Grow Light Strip (2 Tubes)

Bought a pack of two (pairs) of these lights. They're as bright as I was expecting for this size/price, and fine for what I need. Come with a range of fixings, and even a couple of USB mains power adapters.I'd hoped that given the stated size of these (42cm) I could somehow fix them into the top of an IKEA ÅKERBÄR mini greenhouse that I have a few small houseplants in (to protect them from my plant-murdering cat). Complete win! The lights have little screw lugs at each end, perfectly spaced to simply slot under the metal clips holding greenhouse perspex panels in place. So a pair of lights can be held in place with no fixings at all - I need to train the cables a bit, but they look great and will give my ropey-looking plants a better chance of survival in my dark, north-facing study.Will try using the second pair to start off some seedlings.The only minor annoyance: as I think others have mentioned, there's an integrated timer/controller unit, so these can't be left set to simply turn on when the external power switches on. This means you can't use a timer or smart plug to control daily on/off times for them, which would have been awesome.Still giving them 5* as they otherwise work great, and I lucked out with fixing them into the mini greenhouse.

Bought for my chameleon habitat and this is brilliant as the two light parts cover the area well and reach all the plants giving them all the light they need. As you can dim the lights it also doesn't impact on my chameleons health.

certainly reduce the 'leggyness' of seedlings, not sure there's any need for the lower brightness settings, The control unit works well and to-date seems to be quite rugged

The lights have stopped working, I've only had them set up a month and after a few weeks one set didn't turn on and now the other set has done the same, they were on the timer setting but they won't turn on manually either. I cannot contact customer service to discuss so no other option but to leave this review.I was promptly contacted by the seller offering replacements, there's have stood up to the test of time and are working great. Many thanks

I like these lights because they are light, inexpensive and get the job done. The packaging was problem free, and I apreciate the extras: you have the options of screws to bolt on to a framework, or sticky strips if you dont want to make any holes. As the lights themselves hardly weigh, the sticky strips work fine to fix the lights onto the glass pannels of my indoor greenhouse without having to buy any extras.I checked out the Lux output with a handheld LX1330B Lux meter, they seem to be able to put out a good 5000 lux at a distance of 10 cm above the leaves, wich is sufficient for my house plants. I found over time this really helps them get through the dark winter months in good health.Ive also been tinkering with the inbuilt timer: it comes in 3-9 and 12hrs, and Im going to tune it to 12hrs in summer and 9hrs in winter, to simulate real light conditions. I find the automatic on-off really helpful as when I try to control them manually I often forget until later in the day, and the plants really like a periodic pattern and not an erratic one.All in all, a good value for a small price, useful to grow plants and seedlings on the kitchen counter, in a dark corner or indoor glass cabinet.

Nice product, shame it don’t last long, 3 leds off and now started blinking every so often after 6- 8 hours of use, cabe is long and sturdy connection to the remote.

All good my bonsai tree love abit of light in the winter months

Good value for when they worked! Bought at the beginning of September and by the second week of December 2 out of 4 sets have stopped working. Not ideal, no way to contact customer service to see about replacing!