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I love it. I know a few guys with very similar setups. My personal preference though is for shorter plants so I like to rock the light as close as I can to the tops. I'll never forget this one time in the late 90s my friend and I were vaping for the first time. We got an adjustable heat gun from the hardware store and had a glassblower make us a bong bowl that fit around the tip of the heat gun.
Anyways we had just looked at his garden (12x12 bedroom, 2 1000w HPS mounted against the ceiling, low hydro flood and drain table, and a bunch of TALL plants in late flower with huge buds) and were vaping in the living room listening to phish when we hear a BIG commotion from the grow room (crack/crack/splat!). We go running, and it turns out a few of the main stems had just snapped, sending heavy buds falling, breaking and knocking the other plants down like dominos. Total disaster
. Every time I see tall stretchy plants to this day I remember the sound of that garden domino-ing and the look on my buddies face 
.I never measure, and using LUX meters and stuff seems like overkill to me for a home grower (unless you get excited by that kind of thing). I'm an oldschool guy, I want to BLAST the plant with as much light as I possibly can.
I read on a few independent tests of this light that the optimal height from the plant is 8-9 inches. It's so small, doesn't put out THAT much light, and the heat is so minimal it will only burn a leaf that is literally resting against the lenses. For me, ideally, I'd want 3-4 of these things in a 2x2 on 100% and about 6-8 inches from the tops during flowering, but I'm super stoked to see what 1 will do!
She's a beautiful lady too! I'll be on the same page very soon 
can't ask for more then that.