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First off, let me just give a shout out again to Mark and @PlatinumLEDTom with Platinum LED for giving us the chance to test out these lights. I come from a HPS/MH background (and often times still finding myself going back to them every now and then,) but I truly believe LED's are the future for growing and it's a matter of sifting through the fluff to know what's a good light and what's a good value. I don't plan on sugar coating anything with this, but I do plan to give a fair, non-biased review from a guy who likes his HPS lights but is working on "getting with the future." 
I've grown with LED's for over a year now and feel pretty confident with the routine, so let's get on with it!
The unboxing:
First off, let's talk about shipping. The unit was shipped out FedEx and was received within days (about half the country (USA) away from the shipper.)
I know a lot of growers are worried about what's on the box and how discrete it is, so here's a few photo's of the box itself. I found it to be very discrete as far as labeling goes.
Here's the long side and bottom view:
And the other long side view:
The left end view:
And the right end view:
The white box (purposely edited out) on the side is a bar code. The larger two white-out boxes on the face of the package are shipping labels:
The top view of the box, again with shipping labels edited out:
This is the gist of what was on the label in terms of "who is this from and what is it."
And that's the box ladies and gentleman. Very discrete in my humble opinion; nothing flashy and LED could be ANYTHING these days. Go walk down your local Home Depot or Lowes and look at the LED light bulb section. And aquariums, and nerdy arduino computers and the list goes on and on. Up to the consumer of course but at least you can be prepared for what's on the package if that is a concern for you!
And now the unveiling! Foam!
Here's the letter found inside:
I like the warranty right off the bat! Hoping I won't have to ever use it but in the event something goes wrong, it's nice to have that longevity!
I've grown with LED's for over a year now and feel pretty confident with the routine, so let's get on with it!The unboxing:
First off, let's talk about shipping. The unit was shipped out FedEx and was received within days (about half the country (USA) away from the shipper.)
I know a lot of growers are worried about what's on the box and how discrete it is, so here's a few photo's of the box itself. I found it to be very discrete as far as labeling goes.
Here's the long side and bottom view:
And the other long side view:
The left end view:
And the right end view:
The white box (purposely edited out) on the side is a bar code. The larger two white-out boxes on the face of the package are shipping labels:
The top view of the box, again with shipping labels edited out:
This is the gist of what was on the label in terms of "who is this from and what is it."
And that's the box ladies and gentleman. Very discrete in my humble opinion; nothing flashy and LED could be ANYTHING these days. Go walk down your local Home Depot or Lowes and look at the LED light bulb section. And aquariums, and nerdy arduino computers and the list goes on and on. Up to the consumer of course but at least you can be prepared for what's on the package if that is a concern for you!
And now the unveiling! Foam!
Here's the letter found inside:
I like the warranty right off the bat! Hoping I won't have to ever use it but in the event something goes wrong, it's nice to have that longevity!
