I honestly like the voltage better on the gen ones. I was hoping that the gen 2 would drive the gen one price down further. I did call digikey to inquire about them today and they said a manager would have to order the new ones. Maybe if enough people bug them they might consider ordering gen two's.
Bridgelux has them available now, but no distributors have ordered from them so far. The minimum order quantity is 400 which is definitely out of my price range and needs. Would be nice if digikey or arrow ordered some up...
I ordered a 44" 5700k to play with and am fairly impressed with the output, it totally blows my agroled sunlight out of the water and I don't need a T5 lamp. I'm probably going to order a hundred or so to fill up a shipping container in the near future.
The leds are cheap but the meanwells are...