Horticultural Lighting Group's Light Up Your Summer Grow and Show!

[RustyStarbuck72]

Wise words from @WildBill - these lights need dialling in. With great power comes great responsibility. I used the cheap par hack from migro which really worked well with my 150 diablo but until i did i had a few issues that i thought were nutes etc. Congrats to those who are testing, i'm gonna pop on my shades and watch with interest.
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Ive been using the tent buddy app for a while to get a rough dial... I doubt its super accurate, but it also comes with a vpd calculator and it's good for getting it in the ballpark.

 

[Minime2020]

Ive been using the tent buddy app for a while to get a rough dial... I doubt its super accurate, but it also comes with a vpd calculator and it's good for getting it in the ballpark.
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I used this app but now I've updated my phone it no longer works on it, but wen it did I loved it

 

[Les @HLG]

There are several apps for those using phones, that will help you with your light. Probably a better way to go than investing in a meter. Accuracy in this case is not terribly important, you just want to know how much light your getting from your light at a certain height above the canopy.

I'm sure there are recommendations from afn members on them, I don't use my smartphone for internet, or add apps to it.

 

[RustyStarbuck72]

There are several apps for those using phones, that will help you with your light. Probably a better way to go than investing in a meter. Accuracy in this case is not terribly important, you just want to know how much light your getting from your light at a certain height above the canopy.

I'm sure there are recommendations from afn members on them, I don't use my smartphone for internet, or add apps to it.

I just use it on an old phone with a cracked screen... Its handy to dial the light height and power level in as you say.

 

[gargyoyle]

There are several apps for those using phones, that will help you with your light. Probably a better way to go than investing in a meter. Accuracy in this case is not terribly important, you just want to know how much light your getting from your light at a certain height above the canopy.

I'm sure there are recommendations from afn members on them, I don't use my smartphone for internet, or add apps to it.

If anyone in the UK - alex at vivid who sells hlg lights also rents pro par meters to really dial in. Possibly worth it for the big lights. For a little one an android phone has more options I think than an iPhone for apps. The light meter I recommended is great - for me it really helped me work it approx ppfd. And it’s spread in the tent. Being relatively new it helped me to keep my plants happy as I still learn to read them. I saw that migro is dialling in another cheap meter to an app so worth looking at that too. Without wanting to spend loads of money- the other tip I had is to get a cheap watt meter. Yiou can use that to help as well. But for me the piece of kit I go back to is that 25 quid light meter. It’s paid for itself so many times over. I can tinker with height and light intensity. I can move plants to the hotter spots if they need it and at times when I had different age plants I clild
Take advantage of the cooler spots for the little ones.

 

[Les @HLG]

Want to let everyone know that Sootdawg declined the light, he felt it would serve better in another environment than his. Kudos to Sootdawg for passing this on so that another member can give it grow.

I've selected @Gone Camping to receive the HLG100 light.

 

[SOOTDAWG]

Congratz to all...woof...im ready to see these testing sessions going.

 

[RustyStarbuck72]

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Congratz to all...woof...im ready to see these testing sessions going.

Legend

 

[RustyStarbuck72]

Want to let everyone know that Sootdawg declined the light, he felt it would serve better in another environment than his. Kudos to Sootdawg for passing this on so that another member can give it grow.

I've selected @Gone Camping to receive the HLG100 light.

Congrats @GoneCamping

 

[THE BEAR]

@SOOTDAWG wata guy
@Gone Camping enjoy your new light,