Dude this photo, the top one, is veerrry creamy! Quality-wise the new gear making a diff, but creatively, man, you nailed that one. I don't need to see it posterized and in varying shades of purple, but hey, you be you.
Beware, Diatribe Ahead.
@MedicGrow, are you catching all this? This past winter I was in the market for this size/power/design and after a gruelling playoff it came down to yourselves vs. KB in the finals. I'm not ashamed to admit that the margin was thin enough that this pic, and these posts, would have put your fixtures in my tents instead. I didn't want to pay the 2k$ CAD/ea. Photontek was asking for their 1kw model, but I knew I wanted a 5x5 light I could grow into, w/ 2.8+ efficacy and top-of-market usable photons.
In the end, it was only a minor, 'personal' price break that flipped me to KB; basically an ego rub more than a real discount. Well, this pic rubs my ego just fine.
It's my observation that nothing closes a sale like a successful grow journal from a trusted and talented independent grower who always completes grows. Those people don't grow on trees.
As a valued sponsor of 420, right now, this is the best way I have to support you; my impressions and observations. There def. is a craft market for your 550w 'greenhouse' lights, and much of that indoors, in tents large and small. It's a perfect closet light, 2x4 light, and I would rather have two of your 550w ip67 fixtures in my 5x5 than the 1100w bar light now hooked up.
Mounted carefully in pairs it appears to have a much greater usable ppf, better PAR maps, at more hang heights, than any 1000w 5x5 bar light. It also will adjust to independent plant heights if required, permitting a much easier time dealing with multiple cultivars in one space, a common home grower grail quest.
However, until growers can see a full 1 or 2 gro demo of your 550w 'commercial' design and how it's properly used, I feel that the small-grower market will either remain untapped or become completely cornered by a larger more familiar brand. So, there's a lot of value in intelligently choosing a grower for long term sponsorship. No doubt it's the best opp. for 'earned media', but it could be the best media coverage at any price.