Hi everyone.
About the the new EVO's, i can say that there has been many complaints from users in spain in many forums, due to some malfunctioning in the new models, and allso, some stated that they were built like too homemade for the money they are asking for it.
There hasn´t been much complaints or congratulations regarding their performance yet. Mostly complaints are based on some malfunctioning ocurring in some panels, and also, some saying they had to wait more than 2 months for their panels, when they where told they would have to wait 5 days.
So the main "bad things" regarding EVO v4 series, have been mostly due to bad management and administration of the company, rather than performance of the panels.
This is the main reason also, why they stopped their sales, until they get their shit together heheh
Regarding the Osram leds.
Osram has really great leds. Golden Dragon Plus, have been widely used and shown really great results, i've seen their performance in person, and they are in the level of any high quality led.
Now they have these SSL80, which are supposed to be perfect for growing, since those are made for "throw"... meaning a more narrow intense beam. They come with a native 80° angle which is pretty good when you want better penetration. Also, this line of leds, are focused in optimizing colors, so this are intended to give good efficiency of colors for throwing type of set ups. Just what we need.
YET! i've seen some lantern forums, where you find people really involved in the subject of leds and well informed, where the discussions go a lot deeper, in terms of diodes specs and stuff. There are some, that running their home tests, say that these Osram diodes are really nice, BUT! they don't consider them to be more powerfull than others already available... in fact, they keep mentioning the CREE's as pretty much the best you can get now. They mention tho, that these OslonSSL80, give a more homogeneous, smooth light.
Well this is all based on reading, not first hand experience.
I leave you a link of the discussion... it is in spanish though... maybe someone is interested in translate it in order to get a little more info on this.
http://forolinternas.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2231
Good smokes everyone
