I love this light. It's putting out enough lumens to do the job. I have grown with 400w high pressure sodium and metal halides in conjunction, 2 of each for 1600W of light. Those lights use a LOT of energy. This one doesn't use anywhere near what those used to. It seems bright enough, and it's a super simple unit. Just a metal plate with tons of led's on it and a ballast attached to the back. It comes with two metal hangers, and that's all you need to get started. So far I'm very pleased with this light. We're using it to start our garden indoors to get our seedlings going. It easily covers a 5x5 area with enough light for this, or full on veg or flower cycles. This is very nicely made light with high quality components, and I would definitely recommend it.