Chinese Knockoff Bar Lights: Kingbrite, Hortibloom, Meijiu

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JoeMcGrow

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I am in the market for a bar light, and have been looking at 1000w lights from Kingbrite, Hortibloom, and Meijiu. They are all essentially the same ballpark price wise after shipping.

The lights I'm looking at are the Kingbrite Copacobana 10 Bar, the Hortibloom Mega Plus 8 bar + 2 bloom booster bars, and the Meijiu F10 10 bar.

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I have been running kingbrite QBs for a few years and have had great results, so I am leaning towards the copacobana. But one of my friends recently got a 650w Mega Plus and had a great g/w on his first grow.

Anyone have experience or thoughts on any of these, or others I should be looking at? I assume these 1000w are similar to the 650 versions, the horti is the exact same just with 2 drivers driving it vs the one.

Anyway appreaciate any feedback.
 
bk78

bk78

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Where you getting these diode counts from? I run the meijiu F8’s and each fixture has 2464 301b, and 96 osram 660nm
 
medicaloutlaw

medicaloutlaw

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I've been dealing with Alibaba for a decade.

Never pay full price on Alibaba. Offer them 60-70% of their asking price. They will either take it or counter offer. Either way, you will save a couple hundred. Enough to pay that $200 shipping bill. If they refuse thank them and tell them you are going to go shop other sellers. They'll send you a invoice within 24-48hrs with a substantially lower price. Never pay full asking price on Alibaba!
 
bk78

bk78

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medicaloutlaw said:
I've been dealing with Alibaba for a decade.

Never pay full price on Alibaba. Offer them 60-70% of their asking price. They will either take it or counter offer. Either way, you will save a couple hundred. Enough to pay that $200 shipping bill. If they refuse thank them and tell them you are going to go shop other sellers. They'll send you a invoice within 24-48hrs with a substantially lower price. Never pay full asking price on Alibaba!
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Which companies have you deal th with? And which lights did you buy?
 
bk78

bk78

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medicaloutlaw said:
I've been dealing with Alibaba for a decade.

Never pay full price on Alibaba. Offer them 60-70% of their asking price. They will either take it or counter offer. Either way, you will save a couple hundred. Enough to pay that $200 shipping bill. If they refuse thank them and tell them you are going to go shop other sellers. They'll send you a invoice within 24-48hrs with a substantially lower price. Never pay full asking price on Alibaba!
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Oh so you agreed to be a shill for a company for a discount?

$500 open rack grow

Fixing to make a major change. On the advice of a friend, I sent out some emails to companies explaining I was a HPS user and wanted to make a change to LED. I was looking for any tester programs or even a nice discount. I even sent them a link to this grow. I really didnt think anyone would...
www.rollitup.org


bahaha
 
medicaloutlaw

medicaloutlaw

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bk78 said:
Oh so you agreed to be a shill for a company for a discount?

$500 open rack grow

Fixing to make a major change. On the advice of a friend, I sent out some emails to companies explaining I was a HPS user and wanted to make a change to LED. I was looking for any tester programs or even a nice discount. I even sent them a link to this grow. I really didnt think anyone would...
www.rollitup.org
bahaha
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Make that 11 years. I sold China Bikes and Performance parts and bought for many years from Alibaba. You use what you know for any kind of deal you can make. And I made me a couple lights deals too just by asking.... got a problem with that?

I share some common information so a guy can save a few bucks and you play the asshole card.
 

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bk78

bk78

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medicaloutlaw said:
Make that 11 years. I sold China Bikes and Performance parts and bought for many years from Alibaba. You use what you know for any kind of deal you can make. And I made me a couple lights deals too just by asking.... got a problem with that?

I share some common information so a guy can save a few bucks and you play the asshole card.
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But You begged and got a 50% on your light to be a shill for a no name company?
 
medicaloutlaw

medicaloutlaw

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bk78 said:
But You begged and got a 50% on your light to be a shill for a no name company?
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I didnt beg anything. I told a nice lady a little about myself and asked about any programs they may have. She liked that I was a entry-level budget grower and she liked my attitude and honesty in not trying to make myself out to be something else. She proposed something to me and I jumped at the chance as I would imagine more than a few growers on this forum would have jumped on.

I've tried to sell you nothing I havent even mentioned the name of the company on this forum (maybe once but certainly not a pitch). What I do in return is on a totally different type of internet media and I've made no reference directing anyone to it here.

BTW Love your lights and those nice big buds even liked a few of your posts before...but there is no need to be an ass when someone was just trying to be nice.

Please go back to your previous conversation as Im leaving this one.
 
Rocket Soul

Rocket Soul

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If you look around on Alibaba you can usually find a PCBs only deal, even though from another company. With getting only the PCBs and doing the rest with some basic Alu u-channel you can cut down on costs of materials and on shipping: the weight and the size is a huge issue for shipping. This also means you'll have to get a driver somwhere locally, which means you'll have a more actionable warranty than sending back the driver to china.
 
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JoeMcGrow

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bk78 said:
Where you getting these diode counts from? I run the meijiu F8’s and each fixture has 2464 301b, and 96 osram 660nm
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Looks like they have a better F10 Plus with more diodes, but lacking the UV and IR wavelengths.

F10 Plus 3060 lm301 diodes, 120 osram 660nm
 
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newbplantgrower420

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medicaloutlaw said:
I've been dealing with Alibaba for a decade.

Never pay full price on Alibaba. Offer them 60-70% of their asking price. They will either take it or counter offer. Either way, you will save a couple hundred. Enough to pay that $200 shipping bill. If they refuse thank them and tell them you are going to go shop other sellers. They'll send you a invoice within 24-48hrs with a substantially lower price. Never pay full asking price on Alibaba!
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lol thats funny as hell. lowball city. i will try that with kingbrite/meijiu next time i get lights.... which wont be for quite a while though sadly.
 
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JoeMcGrow

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bk78 said:
Umol technology kept my money for a month without shipping my product, had to put a claim with trade assurance before they refunded me.
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I was considering them at first, but then figured I should stick with the usual suspects.
 
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