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It is very very cheap for this model, but it’s also a chinese light from Alibaba which makes it cheaper. HLG makes their own boards in America, they just order the diodes. They also have larger heat sinks. So far however, I have had zero issue with this light. It keeps decently cool, and the...

She’s dropping again today though she has had her watering meticulously done. She still has a bit of weight to her fabric pot and I let it get quite dry before each watering. I’m not sure what would be causing the dropping but I am concerned about root rot. Also, the second photo here is of how...

It is separate, but not a long enough cord to put it outside. I have since hung the driver up off the heatsink as well as having put the dimmer up as well. I’m quite happy with how the tent is set up now.

The fixture itself it 16” by 26”. The HLG version is bigger since they space the boards out more on a bigger heat sink.

I went ahead and bought an HLG 550 clone from Bava Shenzhen on Alibaba for $350ish dollars. They claim lm561c diodes and from what I can see, right on the dot. I received no damaged products and the lights are killer.

I may even make a separate post about the light in a week or so in the lighting section specifically detailing my experience with the Chinese clones

Well I got the new light today and all I can say is wow. Of course when I first got it, I turn it on and unknowingly had the dimmer dial all the way up and have the lights beaming right in my eyes. Seeing spots for 5 minutes was fun. Drawing about 470 at the wall is a big leap from where I was...

Well I waited until the plant was dropping from needing water. I made sure the soil was moved around good and hit the side of the bag a bit to loosen it up. I then watered and fed at 1.5x strength since the soil has to be getting pretty depleted of bites after this long. We will see what happens.

I will give it a try. I will have to get some compost tea first. I won’t water until she is really showing she needs it. She was transplanted to a five gallon very early so I wouldn’t be surprised if the root system was small from the watering.

The stalk or stem or whatever you want to call it actually isn’t very strong. That’s why I have the pen there. It’s like the taproot originally grown sideways first which makes it very awkward.

Well, coming up on close to two months of veg for the runt. New light can’t come soon enough. She is absolutely tiny compared to what I was hoping for. The plant puts out tons of growth, it just doesn’t seem to be getting bigger. I prune under the plant often to keep the canopy being the energy...

I’m curious to know how the boards ended up performing. And I happen to kind of agree with OP. If he can get even 75% of the power a legit HLG would give, whilst saving 60% or more often times, it doesn’t seem that bad.

Rebounded great from the pruning. In fact, the tops popped up about an inch in the last three days so that’s good. Other girls coming along nicely. Excited to see what happens when they go under the new light. Ps. Droopy there got a watering, hence the drop.

Yea I think you are talking about the 320xl model. I’ll likely keep this post updated with the new lights too so I can tell just how good the Chinese ones are. Half the price is pretty big savings. I was reading another thread about HLG vs Chinese Quantum’s and the big argument was the Chinese...

Yup, and I may end up moving up to a 4x4 so that would be the intelligent choice if i decide to upgrade eventually

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/480w-4X288-samsung-quantum-board-led_60775515598.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.82.2.1a3b3802aGERwq

So, I didn't purchase the 300w from HLG, I read a lot of forums and decided I would get the HLG 480 knock off from Alibaba.It looks like everything is the same except the heatsink. So essentially it is an $900 light for less than half the price. I'll do some tests on it when it gets here.

I have decided today that I am going to purchase a 300w HLG quantum board, so that will be here soonish as well. That should help with lighting. Hard to believe 300 watts is viable, but people sing the praises of those lights like mad so I am excited to see. Then again my tent is only 2x4, so...

Lol, I just don't see a reason to chop her down if she is still looking healthy. I don't need the space in the tent right now so she stays. I would tie her down more, but if I tie her down too much, then the leaves lay in the dirt. Just going to ride it out

Today was a day of mass pruning. I hated doing it but I feel it was necessary. With such a short and bushy plant. I took off probably somewhere between 15-25 leaves. Some small area on the bottom that would have been popcorn and some big fan leaves that weren’t getting light and having in soil...