Advanced Platinum Series P4-XML2 380w 12-band LED Grow Light + CREE 10w XM-L2 w/ DUAL VEG/FLOWER FULL SPECTRUM

Two fans have gone out and now the lights are burning out not even a year old! Very expensive to have problems

I WANTED TO EXPAND MY OPERATION. I HAVE BEEN GROWING WITH 4, P150, WHICH HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT. WITH THESE LITTLE P150s I HAVE COMPLETED 4, ( let me say that again 4 ) COMPLETE GROWS FROM JUNE 2015 TO FEB. 2016. ( 8 months). THATS CRAZY. THE ONLY DOWN SIDE IS I COULD ONLY GROW 2 PLANTS PER P150. LIKE I STATED BEFORE I WANTED TO EXPAND MY OPERATION SO I PURCHASED 2 OF THESE P4-XLM2. I HAD A HARD TIME SPENDING THIS MUCH MONEY ON 2 LIGHTS ( these lights are way over priced but had no other led to compare them too ). BUT WITH THE RESULTS I HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE P150s I SAID WHAT THE HECK. SHIPPING WAS RIGHT ON TIME. EXCEPT BOTH LIGHTS WERE SHIPPED FROM 2 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. PKG. WAS GREAT, NO PROBLEMS. SO I SET THESE P4s UP IN A ROOM THAT HAD A ON GOING GROW. AT THE TIME I ONLY HAD 4 ITEMS IN PRODUCTION, SO I PUT 2 ITEMS UNDER 1, P4 AND 2 ITEMS UNDER 1, P150. I THEN GO HOME AND COME BACK THE NEXT MORNING AND WHAT THE ?. THE P4 IS NOT WORKING. IT CAN'T BE THE TIMER CAUSE THE P150 IS KICKING ASS ( as always ). TURNS OUT TO BE THE LIGHT CORD WAS LOOSE IN THE LIGHT.( which after I used both p4s both of them have a problem of staying connected. and then coming in in the morning 4 different times and the p4s are not working I start getting a little upset and thinking this was a bad investment ). NOW A WEEK LATER. WHAT? THE ITEMS UNDER THE P150s ARE OUT DOING THE ITEMS UNDER THE P4s. NOW I'M THINKING S -- T I JUST BLEW A $ 1000.00. LIKE I STATED ON WANTED TO EXPAND. AND I DID NOT THINK THESE P4s WOULD BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE WAY THEY SHOULD ( for the money ). I JUMPED ON GOOD OLD AMAZON AND HAD TO PURCHASE ANOTHER LED FROM ANOTHER MFG. WHEN I RECEIVED THE NEW LED I MOVE THE 4 ITEMS I HAD IN PRO.RM.#2 TO PRO. RM. #3. THEN IN P.R.#2 I SET UP MY EXPANDTION. WITH MY NEW LED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 2, P4s TO COVER A 4' X 8' AREA WITH 32 ITEMS IN 5 GAL FAB. BAGS ( that's 1 item per s/ft ). A WEEK LATER 29 OF THE 32 CAME UP ( not bad ). NOW I CAN SEE HOW THESE P4s DO AGAIST MY NEW LED ( which has 3 times more watts for half the price of the p4s but it has only a 10 spectrum and has only 1 on/off switch. I love the dual and trip. on the p150s and p4s. save money and that's what it's all about ). NOW 6 WEEKS LATER. ALL LEDs ARE PERFORMING EXCELENT. ALL THE ITEMS UNDER THE DIFFERENT LEDs ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. ALL THE NODES ARE THE SAME, SURE A FEW MAY BE A LITTLE TALLER BUT OTHER THAN THAT THE SAME. BY THE WAY THE P150s IN P.R.#3 ARE STILL KICKING ASS FLOWERING THE 4 PREVIOUS ITEMS WHICH I HARVEST AT THIS TIME. YUMMY. SO THE RESULTS SO FAR WITH MY NEW LED AGAIST THE P4s. IT'S COSTING ME 4% MORE TO RUN MY NEW LED AGAIST THE P4s ( which cost 500% more than my new led, like I stated before the Ps are way over priced. fair would be 100% to 200% mark up. but also like I stated money is what it's all about. to a point ). SO NOW THE ITEMS IN P.R.#2 ARE IN PHASE TWO (flowering ). AND I WILL TRY AND UPDATE THOSE RESULTS WITH THE 2 DIFFERENT LEDs. YOU CAN TAKE FROM THIS WHAT EVER YOU WHAT. BUT I KNOW ONE THING, I WILL STILL BE BUYING PLATINUM LED GROW LIGHTS ( EVEN THOUGH I WOULD BE ABLE TO EAT FOR A FEW MONTHS ). THANKS PLATINUM FOR A GOOD PRODUCT, IT'S SO HARD TO FIND THAT NOW A DAY'S. ( HEY MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YOU COULD SHOW A LITTLE LOVE.CAUSE I AM ALREADY DESIGNING MY NEXT EXPANDTION ). REALY FOLKS THESE LEDs ARE ONE OF THE BEST IF NOT THE BEST IN THE LONG RUN......SINCERLY MR.T.D.UPDATE THE UPDATE : I FORGOT THESE ARE THE (ONLY) LIGHTS THAT I HAVE FOUND THAT HAVE THE FULL 12 BAND SPECTRUM. THAT ALONE SHOULD TELL YOU SOMETHING. SINCERLY, MR.D..........................................................................UPDATE TUE.7/12/16 : I JUST FINISHED HARVESTING THE ABOVE GROW. RESULTS WERE OUTSTANDING. I HAD TO CHANGE THE ABOVE SET UP A LITTLE. THE AREA OF THE GROW NOW IS 3'WX7'LX7'H = 21 S/FT WITH THE 2, P4s AT EACH END AND THE OTHER CO. 1600 WATT LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. I HAD 5 ROWS OF 2 PLANTS PER ROW. THIS WAY THE COVERAGE WAS PERFECT THIS WAY WITH ALL 3 LIGHTS. TO START, THE FLOWER STRETCH WAS NOT BAD AND STACKING WAS GOOD WITH THE P4s. WITH THE OTHER CO. LIGHT THE STRETCH WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE, NOT UNIFORMED, STACKING WAS OK BUT NOT GOOD. FOR PENETRATION: I KEPT THE P4s ABOUT 8" TO 12" & THE OTHER LIGHT 24" FROM THE TOP OF THE PLANTS. I WANTED TO GET PENETRATION 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE PLANTS. I ENDED UP GETTING IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR WITH ALL 3 LIGHTS. ( BUT REMEMBER THE OTHER CO. LIGHT IS 1600 WATTS AND THE P4s ARE ONLY 380 WATTS). AS FOR THE COLAS, BUDS, NUGS WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. I'M GOING WITH NUGS CAUSE THATS WHAT THEY ARE. THE BIGGEST,TIGHTEST NUGS I HAVE EVER GROWN INDOORS OR HAVE EVER SEEN IN YEARS. I STILL CAN'T GET OVER HOW TIGHT THEY ARE IT JUST SEENS CHILLS THREW ME JUST WRITING THIS, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT DOES WHEN YOU SMOKE IT, WOW I STILL HAVE CHILLS. ANYWAY FOR THE FINALE RESULTS FOR THE 2 BRANDS: I'M VERY HAPPY WITH BOTH. BUT LIKE I KEEP STATING THAT THE OTHER CO. LIGHT IS 1600 WATTS AND OF COARSE IT USE'S ALOT MORE ELECTRICITY. BUT FOR PLATINUMS P4s 380 WATT LIGHT TO OUT PERFORM THIS LIGHT SAYS IT ALL. BUT YESTERDAY I NOTICED ON THE P4s WITH ONLY THE BOOSTER LIGHTS ON, THAT THERE WAS 2 BURNT SPOTS ON EACH LIGHT IN THE SAME PLACE. I WILL CALL THEM UP ON THIS AND UPDATE THEIR RESPONSE. I WANT ALL YOU FOLKS TO KNOW THAT EITHER CO. HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS REVEIW ( I WISH THEY WOULD CAUSE I HAVE SPENT ALOT OF MONEY AND I COULD USE A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE). FINALLY: I WILL BE BUYING MORE LIGHTS FROM BOTH CO. BUT PALTINUMS WILL BE MY MAIN LIGHTS FOR VEGGING & FLOWERING. AND THE OTHER CO. LIGHTS FOR VEGGING, CLONES, & MOTHERS. YOU FOLKS CAN TAKE WHAT EVER YOU WANT FROM THIS. BUT I'LL TELL YOU I RESEARCHED FOR OVER A YEAR AND HAVE DONE THE EXPERMENTS AND PLATINUMS PRODUCTS ARE THE REAL DEAL. AND REMEMBER WITH PLATINUM YOU GET A 5 YEAR WARRANTY,AND (ALL) THE OTHER CO. WERE ONLY 2 TO 3 YEARS. THIS WAS THE MAIN REASON I WENT WITH THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE,CAUSE I WAS DEBATING SPEND ALOT MORE MONEY AND GET A 5 YEAR WARRANTY OR SPEND LESS AND ONLY GET 2 OR 3 YEARS. IT WAS A NO BRAINER.. GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL WITH YOUR GROWS AND KEEP ON GROWING YOU CAN ONLY GET BETTER....LATER.....

Not as powerful as I had hoped. . . . I am not sure what the boost button is about since it adds 'white' light but at the sacrifice of or lack of other LED lights. I did not experience great yields and large blooms as anticipated. Of course, with hydroponics there are so many variables affecting production it could be pre-mature to blame the light. After initial break in period one of the four fans stopped working and another one of the fans has become so loud you can forget about 'stealth'. Very disappointed as I expected better quality for the money. Perhaps a lemon as this is a hefty unit but I question the science behind the 'boost button' and the wasted area where there are no lights.

Received my light a WEEK AHEAD OF DELIVERY DATE! And I really LOVE this light.. First it runs extremely cooler than other units and the individual fan unit per panel is definitely a big help and it's solid construction and nice design paired with the coverage, efficiency and brightness of this thing is DEFINITELY an AWESOME PRODUCT! And I wouldve given a 5 star... But 2 of my 10w cree booster lenses were scratched somehow in shipping or somewhere. And that was VERY surprising to me considering the excellent packing and package being so nicely handled looking. When I contacted platinum about it the email read that it prob was done by sum1 picking up the light from the floor.. (which I did not) why would you lay this thing lens down on the floor.. too expensive for that in my opinion.. I actually installed with another person helping. I sent platinum a nice e-mail inquiring about the scratches and they're reply said that some superficial scratches wouldn't affect performance and quality so I guess I just get to look at a brand new light that is visibly scratched. But I still LOVE THIS LIGHT AND WILL DEFINITELY BUY FROM PLATINUM LED AGAIN. P.S.. It was only on for 6 HOURS and veggies had a very noticeable difference that could be seen ALREADY! I just wish a brand new light didn't have scratches across the lenses.. But still by far the best choice and will be my next choice for sure! Thanks so much Platinum LED for making such an awesome light!!