I am already a multiple iHarvest owner since they first came out. I produce lots of lettuce, tomatoes, basil, and strawberries for daily harvests. When I first saw the uHarvest being offered by IGW I knew it would be a quality product from my experience with the iHarvest. I was not disappointed.
The powerful LED grow light, the thick plastic parts, and large removable reservoir are impressive. The ability to support 12 growing pods was also a factor in my buying decision.
My only complaint was that whenever the unit is powered on, it starts the lights from that point. It was not obvious how to set the lights to start at some time other than the current moment. It took a while to discover that the trick is to set the clock to the time you want the lights to start, then power it off and back on. Then set the clock back to the current time. I would have liked it if it would have saved that light on time across power failures.
I use the uHarvest for the first two weeks from germination to small plants. Then I transfer the plants to the iHarvest. This has the effect of decreasing the growing time by 2 weeks for the iHarvest. With rotating the crops in the iHarvest, the one uHarvest can keep up with the initial plant growth. The arrangement of the uHarvest is ideally suited for the first 2 weeks of lettuce growth.
I am using a prototype replacement top cover that adapts the iHarvest net cups to the uHarvest to make it work more ideally for my purpose.
