LOVE EM! We'll see how I feel about them a year from now, but currently I am totally sold out on them. Wish I had another unit. The last two winters I have not had adequate lighting for anything but paphs and phals through regular T8 shoplights. Now with these T5's I can keep most of my other plants "happy" as well. I'm also anxious to see if many plants will now be easier to aclimate going back outside in the spring since they will have not felt like they were in a "cave" all winter?
I will be anxious to hear if those LED lights really do any good - somewhere a few weeks ago I read an article by a person who supposedly worked in the lighting industry who was saying that he didn't recommend them - not enough intensity to really do the trick. Now that you have a unit you can give us the REAL honest first hand report/truth!
Go Jay! Let us know in a few months how your plants have responded to them. I take it you are using them as supplemental and not only lighting? This will make it harder to tell how much good they are actually doing unless you have like plants in and out of the unit. Looking forward to a review.......