Barrina T5 Grow Lights for Indoor Plants, Full Spectrum LED Grow Light, 2FT 80W (8 x 10W), Plant Lamp for Indoor Growing, Seed Starting, Pinkish White, 8-Pack

Really great. Update on the cherry tomatoes and a fresno chili mentioned below. It’s November if the following year today. I’m transitioning the mature plants out for new starts. Indoor hydrogarden tomato yield was 9 lbs. (predominantly Gold Nugget). Fresno chili yield was 3 lbs. The flowering beauty and delicious fun of plucking vine ripe freshies right from the kitchen all year: immeasurable. Microgreens are a cinch, really flourish fast, 10 varieties so far. Setup details: • Smaller pantry shelves: 10 x10 no hole tray with 4 - 5x5 inserts with holes on AC Infinity seedling mat set on ‘low.’ Microgreen shelves are set 10 inches apart making the Barrina lights about 6-8 inches away from tray tops when mounted above. These shelves are mounted with 4 - 12 inch Barrina T5 strips per shelf. • Larger dining hutch shelves: 2 to 5 10 x 20 Bootstrap Farmer trays with no holes inset with trays with holes (either 10 x 20, or 10 x 10 or 5 x 5 - possible to mix and match like a 10 x 10 and 4 - 5 x 5 in one 10 x 20 bottom tray). Did I make that confusing? I’m just saying the trays have insert configurations to grow more varieties in one 10 x 20 tray. These shelves have 8 Barrina 24 inch T5 LED lights chained together on a timer 15 inches from the shelf below. The grow capacity is 5 - 10 x 20 trays. I often do 2 or 4 depending. I increase the height of this 1890s Edwardian built in shelf by adding an upside down tray below them - if necessary. It’s scalable to many varieties and easy to grow beyond true leaf phase for pea shoots and chard and beet greens (any I like slightly more mature than ‘micro’). Deep Water Culture, indoor: I’m at early flowering phase for my first DWC déterminant tomatoes and chili pepper indoor grow from heirloom seeds. Setup detail: Two compact 10" x 11" 3 gallon DWC units with air stones contain 1 Tiny Tim (plus 3 new clones), a Cherry Maskotka and a Gold Nugget tomato plus one Fresno chili pepper. That’s 4 plant sites and 3 baby clones in a possible 10 sites (for spacing purposes) on a chrome ‘ton’ rack in my kitchen pantry! I haven’t done anything difficult - just monitor nutrient level and pH in DWC and a dilute colloidal PureCropI foliar spray (corn oil, soy oil, vanillin, soap, glycerin, citric acid, guar gum) to prevent fungus or pests. Then, I added 2 additional Barrina T5 24" LED light strips in 2 phases as the plants entered a booming late vegetative phase and this promising early flowering phase. That’s 4 Barrina 24 inch T5 strips horizontally above and 4 vertically on the support posts to reach more vegetation below the canopy without ‘burning’ the plants. I estimated 40 watts of T5 per square foot of actual plant grow space within this rectangle shelf ‘grow area.’ That’s 8 x 10 watt T5 LED 24" strip lights. The lights all connect together on 1 convenient timer plug (16 hours on, 8 hours off). I can manually switch off any if I notice light intensity problems - but they seem to thrive so far in these stages. They’re so easy to connect several in or manually switch off. The chrome rack shelf they’re mounted to is set at counter height 36" from the floor. The lower shelf is the lowest bracket just above the casters that the DWC units and air stone compressor are on. This leaves a few inches below the buckets to ‘drain’ reservoir water or remove fallen leaves below the units. It’s possible to add grow fabric or screening to this rack (but I haven’t yet). My pet isn’t interested in tomatoes and pests are few indoors. A few utility hooks and the racks themselves with a soft plant tie fabric have made support and cord management a cinch. I may add a lower T5 LED strip because one of these tomato varieties, Maskotka, is a dwarf trailing determinate and has flowering branches that drop below the DWC unit’s top. It seems very happy as is though. Maskotka flowered in impressive whorls just after Tiny Tim. The Tiny Tim is blooming with a less prolific but steady regularity, not all at once. Tim isn’t actually ‘tiny’ - though smaller than indeterminate varieties, it goes anywhere light is and vegetation is surprising, reaches upward mostly. Gold Nugget is an ‘in-between’ variety, it will trail toward light, but also reach upward., prolific, but a little slower on blooms. The flowers are just beginning, but buds are visible - just tiny and springing all over the end of branch nodes. This means placement is: Tiny Tim toward the back inner corner for support and some room to sprawl toward the shelf center and forward Gold Nugget to the opposite side - the back outside corner for upward support and trailing space toward the side and Maskotka toward the front for maximum trailing space. Fresno chili is a reasonable size, planted toward an outside corner in the second unit, it grows bushy and upward - it luvs the light, but can tolerate a little less intensity as well as a slightly different nutrient PPM and pH condition to the tomatoes, although these can grow together well being in range with each other. Fresno chilies just required space away from all the tomato canopies and trailing that would otherwise shade it. It’s in the second DWC with clones from the tomatoes (being small they generally require less intense nutrient PPM and light PAR closer to the Fresno levels with increased humidity in proximity to more developed plants). I haven’t ‘pruned’ these determinate varieties, but I did remove any funky leaves and ‘trained’ a few lower and into supports. The 3 shortened stems became the clones. Apparently the tomatoes liked this trim of the leggy tops growing past the ‘grow light shelf zone’ because flowering increased on lower branches after that snipping, dipping in root hormone and the cloning of those cuttings seems magically fast. They’re small but I see flower buds on them. I just don’t know where I’ll put them yet, yikes, lol. It’s nice to have these clones for a tomato plant ‘staggering’ - longer determinate tomato harvest. I luv all these varieties for different reasons from color to flavor to ease of cultivation for indoor hydroponics. I just mean, who knew all of this extremely long and meandering review is possible indoors, in a kitchen, in the city, by a newbie with these Barrina T5 LED lights. How great is that!? I have 2 small ebb and flow units for herbs and lettuces, but those have their own light panels and pump. I’m happy to have them as a nursery for the DWC with Barrina setup or Kratky offshoots. I’m very happy with my Barrina T5 LED purchases so far and give them high recommends. 2 sets of 8 T5 24 inch 1 set of 8 T5 12 inch I did add: Stainless utensil hooks from IKEA and a soft tie material for support (since trailing tomatoes like Maskotka are very ‘trail-y’ and fruits on all varieties get heavy later). I also purchased several female to female LED 3 prong plug connectors so that I could extend the 4 vertical pole lights from the 4 horizontal lights above on one plug. Add one small circulation fan, a few continuous spray misters for foliar applications, 3 seedling heat mats for microgreens and easy germination, two timers for auto on/off, a set of pipettes for easy nutrient measuring/mixing, a pH and EC meter, the 2 DWC units from Lawnful, nutrients from TPS (also tried Humbolt’s Secret - both seem aces), a great pair of nippers. a box of compressed coco coir (and some grow mats), a swell ergonomic 1 gallon watering can with targeted spout, the Bootstrap Farmer trays and True Leaf Market seeds. End list. Hee. I think these lights and indoor setups are low maintenance and attractive. I wanted to commandeer my laundry/utility room as a grow room, but I’m enjoying seeing the plants in the kitchen and dining areas - tough call. Lol. Currently, this produces a lot of produce and culinary herbs. Enough for a small family to enjoy - plus a few neighbors and several catnip and oat grass loving pets. My grocery bill has decreased by 1/3rd, so everything has paid for itself already and I haven’t even harvested the tomatoes and Fresno chilies (which are rarely available here recently) yet. There’s no way to quantify the enjoyment and stress reduction. It’s just Hundo P fulfilling and miles of great feeling more food secure with increased nutrition. And interesting, so interesting! I wish we had this in school curricula - kids just thrill on these projects and learn valuable life skills, respect for food and themselves. Overall, high recommends on Barrina T5 from me. I got the white (full spectrum leaning pink but not pink) ones. Giggle. Granted, I don’t have a lot to compare them to. I’m a beginner and just started these urban indoor farming projects in November 2022 to present. It’s exceeding expectations so far. It’s a lifestyle now. I couldn’t be happier - however newbie I am. Thanks for reading! I hope this helps, everything works out to set fruit and getting through this LED grow light saga isn’t as boring as I suspect. Lol. Happy sowing and growing!

Absolutely perfect for my plant shelves. Super easy to install, connect and use. Mounting brackets are stable but there is also a stick up option in the box as well. The connected lights easily flip on with a single switch. The sting of lights function well together. My plants are very happy under these lights and I cannot wait to buy more and expand my plant shelves.

Great grow lights. I really like that these can daisy-chain together so I can connect more sets in the future. My plants are loving them so far. I also really love the versatility in mounting. They come with zip ties, stickies, and mounting brackets. This option doesn’t come with the magnetic option, but you can DIY that pretty easily - buy a set of magnetic hooks, unscrew the hook from the magnet, then screw the mounting brackets into the magnet piece… wallah! You have magnetic mounting for your IKEA hack greenhouse cabinet.

I searched for a long time to find a light that would work for a very specific setup — drilling into the shelves I built and mounting the lights upside down. These Barrina 1ft grow lights were exactly what I needed. Super easy to install, and the remote makes turning them on and off effortless. I never figured out the timer (admittedly didn’t try too hard), and I don’t use the extra light modes, but they’ve still been a total game changer in our room. The plants love it, and the low light setting is perfect for propagating. They make a noticeable impact both daytime and nighttime. Great compact grow lights for custom shelving or tight spaces.

I literally can’t say enough about these lights! I’ve only had them a couple months and what a game changer for my plants. They come with about an 18in cord to pug light to light in. It’s nice because then you only have one plug actually plugged into the wall. It came with zip ties and really nice adhesive tape that’s had no problems keeping my lights up even ones I have hung above the shower. It has a very simple on and off switching making it really easy to use.

I’m really impressed. They’re super bright and provide great coverage for my indoor plants. Installation was easy—the included mounting hardware and zip ties made it simple to set them up on my shelves. I like that they’re energy-efficient and don’t run too hot, even after hours of use. My plants have responded really well—greener leaves and stronger growth overall. These lights are a great value, especially for the quality and performance. Highly recommend for anyone doing indoor gardening or starting seedlings.

Excelentes luces, trae todo lo necesario para su instalación y eso lo hace muy fácil, la luz es radiante, recién las instale y espero mis suculentas estés más bellas 👍🏼❤️

Very bright grow light. I would buy again.

Les lampes LED sont faciles à brancher et elles se connectent en chaîne. Elles ont été collées avec du tape double face et tiennent super bien. Belle lumière, mes hoyas ont l’air d’être bien.

I bought 4 at the start of last season and liked them enough to get 8 more for this year. Good spread, 1 light illuminates a 1020 tray very well. Lights stay fairly cool. I like the individual switches. Last year I had the lights in a fixed position and had to move the trays closer to the light. This year I DIY'd some height adjustment brackets.

Best grow light I’ve ever owned. I have them all connected around the room perimeter. My plants are thriving, in otherwise low light room. Love the white light vs yellow or pink. Hope they can bring them back (currently out of stock).