A lot of LED haters would say the same thing about you using them at all. My blackstars work fine and I'm not selling them. Yes, I got what I paid for -- in one harvest, I grew enough to supply myself for 6 months or more and the lights paid themselves back off a fraction of it. So yeah, I coulda spent $1-2K more for lights that did not grow marijuana ANY BETTER, but just cost more. Should they fail (none have of my 5), I can buy replacements less than the cost of an expensive system -- or if I decided I didn't want blackstars, I would've saved enough in the initial purchase to pay for half of a new expensive light. More expensive does not always equal better. In some cases it does, in this case it doesn't. Your lights may be quieter (mine can't be heard from outside the grow area, so....), or sturdier (i don't mistreat mine)... or cooler (I don't have heat issues)... maybe they'll last longer? I dunno. All I know is my weed is damn good from under those lights so I'm not sure what extra you paid for other than the satisfaction of knowing you can get a replacement when/if it breaks for 2 or 3 extra years. All I know is my 2012 model blackstars work damn good and I'm QUITE satisfied with them. I'm not telling anyone to buy blackstars -- I don't know if the old ones were junk but the newer ones are great and I've heard good things about the model that came out after. But I can find you someone who didn't like almost every model of LED out there and probably someone who'll say yours is second best, so....
Isn't the title of this thread LED users unite?? You want to rag on people who make DIY LEDs too while you're at it??
All you did was pay for the replacement cost of your unit up front to the dealer.
