Praise for This Manufacturer

[jmellc]

I complain a lot about bad designs, poor labeling, etc.

I did some me LED conversions this week & pulled out these mounting plates. Well marked in every way. I think the same nameplate is in the shell of the light too. This should be standard procedure with lighting & all other products.

3 cheers for KIM Lighting!

 

[jmellc]

Gotta redo pic.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Kim makes very nice lights- pricey but good quality.

 

[jmellc]

I have seen junk that doesn’t surprise me is unmarked. But any maker of good products should want everyone to know it’s his.

 

[brantmacga]

Kim makes very nice lights- pricey but good quality.

For awhile, McDonalds was specifying KIM well lights around the front of the store for uplighting on the arcade walls. About $1500/ea and usually 9-10 per store. It was a solidly built fixture but once you had to change a ballast, it was impossible to keep the water out of it. Eventually they made an LED model but it suffered from water intrusion around the LED chips. They stopped using them about 8/yrs ago because the maintenance costs were extremely high. We took a lot of them out later on and they filled the holes and bricked over them.


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[Dennis Alwon]

For awhile, McDonalds was specifying KIM well lights around the front of the store for uplighting on the arcade walls. About $1500/ea and usually 9-10 per store. It was a solidly built fixture but once you had to change a ballast, it was impossible to keep the water out of it. Eventually they made an LED model but it suffered from water intrusion around the LED chips. They stopped using them about 8/yrs ago because the maintenance costs were extremely high. We took a lot of them out later on and they filled the holes and bricked over them.


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I believe it. When manufacturers went to led they had a hard time with drivers, and water infiltration. We did a job with expensive light and had the same issues... Kim was great when we used them many years ago.

 

[romex jockey]

excellent product review fellas! ~RJ~

 

[oldsparky52]

Kim makes very nice lights- pricey but good quality.

THAT is a compliment that I would be proud to own.

 

[markebenson]

$1500 is a joke for that fixture j/s.