I know @Anthem used the growers choice ROI and current runs Gavitas. Maybe he will chime in. Good luck brotha.

Hi, I am also looking for information on Roi-E680 and gavita 1700e if anyone had some experience using them i would greatly apreciate

Never used gavita but I have two roi 680 and fluence spider x plus.
noticed more stretching in my roi plants but not much.

I like the built in power controller and the digital one they make is the shit
I think the roi680 is great for the price.

Buds came out so frosty yield was great too infirst week flowering on my second run with them.

They are crazy bright and can burn your plants make sure you have some distance and good air flow.

I run sealed rooms with co2 with a mini split ac.
Change air on carbon scrubber every night no issues with smell or pests.

I recently purchased 2 ROI 680's for my 4X8 Gorilla tent W/The 1' Extension. Tent was full of plants that were already 4' tall. Grown under 8" Raptor Hoods With 1000Watt MH bulbs. Amps turned down to 600Watts. I pulled the Raptors and put the new ROI 680's in. Cranked em all the way up to the top of the tent and turned the power all the way down to the lowest setting. After a day or 2 I could tell they were NOT liking it!!! It shocked the HELL outta my plants!!!! Almost killed em!!! It's been a couple weeks now. They have some new growth. But they look like shit!!! Looks like they have a MASSIVE CAL/MAG deficiency!!!! I've noticed that they Definitely like a higher heat also!!! Hoping it was just shock from switching light's. I have a bunch of smaller clones that have been begging under 4' LED lights. So I'm hoping they will acclimate much better to the ROI 680's. Anyway my first experience with my new 680's was NOT good by any stretch of the imagination!!! But I'm not giving up. Sick of paying $1000 a month light bills!!!!!

I recently purchased 2 ROI 680's for my 4X8 Gorilla tent W/The 1' Extension. Tent was full of plants that were already 4' tall. Grown under 8" Raptor Hoods With 1000Watt MH bulbs. Amps turned down to 600Watts. I pulled the Raptors and put the new ROI 680's in. Cranked em all the way up to the top of the tent and turned the power all the way down to the lowest setting. After a day or 2 I could tell they were NOT liking it!!! It shocked the HELL outta my plants!!!! Almost killed em!!! It's been a couple weeks now. They have some new growth. But they look like shit!!! Looks like they have a MASSIVE CAL/MAG deficiency!!!! I've noticed that they Definitely like a higher heat also!!! Hoping it was just shock from switching light's. I have a bunch of smaller clones that have been begging under 4' LED lights. So I'm hoping they will acclimate much better to the ROI 680's. Anyway my first experience with my new 680's was NOT good by any stretch of the imagination!!! But I'm not giving up. Sick of paying $1000 a month light bills!!!!!

GasNGrapes said:

Never used gavita but I have two roi 680 and fluence spider x plus.
noticed more stretching in my roi plants but not much.

I like the built in power controller and the digital one they make is the shit
I think the roi680 is great for the price.

Buds came out so frosty yield was great too infirst week flowering on my second run with them.

They are crazy bright and can burn your plants make sure you have some distance and good air flow.

I run sealed rooms with co2 with a mini split ac.
Change air on carbon scrubber every night no issues with smell or pests.View attachment 975602View attachment 975603View attachment 975604View attachment 975605

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I recently purchased 2 ROI 680's for my 4X8 Gorilla tent W/The 1' Extension. Tent was full of plants that were already 4' tall. Grown under 8" Raptor Hoods With 1000Watt MH bulbs. Amps turned down to 600Watts. I pulled the Raptors and put the new ROI 680's in. Cranked em all the way up to the top of the tent and turned the power all the way down to the lowest setting. After a day or 2 I could tell they were NOT liking it!!! It shocked the HELL outta my plants!!!! Almost killed em!!! It's been a couple weeks now. They have some new growth. But they look like shit!!! Looks like they have a MASSIVE CAL/MAG deficiency!!!! I've noticed that they Definitely like a higher heat also!!! Hoping it was just shock from switching light's. I have a bunch of smaller clones that have been begging under 4' LED lights. So I'm hoping they will acclimate much better to the ROI 680's. Anyway my first experience with my new 680's was NOT good by any stretch of the imagination!!! But I'm not giving up. Sick of paying $1000 a month light bills!!!!!

Love my two e680’s. Last weekend, week 7. I’m happy for my first time. The yellowing is my own fault from of lockout at week 5.

Running 3 Roi 680’s. I’m 5 weeks into flower and they’re looking good. And bills have gone down alot

I would avoid Grower's Choice completely.

They sent me a VERY poorly constructed light and refused to stand by it.

This is what $600 gets you - panel gaps, stripped screws, and a complete lack of customer service.

How did you get a E680 for $600??

They are at least $900 and higher depending on where you look.

Your story doesn't add up.....I find it hard to believe they wouldn't fix two screws that looks mis threaded....I wonder what the actual story is??

Are these screws making the light not function in some way?? If not, I would say be glad you got a $1000 light for $600.

Ill buy it for 599$ cash.....

TheBioMaster said:

How did you get a E680 for $600??

They are at least $900 and higher depending on where you look.

Your story doesn't add up.....I find it hard to believe they wouldn't fix two screws that looks mis threaded....I wonder what the actual story is??

Are these screws making the light not function in some way?? If not, I would say be glad you got a $1000 light for $600.

Ill buy it for 599$ cash.....

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This is a Grower's Choice ROI-E420, which is $600.

The Quality Assurance should be the same on whichever light, I don't think you should have to spend $1000 to get correctly assembled screws, buddy.

This was posted merely to demonstrate the build quality and care that goes into Gower's Choice brand lights.


The "actual" story is that you are looking at 5 different screws that were all screwed in incorrectly which damaged the threads. Those pictures show two different sides of the light. The one with the bubble level is one side, the ones facing the other way are the other side of the light, meaning two of the four end caps have two screws incorrectly installed and one end cap has one screw installed incorrectly. By some kind of accident (or miracle) one of the end caps has all four screws correctly installed.

I can't just unscrew and screw those back in, because the actual threads were damaged when they were forced into place. The screws are sticking out 1/8-1/4" inch, which is hard to see on the cell phone picture but is extremely obvious in person. If I could just "screw them in," I would have done so. Whomever put them in at the factory has already smashed them into place, they are cross-threaded and the existing holes were hogged out by the angle the screws were installed at.

Yes the light still "works," but it's supposed to be IP65 rated, meaning it should resist dampness...how is it going to do that with a 1/8" panel gap?

And is it acceptable to have a bunch of wonky, stripped, sticking out screws on a "professionally" constructed retail product?

Sorry you took this as a personal attack.

I had a completely different experience I ordered a 420 it was on back order for over a month they never told me they just kept moving my delivery date I flipped out after over a month and they sent me a 680 model for all of my troubles. Been working great , a buddy in co also got a 680 after me. He's pretty happy and said it seems to be coming close to the 1200w mh he swapped out.