I'm thinking of adding another tent.
A 2x4.
Looking for light suggestions.
What about this one?
0r this?
Or?
A 2x4.
Looking for light suggestions.
What about this one?
0r this?
Or?
Light for a 2' x 4' tent?
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What is your budget?
I don't want to pay much more than $400 but I'm flexible.
That isn’t the newest viparspectra as it’s using lm281b’s which are the older Samsung diodes(still totally fine I get it but why not buy the best for your main energy source to the plant). Mars Hydro is always worth a look too and the migro looks good but I could only find the words Samsung on the description not a clarification on the type used.
I was also suggested this one.
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This one deserves a look too:
Mars Hydro SP3000 Samsung Lm301b Greenhouse LED Grow Light (mars-hydro.com)
Not long ago, I would have grabbed this in a heartbeat for a 2x4, but I went with DIY, and have not been doing homework for a while, so am not up to speed on the alternatives. I doubt that there are many out there better for a 2x4, at least not at this price.
Good luck with your shopping.
Mars Hydro SP3000 Samsung Lm301b Greenhouse LED Grow Light (mars-hydro.com)
Not long ago, I would have grabbed this in a heartbeat for a 2x4, but I went with DIY, and have not been doing homework for a while, so am not up to speed on the alternatives. I doubt that there are many out there better for a 2x4, at least not at this price.
Good luck with your shopping.
That looks great.This one deserves a look too:
Mars Hydro SP3000 Samsung Lm301b Greenhouse LED Grow Light (mars-hydro.com)
Not long ago, I would have grabbed this in a heartbeat for a 2x4, but I went with DIY, and have not been doing homework for a while, so am not up to speed on the alternatives. I doubt that there are many out there better for a 2x4, at least not at this price.
I've been looking at this kit also.
260W XL QB V2 Rspec LED Kit
Ultra High Efficiency LED Boards for DIY. QB288 has 288pcs Samsung LM301H LED
horticulturelightinggroup.com
I'm liking my Viparspectra KS3000 for my 3x3 space.
38 days from sprout and these Captain Redbeard Girl Scout Cookies are pushing 3 feet tall.
I have a 2' x 4' tent and bought a Mars SP 3000 with it for a couple of grows. It's single bar light so it's easy to work with if you get plants with a lot of foliage. It's got a good spectrum and very good light output.
Another light to look at is the Atreum 3200. Excellent uniformity, good spectrum, and it uses push lock type connectors. I have push locks on my Growcraft lights and it makes moving the light in and out of the tent really easy.
After using my SP 3000, I bought a Growcraft X3 which is an excellent product but is over your $400 limit, though. If you can bump that to a tad over $500, you can add their X6 mini or the X3 to your shopping list. They have the same "full cycle" spectrum but have different configurations. I have veg light from Growcraft too, as well, so I'm pretty familiar with their products and will be happy to go over the X6 vs the X3, for example.
I think the Migro Tray is a brilliant design. Their lights have very high uniformity and the lights are very competitively priced. My only complaint about Migro lights is that they don't put out enough light.
The SP 3000 and the X3 both put out > 1000µmols over a pretty good part of a 2' x 4' but, if you look at the PPFD map for the Aray, does not do as good a job. The reason for that is that the Migro light is only 240 watts so I really can't compete with a 300 or 330 watt light. Why is it only 240 watts? Because, per Shane's web site, a 240 watt light is all that's needed to generate the light levels that he recommends.
And he's got a point. The Migro light simply will not generate high DLI's the way a light light the Atreum, the SP 3000, or the Growcraft but the question comes up of how much light do you want. When I started growing early last year, I started learning about grow lighting and one research paper that's is really interesting is in the graphic I've pasted in below. In the paper, the researchers exposed cannabis to differing levels of light in flower and the chart shows the impact on yield.
My thinking is that it's worth the extra $$ to have a light that gets me to the 900 or 1000µmol level because that translates into at least 10% more yield for any given grow.
Another light to look at is the Atreum 3200. Excellent uniformity, good spectrum, and it uses push lock type connectors. I have push locks on my Growcraft lights and it makes moving the light in and out of the tent really easy.
After using my SP 3000, I bought a Growcraft X3 which is an excellent product but is over your $400 limit, though. If you can bump that to a tad over $500, you can add their X6 mini or the X3 to your shopping list. They have the same "full cycle" spectrum but have different configurations. I have veg light from Growcraft too, as well, so I'm pretty familiar with their products and will be happy to go over the X6 vs the X3, for example.
I think the Migro Tray is a brilliant design. Their lights have very high uniformity and the lights are very competitively priced. My only complaint about Migro lights is that they don't put out enough light.
The SP 3000 and the X3 both put out > 1000µmols over a pretty good part of a 2' x 4' but, if you look at the PPFD map for the Aray, does not do as good a job. The reason for that is that the Migro light is only 240 watts so I really can't compete with a 300 or 330 watt light. Why is it only 240 watts? Because, per Shane's web site, a 240 watt light is all that's needed to generate the light levels that he recommends.
And he's got a point. The Migro light simply will not generate high DLI's the way a light light the Atreum, the SP 3000, or the Growcraft but the question comes up of how much light do you want. When I started growing early last year, I started learning about grow lighting and one research paper that's is really interesting is in the graphic I've pasted in below. In the paper, the researchers exposed cannabis to differing levels of light in flower and the chart shows the impact on yield.
My thinking is that it's worth the extra $$ to have a light that gets me to the 900 or 1000µmol level because that translates into at least 10% more yield for any given grow.
