I will never recomend anyone buy a mid tier light again unless its at a heavy discount, budget lights do just as good at 1/2 the cost and the production/flower quality, longjevity, cust service of HLG/Other highend lights more then make up for the extra cost.
I also agree with
@Rocket Soul If your an electitrition by trade you should be able to build a clone of either light for about 1/10 the price +a few hr time
HLG is absolutely recommended for any stateside customer, they even have the r-spec board + heat sink kits, all you need is a power supply and some angle to make a frame. There are many benefits of this approach, if you where to up your tent size you can just mod your light to get the perfect fit.
You do not need to be an electrician though, if youre able to push a wire into a pushin connector you can build a light. Boards and strips do not need to be soldered anymore they come easy to setup. People was doing this on the forum ten years ago when no decent priced and effective led lights were around. This is actually is the context that HLG was born from, riu led section and building lights diy style.
Though price wise its now almost rhe same price, china lights are incredibly cheap nowadays, but at least you have the safety in knowing all the components that go inside. And you get to build something perfect for your own needs. And the satisfaction of your own design beating records. Did i mention i like DIY? Seriously cant recommend it more.
Only problem is that the diablos are generally not available for diy; they cant handle reverse polarity which means if you wire them wrong you blow the red mono leds. Some peeps kept doing this so they pulled them from their web and now they only go in finished lights.
@CobKits usually keeps some stock though.
