Exhale Co2 Bags?

AudiA6Driver

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I don't think anyone actually uses many do they? One bag is supposed to supply 4-6 plants in a small to medium space for 6 months. If someone has a setup that would require 8-10 I doubt they would be buying them.

lol my buddy doesn't want to deal with the whole co2 thing so ya every 6 months he spends 200 and gets a shit tons of bags for his two rooms
 

pthree

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im on my first ever grow, and i figured 1 bag was worth a shot.

cant say if it helped or not but..

i have my setup in a closet next to my sliding glass door in my bedroom. plenty of fresh air does come in. but hey, why not, 20 bucks for a tiny bit of peace of mind at the time. next run i might not bother with it, but i dont know.
 

Jman1023

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All, I'm really not sure why there is even a question about using Exhale Bag. They advertise tens of thousands of PPM's of CO2, but there are is no direct distribution to each plant. There is also no pump and since plants only take in CO2 with the lights on, the Exhale Bag wastes half of the little CO2 that it does produce when the lights are out. Does anyone know how long it lasts?

I have been using CO2Boost for 4 years now and it is amazing. My uncle has a high powered CO2 meter he uses in his mushroom farms and CO2 Boost reads off the charts!! We tested the Exhale bag side by side and it took a day and a half for the Exhale Bag to fill up the same bag that took CO2Boost 30 seconds!! No comparison.

Here's an article just posted out on CO2Boosts Website -It will be in the next High Times and Max Yield as well:

http://www.co2boost.com/product-reviews
 

Jman1023

Member
CO2 Boost is so easy to use.

You just plug it into the timer and thats it. Just get a replacement bucket every 3-4 months. You can also use the contents of the CO2 Boost Kit as fertilizer once you get a replacement bucket
 

AudiA6Driver

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I think 4 bags would produce WAY more co2(4 bags in an area that small it would be 1700+ ppm, my 2 bags keep my tent around 1000-1200) in a 6'x6'x6' over 3 months then a co2 boost would and it would be like $25 cheaper and no running lines around. And the bag needs light to put off CO2 so in a way it kinda " Shuts off " when the lights go off, still produces just not as much at night.
 

RisingStock

Active Member
thanks for the input guys, area is in low 80's, but the exhale bag contents is still a rock hard brick, been in there almost 3 weeks now, strange, if i knew it needed 3-4 weeks to get going i would of ordered this thing months ago
Maybe you already did this, but mine arrived as rock hard bricks as well, all white on the outside....that being the 'spent' product.

You gotta break all that up, mix it up, and they'll start producin.

But maybe you already did that.

Just my 2 cents.
 

ChucklesD

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Yeah, the instructions say that the will turn white but they are always mostly white when they get to you. They really need to redo their instructions.
 

matatan

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so i got my bags like 1 month ago and i havent done any breaking up, i just set them up just as they arrived. one big block. so there doing nothing in my flowering room is what the jist is IF i dont break it all up?? crap... lol
 

TWS

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I got my bag a few days ago. If your running a inline fan and filter for light cooling is it still best to hang the bag above your plants or at ground level so the filter has to pull up the co2 and not waste so much as if it was hung and closer to the filter ?
 

CVA

Member
Ok, I just got my Exhale bag a few days ago. No idea WHY I didn't think of this before but all you have to do for the light is unhook the carbon filter then route the air duct OUTSIDE the grow tent. So it sucks in air ONLY to cool the light, as opposed to exhausting the room. SO that co2 bag can be more effective. I realized a co2 tank set up would cost me 400-500 bucks and went with the bag! Oh, the bags are $30!!!!!!! I can get them at either of the 2 hydroponic stores right here in my town. SO, about 3 or 4 days ago I put the bag in and sealed the room (and re-routed the exhaust). So nice in there. Temp is ALWAYS perfect now, it's so moist, and the plants are getting plenty of co2 cuz they've grown 2" in 2 days (except for the biggest... 6" in 2 days). We are currently on day 10 of flowering. I say thumbs up for a small space! Oh, I have a 4x4 growtent.
 

CVA

Member
Yes and yes. Just seal your room so the co2 doesn't get sucked out. Mine are loving it in a 4x4 tent ;)
 

Jug Stomper

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Hey, little of an older thread here but I have just gotten one these bags and have since notice a white residue growing along the side of my smart pots, cant figure out what it is except maybe from the stuff in this bag. My humidity is near zero so I dont think its some mold from humidity. Anyways, so far I think this bag has really pushed my seedlings along well, I have noticed some pretty rapid growth since I put it in my 3x3x6 tent a few weeks ago, very healthy. Now my hood is too rounded to put the bag on top of it, I need to hang it up, just been busy, so I have it sitting on the floor with the pots and a strong fan blowing on and upwards over the canopy, also I vent through a scrubber>to hood>to fan> and out of the tent, so I dont know if the fan would just pull all of the c02 out even though they say it all falls down. The only way I can figure out to keep the tent cool would be just running the fan to cool the hood and running my portable ac into it, but then Im sure smell would come out of the tent which I dont want.
So maybe this should just be in a c02 thread, but how could I make use of this c02 bag and still run a scrubber, and this damn bag give off enough c02 to stop exchanging the air?
 
Hey, little of an older thread here but I have just gotten one these bags and have since notice a white residue growing along the side of my smart pots, cant figure out what it is except maybe from the stuff in this bag. My humidity is near zero so I dont think its some mold from humidity. Anyways, so far I think this bag has really pushed my seedlings along well, I have noticed some pretty rapid growth since I put it in my 3x3x6 tent a few weeks ago, very healthy. Now my hood is too rounded to put the bag on top of it, I need to hang it up, just been busy, so I have it sitting on the floor with the pots and a strong fan blowing on and upwards over the canopy, also I vent through a scrubber>to hood>to fan> and out of the tent, so I dont know if the fan would just pull all of the c02 out even though they say it all falls down. The only way I can figure out to keep the tent cool would be just running the fan to cool the hood and running my portable ac into it, but then Im sure smell would come out of the tent which I dont want.
So maybe this should just be in a c02 thread, but how could I make use of this c02 bag and still run a scrubber, and this damn bag give off enough c02 to stop exchanging the air?
I am trying to figure out this same thing in my tent! how do i control odor while supplementing c02 at the same time! The only thing i can think of would be to use a smaller exhaust fan and filter or cycle it on a timer!

let me know if you figure something out!
I will do the same!
cheeee
 

Jug Stomper

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I am trying to figure out this same thing in my tent! how do i control odor while supplementing c02 at the same time! The only thing i can think of would be to use a smaller exhaust fan and filter or cycle it on a timer!

let me know if you figure something out!
I will do the same!
cheeee
Its a pickle, I think your right though, smaller fan and filter and on some sort of timer, for my tent though I have to cool with something like an ac because it sits in a hot room.
 
i just put a couple of rhiostats (dimmer switches) on my fans, just hooked the outlet to the switch as if it were aceiling fan. works great.
 

cb303

Member
Hey guys first let me say I almost walked away from this topic cause of the whining earlier , grow up be the better man. My question though is how high have you let your temps climb with the exhale . It's summer and I'm looking for a mother plant with 6 strains under a 1000 watt.
 
Does anyone have a harvest vs harvest yield CO2 bags vs no CO2 bags comparison? I do not have any supplemental CO2 in my room, flower room is 10 by 10, and I am getting about 2 oz per plant right now. trying to decide if the cost for a CO2 supplement is worth any additional yields? I have a friend who has a CO2 tank and moniter, and his yields have not improved...... thoughts? I am a newbie :)
 

Warlock1369

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If your room isn't sealed and your moving alot of air to keep it cool it won't do much for you. If the room is cool without pulling all your air out a few bags will take you above ambient of 300 ppm. If your sealed I say there a must. My co2 tanks runout on me at the worst times. So the bags help give the plants co2 when tanks are empty. As far as yield I haven't checked. But anytime your temps are right, lights are set and nutes are there. A boost of co2 above 300ppm helps with yield.
 
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