The four stars mostly comes for the brightness, which was about 1900 foot candles, measured at 1 foot from the source in a dark room. Easily the brightest measurement I obtained while looking into various lights - so for the cost, I think that brightness alone is worth it.

Unfortunately everything else is lacking a bit. The build quality isn't great - the piece feels a bit fragile. The stand is not very sturdy. The power cord is maybe 4-5 feet, not very long. No timer. No dimmer. Honestly I wish it was sold as just the light with some other functions like timer and dimming.

The lights came well packaged. The set up was straight forward and very easy. The quality of the lights are also good. Definitely a good value for the money.

The lights are well built with durable clips to attach to pots. Charging blocks included for each lamp

This light fixture has a metal casing that feels well constructed, it's about 2 feet long, and supports two 24 W bulbs. It does put out some heat, but not too much, I've been using it on my Lupine seedlings, and they've been doing great, very green and not laggy at all. Because the unit is pretty light weight, it was easy to set up as a hanging grow light on my 4 foot wire rack. I used some plant hanging chains to do this, and only took me about 5 minutes from unboxing to set up. I also tried daisychaining some lights from other brands to this unit, and everything worked as it should. It is pricier than LED grow lights, but I do think that it provides reliable lighting that is even and spreads over a wide area.

good product

I hang most of my plants because I don't have a lot of surface, window sill, or other indoor space in my relatively small house. Currently, the hanging plants that have grow lights look awful - the macrame or crochet or chains, the pot, plus the cords and the lights, and then MAYBE you notice the plant.

THESE ARE AWESOME!!!!! The macrame looks great and feels solid. The bottom tail of the macrame is pretty full, which I cut to make them fit where I hung them. The cord is long - I have it going up to the ceiling hooks, over about 3 feet to the wall, then down is to reach a power strip I have on a nearby shelf. The cord is narrow and inconspicuous.

They are being used in an area that gets virtually no natural light - I'll let you know if the plants become unhappy.

These ae absolutely perfect.