hey everyone, lookin to get a new light/lights soon. Any help or input would be appreciated.
Id like to have some info on any experience one may have with secondary lenses, how you feel abou em, how far away or close you have them and any differences you concluded. I currently have CLW. primary 90°lenses only. im looking into maybe an at200 or A51. don't know much about hans, heard they good but not much talk bout them. Well thanks for reading!
Have you heard about Astir Led grow lights ?I think Black Dog should be on the list of 'good' lights. Mine's almost a year old and still works like it's brand new. There's lots of undue bias against them, but I don't get paid by Black Dog so I can't be their cheerleader.
I agree - this is not a list of LEDs that just work. That is a list of LEDs that have performed quite well. I personally don't like the way some panels like the black dog just add seemingly random spectrums for no reason. It seems like they don't actually know what spectrum they really need so they just add multiple spectrums to cover everything.. I suspect that a lot of the output power of the black dogs and other similar LEDs is wasted running spectrums that do nothing for the actual plant. Once again, that is just my opinion so feel free to buy/use whatever you would like to. I just believe that the led efficiency argument falls apart if the led panel is outputting useless spectrums. Wasted energy.Have you heard about Astir Led grow lights ?
They are about the same quality like Black Dog (if not better ...)
And they are way better bud -producers than Black-Dogs are ..
Ohhh...Far better ....
Astir grow lights ain't at the list .
Why black dog panels should be ,then ?
With Lower/ or same build / diode/parts quality and less yields ..
'Cause you have them- almost-a whole year( WoW!!!! ) and they still work ?
!!!!!!!
Oh,I got it ,now ...
...
You're just joking ,right ?
Please trust me..Don't get all butt hurt because I criticized your list.
Ok so I am using a 1000W (about 550w actually) I got from ebay for $371 from ledgrowlightmanufacturer. Check out my grow. I am using that light along with a 300W (180w) LED and a 100W blackstar (55w). I know it isn't a name brand and it is made in China, but holy shit is it bright and for less than a dollar a watt! For a similar LED (500w running) you would have to pay over $1500. Ain't no way in hell I am going to drop that much when I can get 3 almost equivalent lights.
I am growing Green Poison and a White widow, the green poison has over 10 colas that are over 8 inches tall. I'll be finishing up my first grow with that 1000W in the next month. The whole grow is about 800 watts
Here is the grow. 4x4 tent 2 plants DWC (first time doing DWC also)
https://www.rollitup.org/t/785w-led-only-grow-real-watts.824803/page-2#post-10514695
I'm not sure what this aggressive post was about because I was replying to the OP. If you read the whole post you would know I am finishing up my first grow with it. Thanks for the advice dadDid I say ,that cheapos ain't growing ?
No !
Check again,what exactly I'm stating ...
I hope you're
1) legal (you have a huge EMI 'signature' coming out from your home';s AC line ,my brother ,
if not a RFI sig along ,which BTW might be 'buzzing' at passing airplanes ......)
2) You have insuranced your house against fire/electrical hazard ...
3)have fire extinguishers at least if not insurance...
4) Post some pics of your grows ,one year after ,starting exactly from today ....
5) 800 Watts ? Let us see some yields there ,then ...
If you get 400 grs (.5gpw ) with those lights you 'd be more than lucky .
I'm not offending your growing skills.
You'll find out that ,by yourself,anyway .
Good luck,grower.
That's the spirit.
Aim high !
Cheers .
Black Dog doesn't appear bad and I almost pulled the trigger on one before I got my CLW (another B grade light).. Since I don't actually own a BD I haven't ever spoke much, but they appear to have a similar problem as CLW. You're paying too much and drawing too much at the plug for what you get. Sure BD and CLW will both grow some nice bud, but to be at the top tier you have to cover more space with less watts.I think Black Dog should be on the list of 'good' lights. Mine's almost a year old and still works like it's brand new. There's lots of undue bias against them, but I don't get paid by Black Dog so I can't be their cheerleader.
Oh,I'm sorry son..I'm not sure what this aggressive post was about because I was replying to the OP. If you read the whole post you would know I am finishing up my first grow with it. Thanks for the advice dad
It's all good. I will try to remember to post some results after my harvest here.Oh,I'm sorry son..
Not offensive intended.
Apologies .
Cheers.
Take care ,my son ..
Remember ...It's all good. I will try to remember to post some results after my harvest here.
I really don't know that there was or is a driver issue, the issue I had was thermal shutoff and I'm not real sure it was even the fault of the light. I get a little messed up and start bumping wires sometimes. I never really figured out just wtf it was.That's an understatement .....................has the driver issue been fixed or did they just lower the output??
Doesn't look like they've really done much to upgrade.. That CLW setup is just so weak.. At that price you can do way better with A51 or Apache..Been wanting to get me 1 of these bad boys. http://hydrobuilder.com/solarstorm-880w-led-grow-light-with-uvb.html?dzid=csegps_CLW-SS-880&gclid=CIe83dn7tr4CFVR5MgodmxAAvg unless someone could recommend better. thinking about an early Christmas gift to self haha
Doesn't look like they've really done much to upgrade.. That CLW setup is just so weak.. At that price you can do way better with A51 or Apache..
Can I try to recommed something better (according to humble me ,always ) ?Been wanting to get me 1 of these bad boys. http://hydrobuilder.com/solarstorm-880w-led-grow-light-with-uvb.html?dzid=csegps_CLW-SS-880&gclid=CIe83dn7tr4CFVR5MgodmxAAvg unless someone could recommend better. thinking about an early Christmas gift to self haha
Can I try to recommed something better (according to humble me ,always ) ?
Ok ....
Me it's you ...
And I've $1800 to spend as a Summer-Christmas
present to wonderful -awesome-hyper great ...me !
(Santa 's coming on a jet-ski !!
Do you want me to describe the bikini / minikini wearing 8'5" 'elves' ? )
Option A )
I'd buy 9-10x of these( 720-800Watt ) :
http://www.bonsaihero.com/ledgrow-led-panel-80-watt.html
(A bit of e-mailing with Hans ,will probably have the deal done ...)
Option B )
I'd buy 2x of these ( 240 Watt ) :
http://www.apachetechinc.com/23-wh.html
Option C ) (575 Watts )
I'd buy 1x of that : http://a51led.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=195
& 1x
of that along with :
http://a51led.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65&products_id=191
Cheers and Happy New Year !