Counterfeit LED from China BEWARE

[xand0kan]

oh dear. Not good that. ouch.

Amazing right?

[The Aspie Toker]

Have asked money back and have contacted Spider Farmer via email. I can't really know if the LED are the samsung, they might has well be counterfeit! This is Just a share experience! I will get my money back with time and buy it from a trust worthy seller! I can't really know what specs this light has, so I optioned to ask for refund! Hopefully will hear back from Spider Farmer customer service and see what they say about being a original SF2000. Impossible to be by the look of this light.

You can't and won't go wrong if you buy from our sponsor, Invisible Sun. I've had a few LED lights from different sellers, and IS are far the best I've had.

[Minty]

To be fair the Mean Well Driver is good.

[The Aspie Toker]

To be fair the Mean Well Driver is good.

If it fucks up, you'll have to deal with China.
If the IS fucked up, it can be dealt with locally.

[Minty]

To be fair the Mean Well Driver is good.

If it fucks up, you'll have to deal with China.
If the IS fucked up, it can be dealt with locally.

The Mean Well drivers are made in the US and there are no better LED drivers that I know of - I recently got a 'right result' where I ordered the wrong one (none PWM), 480 Watt, 2100Mhz and they just let me keep it as it would cost to much to ship it back to the USA! A proper right result and an Xmas present for me but the customer service was beyond awesome. I couldn't recommend them enough and I am pretty sure if you purchased a fitting from Invisible Sun they would have Mean Well drivers.

I still need to purchase the actual dim-able one I wanted to be able to 'automate' it but for now a saving of over £100 quid is helping with the overall cost of my build and I can handle manually changing the output.

[The Aspie Toker]

To be fair the Mean Well Driver is good.

If it fucks up, you'll have to deal with China.
If the IS fucked up, it can be dealt with locally.

The Mean Well drivers are made in the US and there are no better LED drivers that I know of - I recently got a 'right result' where I ordered the wrong one (none PWM), 480 Watt, 2100Mhz and they just let me keep it as it would cost to much to ship it back to the USA! A proper right result and an Xmas present for me but the customer service was beyond awesome. I couldn't recommend them enough and I am pretty sure if you purchased a fitting from Invisible Sun they would have Mean Well drivers.

I still need to purchase the actual dim-able one I wanted to be able to 'automate' it but for now a saving of over £100 quid is helping with the overall cost of my build and I can handle manually changing the output.

Sorry, when you mentioned the Mean Well driver, I thought it was with the light you purchased from ebay, hence having to deal with China.

I have nothing against purchasing things from China via ebay, as I do so myself, but it's normally bras and knickers and not something expensive or hardware - due to the costs of sending it back. Same for the US too.

Let us know the outcome with the seller. If Spider Farmer thinks they are misleading customers, then I bet they''ll try and get them closed down.

[xand0kan]

Morning guys. Got email back from Spider Farmer confirming a counterfeit. But they don't extend much in words apart of sending me a link to buy one original, funny enough they all seem to have the same approach on customer service with "Hi friend" when replying back.
Some of you mention invisible sun, and yes it was my first option to buy from them but the budget wasn't enough, tho I regreat not spending the extra 40 or 50£ and get one from IS.... Maybe after dealing with China, I will consider again my options! Thank you all... I'll update again soon! Now time to go to work!

[2-Scoops]

Both are prolly same light and specs made in same factory but ones unbranded (not looked at specs ), maybe these are made on the nightshift. Both are made in China as matter of interest, well int most things these days. :)

[xand0kan]

Hi everyone who follows so the verdict is has follows. Dispute obviously open on Ebay. after discussion with seller, I was informed and that it is not what they have advertised. Never the less I have decided to take a chance on this light, and if my believe is right after confirming the specs of this unit Ill be scoring a bargain here! finger Xd :D

Specs of this light are SAMSUNG LM301B (the diference between the ''B'' and the ''H'' is the humidity diference but i'm not growing mushrooms i'm sure ill be fine. They are the top of LED) and i hope I'm correct i'm not expert this was my research. Deep red 660nm and far red 730nm. Full spectrum LED and this one already has a dimmer attached to the driver!

So I purchased the light for £210 I had a refund of £50 so my total was ? :P

I can take a big risk on this light and yes its not branded and who cares, my guts tell me I'm doing well in keeping it and Rastafarai your heart speaks louder!

Good to be here ;) Namaste