Really impressive
Yes, I recommend this light. Details below, but if not,its Very bright and my plants love it. i bought two after buying one sf1000.
This light is great for 200w,it runs cool and takes up little to no hang space. Connections, powercable,plug,and driver are all good quaility. It is truly full specturm as my plants are short,with very thick stems,big leaves and dense foilage. The plants aren't streching for light as they are getting the full blue they need. The leaves are big and the lower/under growth is prolific (enough to rival MH lights let alone CFLs.) Meaning they are getting a decent amount of red in there too.(i have yet to fruit/flower but as most recent studies suggest,blue is just as important as red in flower for full expression of the plants traits, spicier peppers,more flavourful tomatoes etc) The addition of an Infra Red LED shows they have put some thought into the make up of the diodes. (this is why i bought the sf2000 aswell as it has two of these IR diodes) Im intrested to see if the fact that it doesn't have any UV specific diodes will be a detriment or loss , but as it dose have some UV by the very fact its light from 'white' LEDs i shouldnt see to many issues. Just certainly not as much UV A B or C as a HID,which is safer for your eyes I guess.
Spider Farmer have really good customer service aswell. They answered all my emails within 24hrs and were happy to help. Really nice to see.
It also came with racket hangers, which is nice. makes it more a complete light system.
Some points to consider are, the cable/lead is not the longest, about 1.5-2m if I can remember. You will need and extension cable close if you are hanging it high(above large pots in a hydroponic system, far away from a power source in a polytunnel for example)
The silicon protection over the face of the board is tacky/sticky and fragile..it should be treated as a bulb would be in a HID or CFL light. Dont touch it or rub it , it will peel. Raise it if you have to work under it.
Other than that, it is a really good light and its worked flawlessly so far. It has a warranty for peace of mind. Anyway, yes, I recommend this grow light.
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