Lights of America 4' Solid State Shop Light, White

IDK maybe I just got lucky seeing the awful reviews here. I've had 2 of these lights set up for about 2 months now and haven't had a single problem so far. Hoping they prove to be reliable as time goes on. I use them as grow lights and they are on for 12 hours daily on a timer. Maybe that has something to do with not blowing the ballast as they are not getting unplugged and plugged back in constantly. I do wish they would have had an on off switch but with them being on a timer it hasn't really mattered.

I very rarely ever write reviews but this product is so bad, I felt I needed to in order to potentially save others from making the same mistake. I bought 12 of these fixtures over the past 3 months for some lighting projects INSIDE my home. I thought it important to note that these are being used in my office, in a climate controlled environment and have no outside sources working against them. Temperature has been maintained between 68F and 74F. The lights are being used as grow lights for my seedlings, which were all bottom watered (no moisture issues) and the lights were set on a time, 12 hours on and 12 hours off. There is positively no reason these fixtures should die in less than 3 months (some are barely 2 months old). Out of the 12 I bought, only 3 remain working and one is starting to flicker today so I assume the ballast will be blown on it by the end of day. These are an absolutely horrible purchase if you actually plan on using them.