Mechatronic CoolFin Giga
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nevergoodenuf
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It almost looks like spectrumkings 600w heatsink
Humple
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Completely misses the mark, in my opinion. One of the most important advantages that LED has over HID is that you can spread the light evenly over the entire canopy; the configuration possibilities are legion. Clustering four high-power COBs closely together means that this fixture will need quite a bit of distance from the plants, losing out on uniformity in a big way. It might as well be an HPS lamp at that point. And yes, it reminds me of Spectrum King. I know some growers (Remo comes to mind) are doing well with SKs, and more power to them, but they could all be doing even better with better spread. Archaic design philosophy is what I see here.
nevergoodenuf
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Now, if you had a huge area you needed lit up??? 4 CLU 058 3618 @ 320 watts each
skoomd
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It would only really work in high bay applications like a greenhouse.
You're right on the spectrum kings though, I cringe at their terrible design as they have extremely uneven spread and terrible light penetration. People using spectrumking get really bad yields because of it. Saw some dude test their closet 100w model and the first grow they got like 50 grams, second grow was 60 some grams. Which for the umol/j output of those lights is a laughable joke.
Humple
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Yes, I think the SK crew is stuck in a last-generation mentality. You would think it would have occurred to them (especially after viewing the competition) that LEDs offer far more suitable configuration options. However, while I am quite convinced that an equivalent amount of power (applied with more consideration) can do far, far better than SKs - I must give props to Remo for beating the yield of his own 1,000w HPS with the previous generation of the SK600.
DankaDank
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Just don't look up, unless you would never like to see again.Now, if you had a huge area you needed lit up??? 4 CLU 058 3618 @ 320 watts each
skoomd
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Lol, go figure. "Lets make a super powerful heatsink using the most expensive stuff we can, put ZERO thought into the functionality, and sell em top dollar!"
Sounds like spectrumking, except with just the heatsink
I hope no sane person is gonna buy these things. And seriously at what @DankaDank said. These are designed to be hung up in greenhouses, so what the fuck are you gonna do when you look up into 400w of COBs all in one little spot (with lenses no doubt)? Bad times to be had.
CobKits
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a great example of how money is way better spent on emitters than thermal management
take the 4 best cobs you can and run then at 200W each youre in about $200 on chips and $400 on heatsink
flip that and spend $400 on chips and $200 (or less) on heatsinks and you have double the number of emitters, better coverage, and 10% or more efficiency bump cause youre running the chips at half the current.
thats one reason strips and boards are so popular right now you can go to the extreme of zero budget for thermal management if you wish
take the 4 best cobs you can and run then at 200W each youre in about $200 on chips and $400 on heatsink
flip that and spend $400 on chips and $200 (or less) on heatsinks and you have double the number of emitters, better coverage, and 10% or more efficiency bump cause youre running the chips at half the current.
thats one reason strips and boards are so popular right now you can go to the extreme of zero budget for thermal management if you wish
Yodaweed
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Numba 1 LED on market very special technique used