I use Hans and A51 XGS.
Hans panel hasnt any lenses, its a reflector, thats why you can keep it as close as 6-7 inches from your plants and not have any issues. Thats handy when you grow in a restricted height area. But on the negative side it means the light doesnt penetrate the canopy as good as the XGS. I wouldnt recommend the Hans for plants bigger than 3 feet tall. The XGS has more power but you need to keep it 20 inches from the canopy, so you'll need a 7 feet tall space if you plan to grow 5 feet plants.
ahh i see. Im very curious in the canopy pentration. I have 7 feet to work with
minus a foot almost for filter. I know the CLW puts out decent ass umoles (1389) at 18 in and 2570 at 12 in. except they might burn at 12 in lol especially the 440 compared to old one. I am getting popcorn buds though do to lack of penetration. This is why im interested in other lights. Still gonna finish grow with 440 and see how well the 5 or 6 band spectrum works compared to less spectrum with lenses. How many bands is the area51RW? anybody know?
I also wanna put these uvb's to the test. Which brings me to another thing, if i go area51 or apache, i would love to still supplement uvb light.
As for the apaches, don't they have to be farther away because of the small lenses?
I love my A51s.. I've got 4 or 5 A51s and I can't wait for another month or two til I can get another tent/light and check out the new RW.. Honestly, I would have luvd to check out Apache but they're priced out of my range and the Hans panel isn't/wasn't enough lamp for me.
i know you love your A51
how quiet is yours? and how hot is it? the metal on my clw gets on verge of too warm if temps are 88.
Im also curious how loud the at200 is. i calculated it out and if i got 2 at200's and an rw75 id be a lil over 2200 out. If i just got 7 or 8 RW 75 id be out 2000 exact. quite a difference. and hell of an investment either way! coverage would be diff for sure.
edit: plus uvb lights! smh.