Hey! I just bought 6x hlg r spec 260 kits, i was going to buy them from the us and pay for shipping to eu but they had eu reseller links on Their website. I ordered from a company called todogrowled that also makes their own lights, based in spain so i got free shipping and taxes. I payed a total of 1800 eu for the lights and i got them very quickly within a few days. I have a couple of chinese 480w meiju boards from before but wanted to pay a little extra and get the real product so i could know 100 % what i was getting.
Heres the problem(s). First thing i noticed when i opened the cardboxes was that it wasnt the standard white box with the hlg logo on it but didnt think much about it except that i notoced it. I took out all the parts, opened all the boxes and quickly noticed that i didnt get the much talked about drivers ”hlg-240~etc” which hlg ceo Stephen always praises and refers too as the best driver there is. I got some kind of copy called elg.. Ive heard him talking about companys that stole and copied his products countless times and he also says that none of them has the same quality so i was pissed that i didnt get the real stuff when i ordered from a company that hlg is partner with. Even the chinese meiju boards use the hI continued opening everything and There was not a single hlg driver from 6x kits all of them were the ELG kind. I had been doing some research and looking at diy hlg kits assemblys on youtube and instructions. It looked really simple and nothing hard at all even though i dont have any experience with it and it was alot cheaper too. I startes building it but my wires werent the same colors as everyone elses on videos and other guides but i managed to find which one to use where by listening and the ELG driver had a sticker with which color was + and etc. But when i aassembledit exactly as the youtubers with the only differense that most of them used 4x wagos instead of the waterproof thing. (I only got 2x wagos instead of 4x in all the packages) it didnt work and i thought it was the driver. I assembled anorher one and found another way to wire them in series on the hlg website (both were series i know i cant do parallell) but it didnt work either. I have no idea what to do and feel pretty helpless since i dont know any electricians that can help me or tell me whats wrong :/ You guys have any ideas?
I bought the HLGs cause i wanted to know what i was getting and be sure of the quality. I like i was scammed :/.
Sent a Mail to hlg and asked about it and they responded with ”
The kits get plain brown packaging, not the white boxes like the HLG 550, HLG 100, and HLG 65. Some of our international distributors just purchase our Quantum Boards and put their own drivers to save on shipping and customs fees. If you want our kits, you can always order direct from HLG, but be aware you will have to pay customs and taxes levied by your country.” How can they do this?
the website i ordered on ishttps://www.todogrowled.com/gb/
Heres the problem(s). First thing i noticed when i opened the cardboxes was that it wasnt the standard white box with the hlg logo on it but didnt think much about it except that i notoced it. I took out all the parts, opened all the boxes and quickly noticed that i didnt get the much talked about drivers ”hlg-240~etc” which hlg ceo Stephen always praises and refers too as the best driver there is. I got some kind of copy called elg.. Ive heard him talking about companys that stole and copied his products countless times and he also says that none of them has the same quality so i was pissed that i didnt get the real stuff when i ordered from a company that hlg is partner with. Even the chinese meiju boards use the hI continued opening everything and There was not a single hlg driver from 6x kits all of them were the ELG kind. I had been doing some research and looking at diy hlg kits assemblys on youtube and instructions. It looked really simple and nothing hard at all even though i dont have any experience with it and it was alot cheaper too. I startes building it but my wires werent the same colors as everyone elses on videos and other guides but i managed to find which one to use where by listening and the ELG driver had a sticker with which color was + and etc. But when i aassembledit exactly as the youtubers with the only differense that most of them used 4x wagos instead of the waterproof thing. (I only got 2x wagos instead of 4x in all the packages) it didnt work and i thought it was the driver. I assembled anorher one and found another way to wire them in series on the hlg website (both were series i know i cant do parallell) but it didnt work either. I have no idea what to do and feel pretty helpless since i dont know any electricians that can help me or tell me whats wrong :/ You guys have any ideas?
I bought the HLGs cause i wanted to know what i was getting and be sure of the quality. I like i was scammed :/.
Sent a Mail to hlg and asked about it and they responded with ”
The kits get plain brown packaging, not the white boxes like the HLG 550, HLG 100, and HLG 65. Some of our international distributors just purchase our Quantum Boards and put their own drivers to save on shipping and customs fees. If you want our kits, you can always order direct from HLG, but be aware you will have to pay customs and taxes levied by your country.” How can they do this?
the website i ordered on ishttps://www.todogrowled.com/gb/
