I hope it’s not 130 watts can u tell me ?cant relied on there advertising mid leading ppl that’s why I went with 1000 watt ballasts
It’s 130-140 probably pulls 135 from the wall typical amazon Chinese advertising, lol like 2 of those lights grew that whole room full of cannabis… nice advertising.
Always read the comments.
“After testing the lights in a totally dark room, I found the PAR values to be less than half of what the product pictures say. At 3 feet directly below the light source, the PAR value was only appox. 150umols/m^2/sec.”
Keeping this in mind you want between a minimum of 400 to grow bud, you will grow a plant at less and it will produce something but nothing like your seeing in your head or in all the other nice pictures you see. Ideally you want 600-900.
But eh 60$ is a good veg light, i paid 200$ (Probably 150$ usd) for my full spectrum 200w (true 200w) CFL veg light thats 6400k.
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Yea that why I use it for clones I bought 2 1000 watt vivosun ballast because that light turned me right off from led my t5 does better but thanks for opening my eyes but it is Also a year old now
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That all being said for recreational grows like ours you can get away with less.
This is the ideal LED for a 2x4 tent, 2 plants.
I have 3 in there right now and I can’t wait to finish so I can do only 2.
Look at the picture and the ratings in the square.
Ps if you can handle the heat then HPS and other high heat lights are a good way to go.
I can get almost 3 1000 watt ballast for that price but ppl use it cuz less heat I guess I’m growing like 45 plants
Yeah, the heat and the power, the size and the noise of the fans… Turned me off so I got this and it should be lots for me Efficient over time and stealthy.
LED’s are not cheap but they also last forever and are efficient.
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I’ve been using the 600 watt bulb for a year now I’m seeing how long they can last I looked into those lights I thought they too expensive so I went wit the hps
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Yeah they are not for everyone, definitely not cheap but should be great for my application.
I have a friend who is a legal grower and he uses a mars hydro 600 for his veg and the rest HPS,
For big grows most people are still using older technologies because led is just starting to get good, it’s not great yet and it’s still pricey but give it another 5 years.
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O yea defiantly they are on they way the even make led for t5 grow lights witch is smaller wattage but for what ever works I started off with just that led and the t5 in my 5x5x7 but I hoped it up with 1000 watt
Yeah I had a friend growing with T8 upgrades led bulbs, it grew stuff that’s for sure. Not the fastest but he made it work.
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