work I would check my soil because it needs a soil mixed with perlite and moss or a low density potting mix NOT POTTING SOIl- but POTTING MIX! If you are the vendor of these lights please send me connectors that will work so I can link them together but ecogrowhawaii.com is sending me a replacement this week and wants me to return the other one to you.
You get a lot of bang for your buck! Tent pictured is a 4x4x6.6' tent. 700W for under $400 & is a space saver!!! I have only used this for about a month but can already tell a HUGE difference in my plants just in the veg stage. I am growing the Lord's lettuce with this beauty! Comes with a 5 year warranty as well. I feel like for the wattage and price, you can't beat it ❤️ can't wait to see how it performs in flower stage.
To speak intelligently about grow lights, one would have to be conversant in electromagnetic energy as well as plant physiology. Most of us, I dare say, couldn't hold our own in such a conversation. So, double check my statements with your own research. First of all, this is not a 1000 watt light. It appears to be a 40 watt light. The product description says it has 192 LED chips. The light I received has 352 LED chips. There are 16 rows of 22 LEDs in pairs arranged on a reflective surface. The product manual is lousy, as it combines information on three versions of this product. That might explain the specifications of the light being incorrect. The spectrograph of the light looks good, with peaks in the red and blue and a lesser one in the green. That's what plants need. It's hard to tell how much energy the plants will receive from the lights, because we don't get a PPFD map showing us the light intensity on a grid beneath the light at a specific distance. We do get a single value, but it is in PAR. Is that value actually in PAR, or did the manufacturer mean PPFD? Or PFD? These terms are used interchangeably, sometimes by accident, sometimes on purpose, and it leaves everyone confused. So, I will only make a few observations on the efficacy of the light: 1) This unit is good for seed starting. It will provide ample light for two to three flats of seedlings. 2) This light will not be sufficient for plants in the flowering and fruiting stages. Others at this price range are not. You could experiment and try a single dwarf tomato or small autoflowering cannabis in a grow tent. I suspect you're going to have to at least double the investment to get illumination enough for flower or fruit. 3) Leafy greens, such as lettuce and spinach, and other low light vegetables will probably do splendidly under this light.o I am pleasantly surprised at what you get for about $35.
This light is pretty neat! It’s super bright, has an industrial aesthetic, and a high quality feel to it. The timer on it is accurate. Overall I’m really happy. I wish it came in white!
I use this for my ladies It’s great and works well With lighting for canna / PPFD is the most important thing you want to have re: lighting This had a PPFD score of around 1000 umol when about 12 inches from plant canopy when VEG and BLOOM switched are on (see pics) Pics are of the meter at canopy level with Bloom and veg switch on App is called Photone on apple iPhone if needed Great item and so far so good Posting pics as well so show these things There is no way to ask any questions about this to the buyer directly but the PPFD reading is most important re: indoor canna growing. These two lights are good for my little plants as shown by PPFD readings on top of the canopy. I have a small 2x2x4 tent with 4 plants - 2 of these lights, 4 inch in-line fan and filter. Works well to promote growth for the plants. As you may read online that LED lights on ecogrowhawaii.com are “cheap junk” but if the PPFD level is what these pics show then the light is good and doing its job— these lights are legit and provide ample light to the plant canopy - great item I def recommend it
It says supposed to equivalent to 150w. No way possible, sorry. Maybe 60, or 75 tops. 3 of them were more a orange color and one was pink. They need more power and to be deeper red.
The shipped lights were received in good condition by this customer. The instructions were simple and assembly was easy. I mounted these lights in my small indoor plant-starter plastic covered greenhouse using plastic wire ties. I mounted two lights each to a shelf (front and rear). When I mounted the light strips, I worried that the heat dissipated from the LED lamps would adversely affect the plastic wire ties and the plastic plant containers sitting on the shelf above. Upon testing the product over a 16-hour light cycle, I found the back side of the lights only slightly warm to the touch. Also, when I put my hand in front of the lights, I did not feel excessive heat, only soft warmth. I have been using these LED light strips on 16-hour cycle for 6-weeks and have had no problems with the power supply (I keep it cool with a fan to extend it's life, it does not get hot, just warm). I bought a second power supply through ecogrowhawaii.com to have a spare, since the manufacturer recommends no more than 8-hours per lighted cycle. I am very happy with these lights and they are great for starting seedlings. Replacement power supply bought here: https://www.ecogrowhawaii.com.com/LEDwholesalers-Adapter-5-5x2-5mm-UL-Listed-3206-24V/dp/B002LMQ6G2
Work well, bright and efficient with minimal heat generation. Cord to link them together is a good length and allows easy placement without too many constraints. Might be nice to have shorter cords included as well, as I had to tie up the excess when I put two fixtures side by side over my seedling starting shelf, but I'd rather have extra length and tie it up vs having the cord be too short. This newer version uses slightly different placement for the power connection, which didn't match up to my previously designed 3D Printed mounts, but that wasn't a huge issue, just had to move them slightly in my CAD program to match the new location. Plants are happy, so I'm happy!
Update: I now own four of these panels and I think they're awesome. I hang them from wire racks using the supplied clips and place my plants directly under them. I then place a muffin fan above each and that keeps the panels and driver nice and cool. I wouldn't necessarily run them without the added cooling because I think they get warm enough that I'm not comfortable potentially aging the diodes any more than necessary. I haven't tried adding a heatsink above the four corners of the panels yet because the fans are doing a great job but that's an option that I had considered. Also I'm not a huge fan of having to use a screw driver to dim the panel but once I set it I forget it. At least the panels can be dimmed somewhat so that I can dial in the light intensity in a manner other than adjusting the distance from the light to the plants. Original: Honestly I haven't grown anything under this panel yet since I've had it for less than a day. I intend to use it as supplemental lighting for some of my sun loving indoor plants. But, I don't intend to use it at full power until I add some cooling. In several of the provided images you'll see that I unmounted the power supply from the board. I did this mainly to measure temperature across the entire surface so that I could understand how hot it gets. I also wanted to gain access to the output current adjustment potentiometer on the backside of the MEANWELL driver (XLG-100-H-A) so that I could dim the light. The socket head cap screws require a 3mm allen wrench to remove. I found that I could reduce the light output, as measured with a lux app on my phone, by roughly 57%. It isn't possible to smoothly control the light intensity down to zero but there is some appreciable adjustment possible. On the flipside there is a point where increasing the current significantly beyond the design setpoint causes the driver to cut out. I likely caused it to trigger some designed circuit protection - probably not great for my diodes but thank goodness for current limiting. There is a significant margin above 100W such that I don't think the light would ever cut out as configured from the factory. I've attached several interesting pics, some generated from the actual device and some related to its characteristics based on what I could find of its design. Most grow light manufacturers use 3000K temp LEDs whereas this one used 3500K. What effect this has on plants I do not know other than there is more green/blue energy being put out and less red from the majority of the integrated LEDs. There are a significant number of other LEDs intended to boost red/NIR output which should benefit most plants. The main selling point of this light for me was the 1% UVA included in the spectrum. One pic shows the energized diode array. Again with the LUX meter I took measurements, far enough away from the panel to allow beam angle to do its thing, that proved to me that light intensity is well distributed across the illuminated surface. Yes there are hot spots if you're somewhere under about eight inches from the array but by twelve inches light is well distributed. This is a major selling point for me. I've had plant leaves turn red under some of my other grow lights simply because I had them centered on the light and not at an outer edge. Sunburn, ouch. I'm not buying the max PPFD other manufactures use in their marketing as a sign of superiority. As for hot spots on the light itself I took thermal images of the backside of the panel at both 60W and 100W as measured at the wall. I only let the light stabilize for about 3 minutes so I'm sure temperatures would have climbed another few degrees - maybe. Regardless, I think this is useful information for anyone interested in purchasing the light. It tells me that it could definitely benefit from some intentional cooling. My ambient temperature was roughly 74 degrees in the room. I'm very excited to use this light. Do I think the choice of 3500K LEDs is optimal? I don't know. Do I think that all of the generated spectrum is useful to plants? No. Do I think this performs worse than other lights with similar design? Not much, if at all. Do I think it'll hugely benefit my plants at a time when unfiltered sunlight isn't available? Absolutely, yes!
The light is a good light but I turn it to 75 and that side blew out 25 and 50 is ok but 75 blew it out and I do have a warranty on it
I initially had an issue with one of the dimmers on the light. I spoke with Hazel from customer service. I had waited too long and it was past the warrenty. Despite this, after some back and forth, and sending a video of the issue, they sent a gently used replacment light that works like new. I am very pleased with the product and very impressed with their customer support. Highly recommend.
