Understood. I was involved in a different sort of "electronic" hobby a number of years ago, and I learned that there were plemty of manufacturers in certain countries who were ready and willing to produce counterfeits I mean
create their own versions of other companies' high-quality products. <SCRATCHES HEAD> Funny thing, though, was that their "versions" never seemed to approach the quality or performance of the real thing. It was annoying to me, because I used to spend a lot of time helping/educating others in the hobby and they were, from time to time, tricked into purchasing inferior knock-offs and then could not understand what they were doing wrong when they found that they were unable to achieve the expected results. I'm sure it was annoying to those people who purchased the cheap "copies." I figured it must have been annoying to the manufacturers and sellers of the original (IOW, real) products, too, because occasionally those cheap copies were
visually so close to the originals that it could be difficult for a layman to discern the difference at a glance and, therefore, some might have blamed the original manufacturer for the poor performance they experienced. As for those who were actually producing the counterfeit merchandise, well... I suppose that if one makes a cheap knock-off for a tenth of the price as the original and then sells it for half the price of it, that they probably made some fast money before the word got out. <SHRUGS> But it sure seems like a sad way to make a yuan I mean dollar.
Understood, again.
You folks do seem to stay busier than a one-armed wallpaper hanger, lol. It must be quite enjoyable, though.
I appreciate knowing that there is an LED grow light manufacturer out there... who grows cannabis. Because, at the end(/beginning/middle) of the day, that's what we are interested in doing with our lights. And, while many of us love to test out new products - for the advancement of our own knowledge, so that we can eventually help others, to have a chance to improve a company's products and in so doing, help out a sponsor that is nice enough to help keep this forum free for us to use (or for ALL of the previous reasons)... we'd rather be in the position of helping than of lab rats, lol. In short - if anything that I type can be so described
- it's wonderful that you folks are experienced at doing the same things with your products that we'll be doing with them, and that you have been able to put that knowledge and experience into the design of your products instead of just taking a stab in the dark and expecting your customers to tell you whether you have produced a great product or one that should have never made it through initial testing.
Speaking of people benefiting from your knowledge and experience, would you mind if I ask you a question about your products now and then? For example, would it be safe to use that SE350+UVB that you've done so well with as the light source for vegging young plants (seedlings, even)? Perhaps if one were to run only the monos that encircle the COBs and keep the panel at a substantial distance from the young plants/seedlings (and, of course, keep the supplemental UV-B bulb turned off)?
If so, what initial distance would you recommend?
Like everyone, I have good days and not so good ones. But I have a feeling that tomorrow might be a
great day
.
I - and, I am sure, many others here - am
extremely impressed at what you managed to accomplish with one of your products, and one that is, after all, a couple years and a generation or two behind your current offerings in both output and performance (and, one assumes, efficiency). That says a lot for you, personally, as a grower (heaps of kudos upon you); but it says even more for
Amare Technologies and their awesome products (both what they were producing a year or two ago, and what they are offering today)!
Your pictures and results are pretty inspirational.
I get the feeling that you don't wake up in the morning worrying about the
competition .
LMAO! Growers generally use a lighter, their arm, or even a yardstick to show the scale of their plant(s). You chose to use a redhead, lol - and your "object" still wasn't as tall as your plant. That's priceless!
I have rambled enough for one evening (or at least one post). Have a good night,
Brother Fern, and thanks for bringing the White-Light Revolution to our little home on the Internet.