Barrina Plant Grow Lights, 4FT 5000K Full Spectrum Daylight White, 6 Packs | 252W(6 x 42W, 1400W Equivalent), T8 LED Grow Light Strips, Growing Lamp Fixture, Plant Lights for Indoor Plants, Greenhouse

If you were like me you are probably looking for simple, cheap, but effective grow lights. This is it, look no further! Stop pulling out your hair. I spent countless hours trying to find something cheaper, something better, something that only a clever person could find that wasn't this—but I just ended up with this. These are quite literally THE entry grow lights. So start here. - Don't bother with traditional LED, they aren't full spectrum like these "grow light" LED's are. - Don't get confused about all the blue, red, green waveforms. This is the one that you want, it's closest to the sun for budget lights that isn't pink, and gives you plenty of what you need from each. RGB tweaking and knowing which one you want for what is, highly niche stuff for people that weren't searching for plug-and-play that does not apply to majority of the population. - Sure, pink lights are great to have for plants. But nobody likes looking at them. Studies show people have a tendency to hide them away and they lower sexual arousal. You will hate owning them and anyone glancing through a window that has pink lights will assume "drug dealer". - Don't bother with fluorescent and putting them in old housing units, they don't work as well as LED and aren't "Full Spectrum" AKA "like the sun", which is what you want. - Fluorescent housing units are expensive unless you trash ones thrown out by someone upgrading to LED and require wiring. But these are plug and play and can be daisy-chained. - T8 > T5. - 42 watt (more power) is what you want; unless you don't care about peak efficiency with plants and your electricity is expensive. Then you want 20 watt (less power). Which is a tradeoff between cost and performance. Your plants won't be as deep a green, nor as crunchy, but it's not a huge difference. The plants won't get all of what they want but it will get you to seedling status so you can put them in your garden. Don't bother with 10 watt / T5 unless you're dirt poor. - 42 watt for most people is like $0.25/day, 20 watt is like $0.09/day. - Their customer support is great. I had some missing cables in the box I ordered and they set me straight right away. Very polite folks! - Plants sleep the same as you, remember people saying "8 hours is the ideal amount of sleep"? Same for plants. I do 16/8. That means, 16 hours lights ON, 8 hours lights OFF. Advanced DIY setup: - You want a 5-tier "Brightroom" metal shelf from Target. Chrome is more reflective than black. Cheapest, highest quality shelf you'll get for this. Fits the lights great. - These Stainless Steel trays (no plastic, easy to clean, last forever): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YWWXK7G They are 20" x 14" x 1" and they come in a two pack so $15-17 each. 1" depth is great for trays, better than deeper trays. - This digital timer for your lights: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Z3F8L4C (Nearpow digital timer) two pack so $10 each. - Attach the lights to a board that can be raised/lowered. Glue reflective mylar to the bottom side. - Use metal bobbins as tiny pulleys for the string and metal fly fishing rods to raise/lower the lights. - Make a mylar-covered box that goes around the shelf with airflow using two PC fans. - Attach water jugs and use capillary action / gravity wicks to bottom water the seedlings so you never have to do it. - For storage on top of the shelf, get "apple boxes" from your local grocery store for free. They fit perfectly on top and will store a ton of stuff in them. Lazy DIY setup: - Same Brightroom shelf. - "Adjustable rope hangers" to raise/lower lights. - Cheap plastic 1020 growing trays. - Same digital timer. - Budget: cheap string and/or hose clamps to hold the string to the sides of the shelf to hold the lights in their position. Use a ratchet or screwdriver to raise/lower them. (Psst, pennies are cheaper than washers) This post likely helped you so click the "helpful" button and pay it forward next time you do an insane amount of research on something so we don't collectively waste thousands of hours of time that could be spent growing plants that make the world a better place. ------- P.S. Get your neighbors to start growing. Teach them Green Beans, Malabar Spinach, and Sweet Potatoes. These are highly nutritious, ridiculously easy, and you can give them endless seeds / cuttings and slips that they can plant and it's practically impossible to mess them up. And they can teach it to others as well. Many of these people never had the 'seed' planted in their mind that you did that made you get started. They need someone to do it, and you need it too, or all your knowledge will mean nothing if things get rough. It's not enough to know how to grow food, they need to know it too.

Good grow lights for seedlings. I was planning on swapping out my old lights slowly for these but was impressed so ended up buying 3 sets of these this past winter. They are easy to install and have different options for mounting. I like using the zip ties and buying the pulley cords so they can be adjusted as the plants grown. My seedlings looked great this year!

Not too long ago I got into hydroponic growing with a small vegetable setup. I have been spending a lot of time trying out different ideas, build layouts, etc through the process. Included in that is time finding just the right lighting. I've been unhappy with most of the lights out there that don't cost a fortune. I'm growing various salad greens, bell peppers, strawberries and herbs mostly. I read a comment somewhere online about these lights and that they were good lights at a great price. So I gave them a shot next. Pros: - They are very bright lights, with a clean daylight balanced color to them. - They are actually 3ft long (well, the 3ft version is anyways), others are measured much shorter I've found than what they claim. - They link together easily using the included daisy-chain cords. - They come with directional shields to help focus the light spill. - They are lightweight and have multiple mounting options included. Cons: - They only come with 3 cords to plug them directly into the wall with, so there's no way to use all 6 independently. You will always need to have 2 daisy chained with one outlet plug. - The power cords are very short and the switch is in the center of it in an awkward place (pick and end!). - They aren't adjustable power. I knew that going in, but now I can't help but think how cool it would be if they were. Probably never at this price point. All in all, honestly I couldn't be happier. I bought a wire bakers rack (36" wide X 14" deep X 54" tall). Mounted two lights to each shelf area and used a single slide on shield on the front side light leaving the others open. Wrapped all sides of the shelves with a mylar blanket, threw in a fan with some Kratky style bins of veggies and I'm off! I'll be using these on my next larger area build out when I can get to it.

The Barrina Grow Lights 2FT 5000K White Full Spectrum Plant Growing Lamps are fantastic! The lights are bright and provide great full-spectrum coverage for my plants. Assembly was quick and simple, which I really appreciated. What makes these lights stand out is how versatile they are. The 3 power cords and 5 connecting cords make it easy to configure the setup exactly how you want. I especially love the 4ft connecting cords! I’ve had issues in the past with cords being too short to properly adjust lights between shelves, but these have plenty of slack (see pictures). It makes spacing the lights to fit my shelving so much easier. On top of that, the price is excellent for the quality you get. Highly recommend!

Fantastic. Brought my germination rate up to near 100 percent . I used ChatGPT to research good grow lights. I love that. I went with the T8 lights. I follow the instructions and I keep my Seides just a few inches away from the lights and I have had almost 100% germination. I then lower the Shelving as the seeds grow. This product is the reason I have way too many very strong, healthy non-leggy plants. I definitely want to order another one as I am able. I cannot figure out how to put those silver Shields over the lights. It was just too hard so I left it without. I have 2 foot lights two per shelf. I ordered from Amazon, the Amazon basic bakers rack, and it is working fantastic. I just adjust the plants as needed.

These lights are very bright, I love that you get 6 lights (the price is great!) and I imagine they'll work great for starting seeds. Very easy to assemble. My only complaint is that I only received hanging clips and reflectors for 4 lights, not 6. Not a big deal, just surprised.

My goal is simple: be able to have access to kale, lettuce and arugula during the winter. Buying from stores is expensive and not a great experience. Whatever you don't eat that day...good luck eating it 10 days later when you decide you want another salad! I printed 3 hydroponics towers and needed lights that are low wattage but will actually grow what I want. I hang the lights off of my towers vertically and grow kale, different types of lettuce, arugula (had so much this winter!), mint, basil (waste of time, no one ate it!) and tiny tim tomatoes and had salads all winter! My goal is to find the 5ft version of these. I know they sell them, they're just hard to find. Obviously, there are limits. You're not going to grow full blown beafsteak tomatoes with these! But if you want to grow leafy greens and small tomatoes, I've used these for two winters now and they've been perfect. Combined with the fact that I have a DIY solar array powering them and I couldn't be happier.

I've only used these one season so I haven't tested the longevity but I was pleased with their performance. Being able to hook them together is really helpful

Have purchased 3x different six packs of lights from Barrina, I have this one. The older yellow ones and the blue/red ones. All of them work amazingly well, but I think these are the brightest of the bunch. Have them attached to a Costco heavy duty rack for four levels of growth. Absolute monsters my flowers are flowering before it's time to put them in the yard. The scallions are thicker than I've ever seen and I've had to cut them back three times already. Everything is just shooting up in growth way faster than my old box style LEDs. 2 lights perfectly fit a 4 foot by 18 inch growing space. (If you want to do vertical sprout shelf) The tomatoes are already 18 inches tall 3 weeks after sprouting the marigold are all flowering.

Love these lights! They work and do what i need them to do. Easy to set up and provide amazing lux levels.

A few year ago I purchased the Barrina pink full spectrum growing lamps and loved them! Now I'm getting more serious with seed starting and decided to purchase the white full spectrum. I really like the new connection areas which are more secure and the bonus is they would still work with my original purchase. My search on type of lights indicated both types are good with pink more in the range of boosting flowers, and white is more for leaf growth. I also have them on a timer to make life more simple.

These lights are easy to install, lightweight, bright. I have 4 on a single plug. The kit includes male-to-female adapters so any combination of connections is possible. There's even little caps for open ends. I brought in an annual in the fall, and it is blooming happily. I attached one light vertically for a large tropical plant, and that is also working well. I would buy again.

Great lights I like how it comes with several different hanging/mounting options. They did not need to change the connection cords however as that makes It a bit more tricky to connect to an old set. This is the only reason it lost a star.