I'm a couple weeks into using a 48" 6 bulb. It is my first light so take my reveiw with a grain of salt.
It was shipped in a light cardboard box with white polystyrene foam packing and showed obvious shipping damage. The bulbs were shipped installed but do to damages they fell out and were rattling around in the fixture. The lexan shield slides off either way to remove/change bulbs. The tombstone block had to be repositioned to accept the bulbs again. this was all shipping issues and in now way should reflect on the manufacturer.
The light itself uses a metal reflector bent to try and form individual reflectors. The housing is well built powder coated aluminum. the bulbs that come with it are silk screened SWC blue or 10K. I have no idea who actually builds these bulbs and cannot speculate on quality as I have no meters nor comparison lights. It comes with legs and adjustable wire hanging kit. The thumbs down for me are, one cord with four switches, and noise. It has 2 2" fans that are quite noisy that come on with one set of bulbs. Again, I'm sure that the noise may not be abnormal but it is unacceptable in my living room.
Both "problems" I will mod to my liking at some point. I would definately request 3 cords for a moon/twilight/daylight pakage and pay the extra if at all possible. SWC are a pleasure to deal with and I would/will buy again. Canadian company is a big plus.
Jason
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