Which Blackstar is that? Wish they had a website so a guy could actually check out their products. Tall plants in such a small area, make sure you get something with a flatter lens angle. I'd look for 60 degree if you could find it but definately no more than 90 to keep the footprint small and get wicked penetration.
Dominant Power Bin C Power Bin D Power Bin E
Wavelength (240 255 mW) (255 295 mW) (295 340 mW)
445 to 447.5nm BXCA4545445-Cy-z BXCA4545445-Dy-z BXCA4545445-Ey-z
447.5 to 450nm BXCA4545447-Cy-z BXCA4545447-Dy-z BXCA4545447-Ey-z
450 to 452.5nm BXCA4545450-Cy-z BXCA4545450-Dy-z BXCA4545450-Ey-z
452.5 to 455nm BXCA4545452-Cy-z BXCA4545452-Dy-z BXCA4545452-Ey-z
455 to 457.5nm BXCA4545455-Cy-z BXCA4545455-Dy-z BXCA4545455-Ey-z
457.5 to 460nm BXCA4545457-Cy-z BXCA4545457-Dy-z BXCA4545457-Ey-z
460 to 462.5nm BXCA4545460-Cy-z BXCA4545460-Dy-z BXCA4545460-Ey-z
462.5 to 465nm BXCA4545462-Cy-z BXCA4545462-Dy-z BXCA4545462-Ey-z
Key word here is "supposedly"... IMHO... I personally think that these 357s will kick the fuck out of that blackstar shit. If the blackstar shills in this thread had any balls whatsoever they would send this dunit character one of these units to do a side by side. Surely a company of such prestige as blackstar can dish out a few hundred on what would prove to be the best / cheapest advertising buy ever! Don't hold your breath dunit...
.If we are lucky we will have a representative from 357Mag on this thread in the next couple of days, addressing just these types of questions.So, I'm confused. Are they really Bridgelux, or are they cheap Chinese knock-offs? A quick google for "red bridgelux 3w", or just plain ol' "bridgelux 3 watt" pops up alibaba and other China importers.
Please tell me I'm just reading this wrong...
I can tell you right now that they don't have 3w crees at that price. Hudsonvalley already took one apart and they dont even have a proper heat sink. I'd run an ISIS in your cab (or one similar proven light), I basically ran 4.8 12" plants per light in a 3ft high grow area and pulled down over 5 zips per light. I'd say something around the 170w area will do you just fne.
I followed his first grow journal and the guy can grow and it was his journal,combined with my own research, that got me to call GrowPerfect and that's how I got my 357's. The internet sucks because there's always some keyboard cowboy looking to discredit you and I noticed on his thread that he quickly stopped answering a lot of questions that were trying to cast doubt on his progress. In the end the numbers were impressive and at this point if I found out his lights came from Bangladesh and the substrate was actually chewed by sweat shop children......they worked and worked really well and that's what I'm most interested in. My lights come from the same company so I'm hoping for great results also.
I wouldn't say "impossible"... white led's "start" with blue. Can't get white without the blue.
Its not impossible to produce cool white light starting with blue but it is impossible to produce warm white light.
I think this was directed at the comment by Devilspawn about hearing bad things about LED's in flower.Flowering under led's is pretty impressive actually.. tighter buds, with waaaay more crystal.
Looking at those pics, I can't see how anyone can doubt "if" they'll actually produce. Pictures are worth a thousand words.
Haha! I did the same thing more or less. I asked if their warm whites used mutliple diodes of different colors to get the red spectrum or how they get output past yellow.