Lighting Hmm so I'm new and probably dumb

[GorillaGrow]

Straight into it, I bought an led grow light from aliexpress couple years ago, advertised as an 1200w, 4x300w cob, I also have an 600w 2x300w with same cob modules, I don't know if it's good or bad, or what it's actual number is, but even if it's still around 600 for the 1200 and 300 for the 600, it's still way cheaper than what we locally have.

Anyone got any idea? Suggestions?

 

[Death The Cultivator]

Straight into it, I bought an led grow light from aliexpress couple years ago, advertised as an 1200w, 4x300w cob, I also have an 600w 2x300w with same cob modules, I don't know if it's good or bad, or what it's actual number is, but even if it's still around 600 for the 1200 and 300 for the 600, it's still way cheaper than what we locally have.

Anyone got any idea? Suggestions?

Those probably aren't quality from what I can tell and definitely not the wattage they claim to be.

What size grow space/budget/willingness to diy?

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[GorillaGrow]

Around 100x100x170, a tent

 

[Slater]

Straight into it, I bought an led grow light from aliexpress couple years ago, advertised as an 1200w, 4x300w cob, I also have an 600w 2x300w with same cob modules, I don't know if it's good or bad, or what it's actual number is, but even if it's still around 600 for the 1200 and 300 for the 600, it's still way cheaper than what we locally have.

Anyone got any idea? Suggestions?

Hi I'm Slater nice to meet you ... I like LED lights

that looks like a generic cheap made Chinese grow light... yes it has cobs but they are not even close to one of the 4 main brands that produce the best white light for growing. They are not even round or yellow, that's a very big give away there... and I'm betting the drivers will be the cheapest of the cheap, may even burn out after a few grows... when a company like that say 1200w it's more than likely 500w - 600w if your very lucky... How the Chinese get round saying those figures is that the parts used could take that amount of power if applied but they normally put half the amount of power they claim on paper... The only Chinese company that is now being a little honest is Mars, and they are the only Chinese company I would kinda recommend and that's only their brand new models they have just bought out this year.

I'm not saying that light it won't grow weed, it's bound to do the job perfect and I'm sure you will be happy with the end results but I'm betting you would be far better off with a 600w hps at a far cheaper price, You will probably match that LED light gram for gram... when your ready for that upgrade I would be putting my money with these company's... Horticultural Lighting Group, Chilltec, SANlight, Migro, Grow Northan, Autocob.net, just to name a few... if your on a tight budget then I would consider DIY as an option, its the route I've taken to having the best of the best LEDs in my garden at near on 1/3 of the price.

Hey @GorrillaGrow why don't you pop on over to introductions and tell us a bit about you self and grow, lot of great LED growers on here to help you out - https://www.autoflower.org/forums/live-introductions.35/

 

[davisgirl]

Hi I'm Slater nice to meet you ... I like LED lights

that looks like a generic cheap made Chinese grow light... yes it has cobs but they are not even close to one of the 4 main brands that produce the best white light for growing. They are not even round or yellow, that's a very big give away there... and I'm betting the drivers will be the cheapest of the cheap, may even burn out after a few grows... when a company like that say 1200w it's more than likely 500w - 600w if your very lucky... How the Chinese get round saying those figures is that the parts used could take that amount of power if applied but they normally put half the amount of power they claim on paper... The only Chinese company that is now being a little honest is Mars, and they are the only Chinese company I would kinda recommend and that's only their brand new models they have just bought out this year.

I'm not saying that light it won't grow weed, it's bound to do the job perfect and I'm sure you will be happy with the end results but I'm betting you would be far better off with a 600w hps at a far cheaper price, You will probably match that LED light gram for gram... when your ready for that upgrade I would be putting my money with these company's... Horticultural Lighting Group, Chilltec, SANlight, Migro, Grow Northan, Autocob.net, just to name a few... if your on a tight budget then I would consider DIY as an option, its the route I've taken to having the best of the best LEDs in my garden at near on 1/3 of the price.

Hey @GorrillaGrow why don't you pop on over to introductions and tell us a bit about you self and grow, lot of great LED growers on here to help you out - https://www.autoflower.org/forums/live-introductions.35/

Hi mate, cheap blurple—I’ve used a few. My ladies loved them, but didn’t give the penetration I wanted, and the good ones pay for themselves in the electric bill, not to mention plant performance. Have you grown with it yet? Should be enough light in the space. Throw a couple plants under it and see what you think, it’ll probably be fine for a few grows.

 

[Death The Cultivator]

Around 100x100x170, a tent

That's about 3.3ft x 3.3ft for 11sqft so you would need around 333 watts. If you don't want to DIY I would suggest

https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/collections/lamps/products/hlg-300

Or some DIY
https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/collections/kits/products/320w-xl-qb-v2-led-kit

do you want to upgrade? What's your budget?

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[GorillaGrow]

Thanks for the replies guys, I actually did grow with this light for couple months, it's actually not bad, but I always get fluffy buds, might be the genetics, might be my sadistic I, or the lights actually suck, my budget is tight so I'm in for the diy, $200 for lights is kinda my limit, I just don't think more than that is actually reasonable .
I wanna strip open those lights and see how much they actually produce, and if needed, to upgrade them.

 

[Mizzo81]

The picture u posted shows the 1200 watt is 200 actual watt.

 

[GorillaGrow]

The picture u posted shows the 1200 watt is 200 actual watt.

Well i also found this diy board that needs need fans.. it's 250w, I didn't build it.

 

[Archaic]

Tear that bad boy apart and put 2-3 real cobs in it, viola