Lighting new GN Units

[TaNg]

Hi AFN,

Its great to see so much excitement about our new units. Just a quick comment to clear up some of the conflicting views on this thread. GN has made no public announcement about the new units other than that we will be releasing one. People who have talked to us direct we have given a small bit information about the units but much has been kept private and will be kept private until we are ready to deploy the new units in order to protect our design concepts. I understand the confusion if you have been on our site and think we are releasing a new UK built Modular series light but that's not the case. This new unit is the first and flag ship of a new series all together and we will not be working with any China or Taiwan R&D based led or driver manufacturing companies (that is literally the fundamental idea behind building a new series of lights). What I will say to those looking at the current market of Chinese built lights and comparing the price and power consumption of the new GN unit, there is nothing available from China that will yield results in the same ball park when considering efficiency, reliability and application adaptation.


We have and always will strive to keep the BOM vs mark up of the whole unit very competitive which is a big concern when cutting ties with sourcing materials and manufacturing in Asia as we have just done (this is why we no longer sell the modular series). We are using a completely unique business model and assembly process to any of the Chinese and US companies producing LED lights. As a 3 man team (total) we will be producing 200 units per week in the UK providing high quality integration though low over heads per unit even compared to factories in Asia. From GN the units are sold to the customer with out any of the China shipping and factory costs added on the BOM mark up.
None of our components come from companies that aren't among the most respected and innovative in their field for research and design such as Philips Lighting and Philips Lumileds. The new unit has optical, control, thermal, and electrical design features that we have not disclosed and are not used in any existing LED grow light.


Please be patient and positive. We can all discuss the details at length when they are ready to be released which will be finalized later this week. Thankyou to everyone who has supported GN thus far and know that we will do our bit to progress this industry to the next level of quality and performance.

Cheers for for this guys it will answer a few questions.

 

[Bilbo]

Cheers for for this guys it will answer a few questions.

Noooo, it doesn't answer any questions, it just makes me moist with excitement and start saving!

 

[TaNg]

Noooo, it doesn't answer any questions, it just makes me moist with excitement and start saving!

Lol the one thing it does answer and it's the this that was causing the ill feeling is why the unit costs more than the Chinese lights.

 

[Bilbo]

People give so many f**ks about the weirdest things!

 

[mxc]

I had a lengthy chat with one of the GN guys a few months back about the changes and as stated in the GN post, there appear to be a number of new features which are going to be a big leap for LEDs.

I'm sworn to secrecy though and just hope that the can get them on the shelves as i'm itching to get my hands on them.

 

[pop22]

I had a lengthy chat with one of the GN guys a few months back about the changes and as stated in the GN post, there appear to be a number of new features which are going to be a big leap for LEDs.

I'm sworn to secrecy though and just hope that the can get them on the shelves as i'm itching to get my hands on them.

I look forward to seeing the new light and for the test that will surely follow here. No matter what I've said, if their product is truly superior, I'll have no problem saying that. My posts were based on what I know of electronics and comodity parts. I'm also quite a geek when it comes to anything new and electronic! I built a laser in the 1960's from information in a book. I was building radios starting with a crystal radio when i was 8! So I'm excited too, to see this new design!


:Sharing One:

 

[V10diesel]

Checking this thread so often now its making my eyes bleed!!

 

[mxc]

I look forward to seeing the new light and for the test that will surely follow here. No matter what I've said, if their product is truly superior, I'll have no problem saying that. My posts were based on what I know of electronics and comodity parts. I'm also quite a geek when it comes to anything new and electronic! I built a laser in the 1960's from information in a book. I was building radios starting with a crystal radio when i was 8! So I'm excited too, to see this new design!


:Sharing One:

Things have really moved on in the last few years for leds...trust me I used to be one of the biggest non believers for a number of years (with good reason at the time) but nowadays for the end product in terms of quality, yield and power consumption... I'm truly converted.

Would never go back to HPS and since switching to LED and the MS0006 panels, I've actually enjoyed and looked forward to growing indoors in the height of summer with no heat issues at all.

 

[V10diesel]

Im leaning towards a similar setup to the illumitex neosol for this new unit from GN but obviously they have figured a way to keep the power consumption down. Very exciting times.

 

[TaNg]

Im leaning towards a similar setup to the illumitex neosol for this new unit from GN but obviously they have figured a way to keep the power consumption down. Very exciting times.

Way different lol keep guessing.