inbloom Hydroponics Growing System 12 Pods, Indoor Herb Garden with LEDs Full-Spectrum Plant Grow Light, Water Shortage Alarm, Automatic Timer, Height Adjustable,Gardening Gifts for Women, White

I have 2 Inbloom systems that I purchased 2 years ago. I have never had any issues with them at all. They are well made and have worked very well for me. I recently contacted the Inbloom company requesting a way to purchase a replacement light bar. I have to say, the customer service I received from this company was phenomenal! They responded immediately, and went above and beyond for me. They have a 1 year warranty on their product, which was clearly expired for me, but in less than a week they had me up and growing again! I am super impressed with this company and their representatives. Thank you Inbloom Labs Brand Manager, Jennifer Swift! You ROCK! I HIGHLY recommend this product!

I got the Inbloom 5 pod in green. I was searching for a smaller hydroponics unit that would fit on a shelf next to my sage colored Aerogarden one. This one was the right size and the green looked close to the sage color. I was thrilled when I got it, and it was the same color! In comparison the Aerogarden one it's not as easy to use but for the price it's a good machine. A few tips I learned. The first tip is when putting your seeds in the pods try to get them down the hole as far as you can. My black seeded simpson lettuce seeds weren't far enough in and when they sprouted the roots grew out. I tried pulling one out and pushing the root down in and it ended up dying. That maybe wasn't such a bad loss because it was the one in front of the water level meter so I can see the level easier. I also have Buttercrunch lettuce and a Aerogarden Basil in the other pods that are doing good. Tip two: Premix your water and plant food into a bottle and use that to fill your machine as the level gets lower. I was used to the Aerogarden and thought when it got low you would add the plant food directly into the machine. I ended up putting too much plant food in. Tip 3: make sure your plant's leaves aren't preventing the water gage from going up when filling with water. My lettuce leaf was holding it down and when the seed pods popped up I realized it was too high with water. Tip 4: it has two different light settings one is for vegetables and one for flowers make sure you have the right one on for what you're growing. It's a little hard to read the settings on the top because the writing is very small and faint. Tip 5: make sure your light isn't much higher than your plants. When you first start have it as low as it will go. Then as they grow keep raising it. This will prevent your plants from being stringy. Overall, I am very happy with my Inbloom unit. I think it's a good machine for an affordable price! It came extremely well packaged in this cool box. You might have to put the pump in place (I think mine wasn't and maybe the sponge wasn't in it, but it was pretty obvious where it was supposed to be). I like the covers to keep the light out on pods that aren't in use. The pod labels were kind of a pain to get on. I couldn't get the tabs to stick. But they stayed on even without the tabs tucked under. I didn't notice a difference in the pod moss quality from Aerogarden. They seemed to work just as good as long as you get the seeds down in there far enough and they are much cheaper. The light is a little hard to slide up and down. The plug in the back pulls out easily. The lights are much pinker in color than the Aerogarden but they seem to work just as well. Pretty soon I will be eating my lettuce. I've already harvested a few Basil leaves.

So where do I start. First of all I have no green thumb whatsoever, I’ve killed a cactus okay let’s get real here. I’ve been wanting to grow a garden at home but either wild life gets to my seedlings or I’m just to involved in my own life that I forget to take care of them so there’s that. The ladies I work with have their own hydroponic systems in their office and told me to get one and try it out. So here I was looking on Amazon searching high and low reading reviews etc. I came across this company, InBloom, and honestly what caught my eye was the super adorable rounded design of the whole system and the nice wood accent at the bottom with white and black color options, also couldn’t beat the price. So I placed my order and sat around staring out the window when it’ll be delivered, okay not really but I’m sure yall can relate. The day finally came I unboxed it all and it was super easy to put together mix all the plant food. It was great it came in with everything but the seeds, no biggie. So the pictures you see within a couple of days my seeds popped greenies, then within a week I had plants, then another week they grew taller the last few pics you see is all within a week they shot up so quickly I had to raise the light, yes it goes up and down! The buttons are easy to read and I just pushed the power on button and pressed vegetables setting and off these little seedlings went. Also I have to say the silent pump is awesome, it threw me in for a loop at first because I didn’t know it was working as you can’t hear it. Overall I am so satisfied with this product and also their customer service is on point! I was having issues registering my product warranty and they were like no problem send us your screen shot of order and email phone number and we got you covered. So needless to say I am DEFINITELY purchasing from inbloom and probably going to get another hydroponic set up from them! 5 stars all day!

Updating from 2 to 4 star after customer reached out and stood behind their product. Apparently it's possible to add too much water and short the system? Either way they offered a refund. I'll buy another and be more careful next time.I absolutely loved this garden during the first four months. It’s small, cute, easy to use and didn’t require a lot of cleaning. However after four months it stopped powering on, no lights, no pump, not even the standby light would come on. I took it apart, cleaned everything and still no power. I can’t find a way to contact the seller hence this review. I really loved it while it worked and would love to have found a way to fix it.