Brand of LED: Grow Northern MS0006
Price of the led : 249.99GBP - came out to $410.96 in Nov 2013.
Delivery cost: Free Shipping! this was standard for all UK orders but has since been rolled out to shipments here in the US too. Woot Woot! Shipping was also incredibly fast, I live in the South-East US and ordered on a Sunday, unit was at my house on that following Wednesday.
What size was the grow space :
6-Inch Wide by 20-Inch Deep by 63-Inch High
Spectrum used: Epistar 630nm, 660nm, 740nm & EPILED 460nm, 6000k
Customer service rating..1-5: 5 - and a very strong 5 at that!
Wattage of the LED ( actual power draw if poss): I believe it averages right around 190w - GN Site provides the following info "Power Consumption: Cold start -180w / Max- 270 watts / Typical- 186w"
Optics used : Primary optic 120 degree, Secondary optic 90 degree
Build quality: Very very well built. I have owned a couple diff T5 fixtures and a BlackStar 240, this build quality is the best by far. Unit feels/looks well built and in my opinion the build quality looks to be a little better then the price point might have you initially guess. Only criticism would be with the wire hangers provided but I will detail that a little more below as that is not really related to the build quality.
Warranty length : 3 Years
Any noticeable plant deficiencies : Tough to tell what is from my inexperience or from other extrnal factors, but I have seen Cal/Mag deficiencies which I think is fairly fair to attribute at partially to the usage of LED lighting.
Value for Money Rating..1-5: 5
Addition info : As I stated above my only criticism would be in the hanging fixtures they provide with the unit. They are wire hangers where the wire loops through the unit and then back into the hanger and you secure it with a screw (I'm sure there is a name for this but I don't know it). I replaced these immediately as IN MY OPINION it felt like design of this left some risk of failure and my lights falling.
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GN Customer Service is superb! I had a bunch of questions and I got in contact with them through there website and they answered them all very fast and were more than happy to help any way they could.
I also thought it was great they saw the shipping address was in the US and included US power cords as opposed to european/british. Made it very easy to just plug it in and go!
Heads up to US customers there is a fee collected on delivery for the customs cost, mine came out to ~$20.00, not a huge deal but they will not leave the package if your not home because they need to collect this on delivery.
Link to your AFN grow:
Candy Kush and Blue Amnesia Grow
Link to where it was bought :
Grow Northern MS0006
Pic of the LED panel ( optional ) :
More pictures can also be found in my grow journal.
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