Have any of you DIY COB Growers finished a crop under 1000W DE HPS? - POLL

[chuck estevez]

Gavitas aren't really Ferraris.... More like a VW CC with turbo

Well engineered, on the cheaper side, dependable, large following but nowhere near as nice or fun as aTesla.

You can buy Apple or Google now, but if you bought them decades ago you would be much better off

There's a reason that all products have a life cycle. Some are early adopters, some people still use 8 tracks

that's funny, My ferrari (gavitas) are killing it. I regularly fill the large jar plus another 2 oz jar per plant since I started using them. I just barely filled the large one with a SE 1000 watt. REAL WORLD RESULTS my friend.

 

[chuck estevez]

I don't think that word means what you think it means.....

I'm not the one in denial. You know de nile is more than a river Right?

 

[Jp.the.pope]

that's funny, My ferrari (gavitas) are killing it. I regularly fill the large jar plus another 2 oz jar per plant since I started using them. I just barely filled the large one with a SE 1000 watt. REAL WORLD RESULTS my friend.

I've been in 2000 sq ft med/rec grows in CO using Gavitas. I can tell you my good friend (owner) is seriously looking at CREE COBs based on my DIY

Results my friend. I can get great weed with T5s....do I need to? Hell no

Different strokes buddy. Just don't compare your new model of an old reliable tech to a top end sports car. Sure it's fast and powerful, but so is a Camaro

 

[chuck estevez]

I've been in 2000 sq ft med/rec grows in CO using Gavitas. I can tell you my good friend (owner) is seriously looking at CREE COBs based on my DIY

Results my friend. I can get great weed with T5s....do I need to? Hell no

Different strokes buddy. Just don't compare your new model of an old reliable tech to a top end sports car. Sure it's fast and powerful, but so is a Camaro

you would like to think you have a tesla, REALITY, you have a smart car.

 

[Jp.the.pope]

I'm not the one in denial. You know de nile is more than a river Right?

All I know is my computer ran really well with Windows XP and one core hard drive, but I sure as hell prefer my 8 core 16 gig of RAM laptop now

 

[Sativied]

Incorrect.

No, my statement was 100% correct. Led fans usually do not argue replacing 1000w hps with 1000w led. You being an exception, and other exceptions to that 'usually, doesn't make that statement any less correct. Above all, you're really missing the point of led if you replace a 1kwatter hps with 1kw led...

Funny how there are always led fans so desperate to try and discredit me after I blew holes in the bibled... And then fail at the most basic attempts at logic.

And again, those growerhouse tests are rather pointless and do not reflect (pun intended) the reality either.

 

[Greengenes707]

that's funny, My ferrari (gavitas) are killing it. I regularly fill the large jar plus another 2 oz jar per plant since I started using them. I just barely filled the large one with a SE 1000 watt. REAL WORLD RESULTS my friend.

Quantifiable too...
SE=1800µmols bulbs vs DE=2100µmols bulbs...16% increase
SE=36% efficiency vs DE=42%...16%increase

And is the reason we talk so many numbers with led's. It is all just quantifiable plant science.

 

[chuck estevez]

All I know is my computer ran really well with Windows XP and one core hard drive, but I sure as hell prefer my 8 core 16 gig of RAM laptop now

I AGREE with you on this, BUT you and all your buddies are in denial thinking you have 5g, when you're really still running on dial up.

 

[frica]

Light is cumulative..2+2 does in fact=4. There is only "x" possible amount of possible carbon to be fixated based on light available. There is no such thing as "more powerful light" All light moves at the speed of light, not matter where the fuck they came from(LED, HPS, or a damn supernova light years away). Imagine that, the speed of light.
If you need "deeper penetration"....more scientifically known as enough left after transmittance to continue to produce sufficient lower growth development..then use a higher PPFD that correlates to the growth size. Using 500 PPFD(shitty leds or too budgeted on DIY) to grow a 6ft plant is dumb and we all know it. Do a real and quantifiable experiment and it's clear that lights is light.

Also would like to add that in an area with reflective walls, the inverse-square law doesn't really apply since light doesn't get lost in some sort of vacuum but a lot of it gets reflected to the plants where it's meant to be.

 

[Yodaweed]

No, my statement was 100% correct. Led fans usually do not argue replacing 1000w hps with 1000w led. You being an exception, and other exceptions to that 'usually, doesn't make that statement any less correct. Above all, you're really missing the point of led if you replace a 1kwatter hps with 1kw led...

Funny how there are always led fans so desperate to try and discredit me after I blew holes in the bibled... And then fail at the most basic attempts at logic.

And again, those growerhouse tests are rather pointless and do not reflect (pun intended) the reality either.

according to that greengenes guy 1000 watts of LEDs produces the same heat as 1000 watts of hid or 1000 watts of a heater. these guys are clueless, don't waste your time.

 

[Jp.the.pope]

I AGREE with you on this, BUT you and all your buddies are in denial thinking you have 5g, when you're really still running on dial up.

If we were STILL talking about shitty 3w blurple diodes I'm with you. We aren't. COBs are replacing HID for stadium lighting. Production increases, research and tech improves and price goes down.

Just because I have the time and money to be on the front end doesn't make me wrong. And I sure as hell don't have to agree with your opinion on quality.

I respect your right to use HPS just like I respect my friends still using T5s. We all grow good weed. I looked at Gavitas before building my lights. I have sorry ceilings in my space and electrical restraints. My COBs are perfect for my needs. It all depends on application.

 

[chuck estevez]

according to that greengenes guy 1000 watts of LEDs produces the same heat as 1000 watts of hid or 1000 watts of a heater. these guys are clueless, don't waste your time.

so, you use the same electricity, but get more weed(supposedly), but it takes a whole ceiling full of equipment being pushed to it's max, WHICH BTW, they will tell you themselves, they work better, NOT being pushed.

 

[chuck estevez]

If we were STILL talking about shitty 3w blurple diodes I'm with you. We aren't. COBs are replacing HID for stadium lighting. Production increases, research and tech improves and price goes down.

Just because I have the time and money to be on the front end doesn't make me wrong. And I sure as hell don't have to agree with your opinion on quality.

I respect your right to use HPS just like I respect my friends still using T5s. We all grow good weed. I looked at Gavitas before building my lights. I have sorry ceilings in my space and electrical restraints. My COBs are perfect for my needs. It all depends on application

I also agree with that statement.

 

[frica]

so, you use the same electricity, but get more weed, but it takes a whole ceiling full of equipment being pushed to it's max, WHICH BTW, they will tell you themselves, they work better, NOT being pushed.

Space is there to be used.
What's the point of having unused space?

Do you also buy HDDs for your PC and not use them because you enjoy the empty space?

 

[BOBBY_G]

hey greengenes

onehitwonder wanted 24-36" plants

yours are much larger

no fair!

 

[BOBBY_G]

If we were STILL talking about shitty 3w blurple diodes I'm with you. We aren't. COBs are replacing HID for stadium lighting. Production increases, research and tech improves and price goes down.

on a side note i just upgraded my 5W 2014 solarstorm to the 2015 model with shitty 3W chips

is 28% more par using only 11% more wattage

 

[chuck estevez]

Space is there to be used.
What's the point of having unused space?

Do you also buy HDDs for your PC and not use them because you enjoy the empty space?

I don't want to have to build some ginormous monstrosity to TRY and copy what i am already doing

 

[Jp.the.pope]

on a side note i just upgraded my 5W 2014 solarstorm to the 2015 model with shitty 3W chips

is 28% more par using only 11% more wattage

But I imagine you STILL would argue COBs are better tech than most 3w diodes. And they are probably OSRAM right?

Been looking at some diodes for far red supplemental

 

[BOBBY_G]

hey chuck remember when you ignored the fixture i linked for you

youre a joke buddy, and everybody realizes it. until you put your money where your mouth is youre just another fanboy...

http://www.bcblondes.com/Cree-cxb-3590-led-grow-light-with-meanwell-driver-p/bcb-900rw.htm

 

[PurpleBuz]

I know, it hurts when I point out the truth.

not a matter of truth .... a matter of trolling