Barrie Vesty is an interesting guy to follow on Linked In: He’s a British expat living and operating a lighting manufacturer in Ningbo and Shenzhen, China called Auraled. I’ve found it fascinating to follow his commentary on what constitutes quality in commodity lighting products, plus just how ferocious the competition is at the commodity end of the market (as opposed to the “spec grade” end of the market that I’m usually playing in).

Here are a couple videos from Barrie looking at quality construction of commodities like LED panels and LED tape strips and a brief factory tour: