Soltech Aspect™ Gen 2 LED Growlight
Your plant isn't sulking.
It's just too dark in here.
Aspect is strong enough for sun lovers and gentle enough for low-light plants. You set which by how high you hang it, and fine-tune with the dimmer on the cord.
Complete the setup
Bringing plants in for winter? Pests often come in with them. Prevention sachets go up before there's anything to see.
- Free ground shippingWhen lights, pots and Arber come to $75
- 100-day returnsLike new, within 100 days of delivery. See returns
- 5-year warrantyFrom the maker, Soltech
01 · Right for you
Is Soltech Aspect right for your space?
One big plant, or a small group sharing it. It hangs from a ceiling hook or a wall mount.
Check before you order
- Somewhere to hang it at the right height for your plant (see the guide below)
- An outlet the 18 ft cord can reach
- A spot where nothing rests on it: it runs warm to the touch after hours on
- Light for
- Sun lovers to low-light plants, set by height
- Goes
- 12–72 in above the plant, from a ceiling hook or wall mount
- Costs to run
- About $2–3 a month at 12 hours a day
- If it isn't right
- 5-year warranty from Soltech, and 100 days to change your mind
02 · Meet the light
Soltech Aspect
A 225-watt habit on a 36-watt budget
Soltech rates it as a stand-in for a 225-watt incandescent bulb. It draws 36.
One light, cactus to fern
The dimmer on the cord runs from 10 to 100%. Hang it high and dim it for a fern; bring it down and turn it up for a cactus. Same light, different job.
Looks like a lamp, not a lab
Warm white with true color, so your leaves stay green. Guests will assume it's just a nice pendant. Let them.
03 · Where it goes
Find your plant.
Set the light there.
- Hours a day
- 10–12 hours a day for low- to medium-light plants; 12–14 for medium- to high-light plants, especially in winter or a dark room. Flowering plants: 12 on, 12 off.
- Plant light
- 50 µmol/s (PPF) from 36 watts
- At the leaves
- ~50 at 3.3 ft, ~35 at 4 ft, ~15.5 at 6 ft (µmol/m²/s)
- Spread
- About as wide as it is high: 3 ft up lights about 3 × 3 ft
- Color
- Warm white, 3000K
04 · Set it up
The setup is the short part.
The plant does the rest.
- 01
Hang it
From a ceiling hook or a wall mount, over the middle of the plant.
- 02
Set the height
Find your plant's light level in the chart above: closer for sun lovers, higher for low light.
- 03
Plug in the timer
It's in the box. Set it once for your plant's hours plus a dark night, then stop thinking about it.
- 04
Fine-tune with the dimmer
The dimmer on the cord runs from 10 to 100%. Let the new leaves tell you which way to go.
05 · The daily dose
Plants keep a daily tab.
Brightness times hours.
A plant doesn't care how bright the light is at any one moment. It adds up the whole day. A bright light on an 8-hour shift and a softer one on 12 run up the same total, so a light set a little farther away can make up the difference with an extra hour or two on the timer.
Illustration · not to scale06 · Field notes
Why height beats wattage.
And why it looks like a lamp.
The science
Light fades faster than you think
By Aspect's own figures, hanging it at 6 ft instead of 3.3 ft leaves the leaves with only about a third of the light. Not even twice the distance. That's why height is the strongest control you have, stronger than wattage.
The science
Plants and people see different light
Our eyes judge brightness mostly by green and yellow light. Plants do most of their growing with red and blue. So a room can look bright to you and still be dim to a plant, which is why the plant-light figures on this page matter more than how it looks.
Design
Warm white keeps it a lamp
These lights are 3000K warm white, the same tone as most bulbs at home. That's why they read as a nice light rather than a purple grow light, and why your leaves still look green under them.
Design
Keep the bright part out of your eyeline
Hang a pendant high enough, or angle it, so you can't look straight into it from the sofa or a chair. You'll see a pool of light on the plant instead of glare.
07 · What you'll see
The old leaves have made up their minds.
Watch the new ones.
Leaves that grew in a dim room were built for a dim room, and they mostly stay that way. The next leaves to open are the ones that tell you how the light is doing.
Illustration · not to scaleNew growth reports first
Judge the light by the leaves that open under it. The ones already there are old news.
Stretching is a complaint
Long gaps between leaves, and small, pale new ones, mean the plant is reaching for more. Move the light closer, or add an hour.
Bleaching is a louder one
Washed-out or crisp patches on the top leaves mean it's too close. Raise it or dim it.
More growth, more water
A plant under a good light grows faster and drinks faster. Check the soil more often for the first few weeks; the old watering routine was written for a darker room.
08 · What you need
What's in the box,
and what isn't.
In the box
- Aspect Gen 2 light
- 18 ft fabric cord with in-line dimmer
- Outlet timer
- 3 wall fairleads with corner adapter
- 1 swag hook
- Quick start guide
You'll also need
- A spot on the ceiling for the swag hook in the box, or a wall mount like the ones below
09 · Not your space?
Choose one of these instead
If your space is different, one of these fits better.
Before you order
Your questions, answered
Something else? Ask Toby in the chat, bottom right.
How many hours a day should it be on?
10–12 hours a day for low- to medium-light plants; 12–14 for medium- to high-light plants, especially in winter or a dark room. Flowering plants: 12 on, 12 off.
Will it raise my electric bill?
Barely. At 12 hours a day, Soltech puts Aspect at about 13 kWh a month, roughly $2–3.
How long does it last?
Rated for 50,000 hours, more than 11 years at 12 hours a day.
Do I still need a window?
Not necessarily. These lights are made for rooms that don't get enough sun. A window still helps: the sun is the strongest light in the house, it just doesn't keep regular hours. On bright days the light has less to make up.
Is it bright enough for my plant?
Yes, from cactus to fern: hang it 12–24 in above sun lovers like succulents and citrus, and 48–72 in above low-light plants like snake plant and pothos. Not sure where yours sits? Send Toby a photo of the spot.
Does it get hot?
Warm to the touch, not hot like an old bulb: it draws 36 watts, where the bulb Soltech rates it against draws 225. Top leaves bleaching or going crisp? Raise it, or turn the dimmer down.
Why does it cost more than other grow lights?
You're paying for years, not months: 50,000 rated hours, more than 11 years at 12 a day, a 5-year Soltech warranty, warm white that keeps leaves green, and published figures behind every height in the chart.
How long until I see a difference?
Watch the next leaves, not the old ones. New growth comes in bigger and closer together over a few weeks. Give Aspect a month at one height before you move it.
What if it's not right for my space?
You have 100 days from delivery to return it in like-new condition. If it arrives damaged or doesn't work, we send a prepaid return label; for any other reason, return shipping is yours. Full return terms.
What's the warranty?
5 years, from Soltech, the maker.
More about Soltech Aspect
Aspect is a grow light that passes for a good pendant lamp. Hang it over a plant that lives too far from a window, and the plant gets the light it's been missing while the room just looks well lit.
It suits the plants that sulk in a dim corner: a fiddle leaf fig dropping leaves, a snake plant that hasn't grown since it moved in, a bird of paradise that never opens a new leaf. The closer you hang it, the more light the plant gets, so you set the dose by height. The cord has an in-line dimmer for fine-tuning.
Comes in white or black. Hang it from the ceiling, or from a wall mount like Luna, Pinocchio or Archetto.
What's in the box
- 1 Aspect Gen 2 LED grow light
- 18 ft fabric cord
- Outlet timer
- 3 wall fairleads (with corner adapter)
- 1 swag hook
- Quick start guide
Warranty
5 years from Soltech.
Made by Soltech.
Ready when you are
Soltech Aspect
Your plant isn't sulking. It's just too dark in here.