It became obvious, with my space & coverage that this was the case when it came to flipping time.
One thing most of these "unbranded" Chinese vendors have in common, from lights to HD set top boxes, is their persistence in spamming, I made up a mock up order from Kingbrite & now I get constant mails from them to "reply in a timely manner to avoid missing business opportunities", I guess its their version of high pressure sales that just inspires me to never do business with them. On the other hand Eco Farm not responding to basic warranty questions is also not good.
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Friendly bit of advice: get two SF1000s if you are going with this brand. Got my lights end of May, used less than 2 months. Plants in 4th week of flowering, one light didn’t turn on at the scheduled time last Thursday, driver is defective. Luckily I have the second light, although inadequate for my 2’x4’ tent. Still waiting on new driver to arrive, it’s coming from their US-based warehouse in Los Angeles; customer service very slow with SF since they are based in China and emails are sent at 2am. I had to buy another light in the meantime to keep the girls going. That said, my girls do look great, starting to get a lot of sugar on the developing buds. If I had it to do over, I wouldn’t have bought SFs. Good luck with your grow!
I actually have both right now. I originally bought two SF1000s for my 2’x4’ tent. Received them end of May. The girls are doing great, started 4th week of flowering last week. However, on Thursday, one of the lights didn’t turn on at its scheduled time; defective driver. So glad I had the foresight to get two SF1000s vs one SF2000. SF customer service is slow, communicate only by email, emails sent at 2am since they are based in China. They are sending me a new driver from their warehouse in Los Angeles, which is still sitting at the post office at the time of this posting. I ended up getting the Mars Hydro TS600 from Amazon for $80 (and delivery in 3 days) b/c the one SF1000 is totally inadequate by itself for my size of tent, and who knows when the new driver will show up. The TS600 arrived today. While it doesn’t look like it’s as “well made“ as the SF1000 (but it was almost 50% cheaper), it is very bright and I have some confidence that it will do the job. If I get two grows out of the TS600, I’ll be happy. If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn’t have bought the SF1000s (or the TS600, cuz I wouldn’t have needed it as a backup), I would have spent a little more for a better quality light from a company with a proven track record and a great customer service rating. My only consolation was that I used part of my stimulus check for the lights so I don’t feel like it’s my money I wasted as much as it was Uncle Sam’s. Good luck with whatever lights you go with!
Yo China , you think we'll ever see a dead show again !
I dunno! with no end in sight for this damn pandemic, it’s worrisome that we might not! Bobby and the boyz aren’t getting any younger...
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