BlueDreamDispensary
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Mars Hydro breaks in a year so I'm done with that.
What LED is the best value in terms of cost/yield/service life?
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crimsonecho
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Diy with cobs or boards is a very good option.
Airwalker16
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Hahaha glad you're aware. Honestly, the newer model stuff Mars is coming out with like the Sp 250 bar and the ts 1000/2000 all white with red supplementation are pretty decent lights.
But there's far too many options to just tell you what you'd want/need.
There's cobs, boards, strips, any mix of them, many different implementations as well.
Just read some threads in this here led section. One is called Quantum board DIY or Chinese knockoff builds. Those are where you oughtta start.
hybridway2
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Airwalker16
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Jesus Christ man, hea going from Mars. He doesn't have $1400 to drop. Nor does he need to.
GreeneryBob
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strip lights will be a good bang for the buck...the EB3 Bridgelux, as long as they aren't much more expensive than the 2s, might be a really good low cost, high quality option....when they are released. There are cheap knockoff alibaba lights out there, some okay some very much not okay..minimal to zero warranty in many cases, could be another low cost albeit risky option.
hybridway2
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You did read the title right.
Assummer.
Johnny Lawrence
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shill more
BlueDreamDispensary
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Do the quantum board give off a weird smell? Like plastic overheating?
Airwalker16
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WTF... No...
BCBLondesLEDGrowLights
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Best bang for your buck: https://www.bcblondes.com/product-p/bcb-680-3012.htm
Same output as a DE 1000 Gavita HPS, 40% less power and heat. 3 year warranty. 5x5 coverage. VERY even light intensity.
Same output as a DE 1000 Gavita HPS, 40% less power and heat. 3 year warranty. 5x5 coverage. VERY even light intensity.
Airwalker16
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That doesn't even come CLOSE to the value of the SolSkin 4 board from cutter....
Only thing it's 40% more of, is price.
GreeneryBob
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Yea, No. Prebuilt lights can't really touch a well built DIY rig on price. Supporting a BC company with a decently priced, good prebuilt light DOES make sense for the non-DIYer.
GreeneryBob
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I am running HLG boards and growmau5 COB replacements, DIY style and am extremely happy with them..worth every penny, but they aren't the cheapest options.
BlueDreamDispensary
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I bought some Chinese/Japanese whatever corn cob LED 3000k 100w bulbs before and they had a faint smell of burning plastic all the time. So I imagine the HLGs also would.
BlueDreamDispensary
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It weights 35 lbs. Heh, what grow tent can even support that?
Budzbuddha
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DIY .... strips , pcb , boards , atrium, qb , Zeus ... if You can put a lego toy together than you can build a rig.
You can even scavenge the mars and resurrect it with a new led board . Took an old mars “ 600 “ white box classic and reborn a light that smashes . Dark Hammer finish swag .... QB board and still going strong ( 4 years plus ) . You can also do cobs like @Growmau5 did on YouTube vid.
Really easy to fab up a killer light by DIY and use the mars as a boat anchor.
Lurk the threads or check out .... timber , cutter , cobkits , HLG ..... many many more.
You can even scavenge the mars and resurrect it with a new led board . Took an old mars “ 600 “ white box classic and reborn a light that smashes . Dark Hammer finish swag .... QB board and still going strong ( 4 years plus ) . You can also do cobs like @Growmau5 did on YouTube vid.
Really easy to fab up a killer light by DIY and use the mars as a boat anchor.
Lurk the threads or check out .... timber , cutter , cobkits , HLG ..... many many more.