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Buddernugs

Buddernugs

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I’ll snap some resent pics in morning at lights on,she’s exactly 3 feet tall and light is 20” away….u can see she’s got nug the whole way down to the stalk and I pinched almost all of them……their solid…..
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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james.harley.huff83@gmail said:
Late to the game, but I saw this thread this thread so I figure why not add my .2 cents. To anyone reading thru this thread, don't listen to any of these turds that have tent grows, they haven't the time, money or room for error to test various lights and do a true side by side. And please don't buy anything off Alibaba if you care about quality control and warranties.

Gavita is quality. Highly recommend. They recently bought out Luxx. But I would not buy a Luxx simply because I am anti-Jungle Boys and I think they are half hype. I have smoked their bud. It's ok. I'm sure the lights are great.

I did a side by side with a Growers Choice 680 and a Lumatek 600. I know it isn't exactly a 1 for 1, but the Growers Choice did better. The Lumatek has this crappy plastic that covers each of the light bars and I believe this hinders performance. When I messaged Lumatek tech support about this I got a very defensive answer, like they thought I was trying to get a refund, when all I asked was, why the plastic over the light bars when no one else does this. I still don't know, they never responded.

Fluence was great when they were the only players but they got dusted a few years ago. Quality control is ass..They had to send out replacement drivers to all their distributors not too long ago because the drivers on their lights kept crapping out.

Mars Hydro is garbage. Diodes burn out within months and the footprint sucks.

Blackdog LEDs... Why? Extremely overpowered and overpriced. There is a reason you don't see these lights in more grows. They don't perform any better than a Gavita or other quality LED grow light. You don't need high ceilings with LED lights. You only need 1,000 umols at the canopy.

I have no experience with Photobio (Phantom) or Fohse lights but I am interested. Any input on these lights would be appreciated.
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We appreciate your expert opinion. Could you explain how you performed your side by side analysis of your lights? Did you run clones of the same plant under each? Do you have a quantum PAR meter that you took measurements from each? Thanks.

-Turd in a tent
 
0potato0

0potato0

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I actually have a chance to test a mars hydro FC 4800 and a Spider Farmer SE 5000 (was a productive 420 for me) side by side in 3x3 tents even tho i suspect the lights are made by same people and will perform identical
 
Budz.Bunny

Budz.Bunny

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Nappertunity said:
horticulturelightinggroup.com

HLG 650R

High Efficiency Commercial Indoor Horticulture LED grow light designed to replace a double-ended 1000watt HID with just 6100 Watts. 1700 PPF @ 2.8PPF/W. Full-spectrum. LED Module made by Samsung. Powered by Samsung LM301H LED and Deep Red LED 660nm
horticulturelightinggroup.com horticulturelightinggroup.com

timbergrowlights.com

Fatty VS

This high output nine (9) COB LED grow light fixture features Bridgelux Vero29 COBs and three (3) Meanwell drivers for maximum uptime. Remote driver placement helps with managing heat and custom color temperatures are available. Innovative design engineered to cover a 5 x 5 coverage area with...
timbergrowlights.com timbergrowlights.com

gavita.com

Gavita Pro 1700e LED ML | Gavita – Retail

The Gavita Pro 1700e LED ML matches the performance & quality of the Gavita heritage, by delivering More Power, Less Energy, and Wet-Rated functionality.
gavita.com


My personal choices, for a 5x5.
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You know timber quit making the Cypress 8 I'm not the biggest fan of the fatty... I like them but I wanted a Cypress 8 and they don't have them on the website no more
 
VincenzioVonHook

VincenzioVonHook

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Budz.Bunny said:
You know timber quit making the Cypress 8 I'm not the biggest fan of the fatty... I like them but I wanted a Cypress 8 and they don't have them on the website no more
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i love that post you quoted. In the pic it the typo states "replaces a 1000W Double ended HPS with only 6100 watts"

I love replacing lights with an option that takes 6 times the electricity to run.
 
Budz.Bunny

Budz.Bunny

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twentyeight.threefive said:
What don't you like about the Fatty VS?
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I said I like them but if I had to choose I like the strips they are cheaper both have a good spread and both cover a 5x5 but I think the cypress uses less electricity than the cobs idk I tried to look it up but they took it down. I feel like if I accidentally got the plants to close it would be okay too. I've been looking for a new light that's how I know they don't have it no more
 
Budz.Bunny

Budz.Bunny

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VincenzioVonHook said:
i love that post you quoted. In the pic it the typo states "replaces a 1000W Double ended HPS with only 6100 watts"

I love replacing lights with an option that takes 6 times the electricity to run.
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Idk maybe I misread something. I was just commenting on a brand of lights he commented it
 
VincenzioVonHook

VincenzioVonHook

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Budz.Bunny said:
Idk maybe I misread something. I was just commenting on a brand of lights he commented it
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you didn't misread anything. that HLG add for the 650r in the post you quoted has a typo. It says "replaces a 1000w double ended HID bulb with just 6100 watts" instead of 610 watts.
 
RainDan

RainDan

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Budz.Bunny said:
You know timber quit making the Cypress 8 I'm not the biggest fan of the fatty... I like them but I wanted a Cypress 8 and they don't have them on the website no more
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Hello @Budz.Bunny

I saw your post and wanted to comment. We currently are not offering the Cypress 4 and 8 due to factory backorders for the Meanwell driver used. We are expecting them to come back into stock later this month - once that happens, we will once again be offering them for sale on our website.

If you have any questions always feel free to contact us.

Have a good day
Dan
 
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