sallygram
Well-Known Member
I have
2 QB 288 with a 4x3 Scrog -2 plants
4 QB 304 with an 8x3 Scrog -4 plants
,3 Vero 29 with a 4x3 Scrog 2 plants
16 CLU048 with 2 8 x3 Scrogs -6 plants
,2 400watt CMH with 2 vert scrogs -8 total plants
(I was trying to do a side by side but ran into some health problems)
I wanted to give my 2 cents on this thread, first the guy from COBKITS.COM knows his shit and should be considered an expert (which I am not)
What I noticed so far, the QBs are nice because they spread the heat, they are simple to put together and produce some excellent bud.
The Vero 29s seem to be a little overpowered for the plants under them (285 watts recently dimmed down to 220 watts but the damage has been done) Super bright easy to build a frame with stuff from Home Depot and the soderless option worked well for me, however out all of my scrogs this one will yield the least for this run.
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The CLUs are pretty new to my mix of lights, I am not sure how well they will yield but I needed some cheap lights and COBkits had them for about $8 each (I even used soder and old heatsinks and fans from my blupies-I am running them at 185 watts for a cluster of 4 COBs)
The 400 Watt CMH lights are however still doing great, they are going to finish a little faster then the others and the buds are nice and dense, heat is an issue but I still think I will do close to the same GPW as the COBs.
If money were no object I would probably go all QB304, but I think that now that I have the Vero 29 dialed in the yield will be about the same in the future.
However I am real impressed with the Gen 5 CLU048 chips running at 2700K. Because my illness came back I went with them due to my budget and I use crappy drivers with boosters so I can do a 185 watt light (4 COB) for about $68
If you go with the VEROs I would suggest using a cooling fan, I did the passive pin heatsinks and then later added an extra 12 volt fan and am now adding fans to all my passive lights including the QBs
My average grow is about 4 oz per plant (a few people have argued with me and said my plants are light starved) however it works well for me and the power savings from getting rid of my 4 1000 watt HPS lights is real nice. I think you will be happy with whatever you pick.
PS if you order from cobkits remember the discount code RIU.
2 QB 288 with a 4x3 Scrog -2 plants
4 QB 304 with an 8x3 Scrog -4 plants
,3 Vero 29 with a 4x3 Scrog 2 plants
16 CLU048 with 2 8 x3 Scrogs -6 plants
,2 400watt CMH with 2 vert scrogs -8 total plants
(I was trying to do a side by side but ran into some health problems)
I wanted to give my 2 cents on this thread, first the guy from COBKITS.COM knows his shit and should be considered an expert (which I am not)
What I noticed so far, the QBs are nice because they spread the heat, they are simple to put together and produce some excellent bud.
The Vero 29s seem to be a little overpowered for the plants under them (285 watts recently dimmed down to 220 watts but the damage has been done) Super bright easy to build a frame with stuff from Home Depot and the soderless option worked well for me, however out all of my scrogs this one will yield the least for this run.
.
The CLUs are pretty new to my mix of lights, I am not sure how well they will yield but I needed some cheap lights and COBkits had them for about $8 each (I even used soder and old heatsinks and fans from my blupies-I am running them at 185 watts for a cluster of 4 COBs)
The 400 Watt CMH lights are however still doing great, they are going to finish a little faster then the others and the buds are nice and dense, heat is an issue but I still think I will do close to the same GPW as the COBs.
If money were no object I would probably go all QB304, but I think that now that I have the Vero 29 dialed in the yield will be about the same in the future.
However I am real impressed with the Gen 5 CLU048 chips running at 2700K. Because my illness came back I went with them due to my budget and I use crappy drivers with boosters so I can do a 185 watt light (4 COB) for about $68
If you go with the VEROs I would suggest using a cooling fan, I did the passive pin heatsinks and then later added an extra 12 volt fan and am now adding fans to all my passive lights including the QBs
My average grow is about 4 oz per plant (a few people have argued with me and said my plants are light starved) however it works well for me and the power savings from getting rid of my 4 1000 watt HPS lights is real nice. I think you will be happy with whatever you pick.
PS if you order from cobkits remember the discount code RIU.
