SANlight Slater tests SANlight Q6W

[MickJ]

Great start to a test review. I'm in for the show.

Sent from my comfy chair
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[Frogster]

Reporting in, and watching very closely !

 

[Need4Weed]

Subbed for the grow show!

 

[Duggy]

I know you'll rock those SanLight LED's @Slater

 

[Slater]

im guessing your right i can only imagine what it cost to manufacture them here ( i dont know if he does ?) i do reallly like the HLG Qbored was thinking a small one for a veg tent like yours but with even less head height would be perfect but a good old T4 will do for now maybe even some QBs would do for the extra lighting im looking for but i dont know what will be too much or not enough i just dont know its hard trying to sift through the info especially when u dont even know whata fookin umol is i think its a micrmol but whats that

I agree tricky to choose... I go by what parts they are made of, samsung LM561b or the LM301c... cree cbx cob range or Citizen CLU48 range... vero29... are the drivers meanwell (now coming in second if you watch the new tech talk with GG and mua5)

I suppose the trick is to just keep an eye on what Chilltech, HLG, PLC (greengenes) and Migro are saying (do check out that new tech talk with GG and Growmua5). I feel they are the only company's that are being open about the industry and what is doing the best... my next purchase will be those pucs by Mua5 and maybe a chill broad or two... and mixing cobs with QB's is a win.

 

[Slater]

nice looking design and a pair
good luck n keep er lit.

Lucky boy

That setup is sooo clean though. They look like long Telos lol should give you a great coverage area .

Hey @Slater that light looks killer I'm so jealous lol .

awesome looking light!

Welcome every one to the SANlight test... please help your self, I've baked some brownies

with a little extra sugar of course ... please be careful now, the cat has a problem with the brownies and is already peeking

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[Trichome farmer]

I agree tricky to choose... I go by what parts they are made of, samsung LM561b or the LM301c... cree cbx cob range or Citizen CLU48 range... vero29... are the drivers meanwell (now coming in second if you watch the new tech talk with GG and mua5)

I suppose the trick is to just keep an eye on what Chilltech, HLG, PLC (greengenes) and Migro are saying (do check out that new tech talk with GG and Growmua5). I feel they are the only company's that are being open about the industry and what is doing the best... my next purchase will be those pucs by Mua5 and maybe a chill broad or two... and mixing cobs with QB's is a win.

is it the video on GG channel from 2 days ago ?

 

[Slater]

is it the video on GG channel from 2 days ago ?

yer that should be it... it was a IG live cast not YT one

 

[Black Sail]

SANlight Q6W product test

Welcome to the test of the SANlight Q6W LED grow light by Slater

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Before I start this test a huge massive thank you to AFN for giving me the opportunity and a massive shout out to @SANlight for letting us at AFN put there product through the ringer... I promise to be gentle

The unboxing...

Parcel arrived on a Sunday morning quite unexpected but in perfect time seen as I'm about to go into flower....Nice sized plain box with no obvious markings of what may lay inside... kids are well happy with box size as well, been decorated with murals and made into a den.

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When opened every thing had been well packed with recyclable packing paper... this is a win for me, I hate the corn packing foam, gets every where.

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Paper removed to find the tressure at the bottom of the box...

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As I'm removing one out of the large box I noted that it's got a bit of weight to it... Unpacked it, whipped it out and then marveled at the beast of a heat sink it has. No messing there, they be serious with this one.

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After a good inspection I can see that this light is extremely well made, no plastic to be seen apart from the one cable gland and the protective optics over the LED's... It's a very solid bit of kit.

After a bit of calming down from the excitement of the un-boxing I noted that the light did not come with any hangers. Not to much of problem for me as I got plenty of ways of hanging lights with my trusted box of really useful stuff... But if I was a first time home grower and I had just spanked the cash these puppy's cost I would be a little miffed that it had no form of hangers included.

It does come with a handy do's and don't manual (not a how to use manual). Stranded safety stuff in all the languages but with one very good warning... if you wanted to daisy chain quite few in row they recommend sending one of their engineers out to wire them all up for you... I've only two so I'm feeling pretty safe on this one... I think.

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I do like the optic coverings, looks easy to clean and I can imagine that if a little bit of foliar spray went a miss the diodes are protected... It does say in the manual it's not water proof so I won't be showering with them like you can with a Spectrum King... if your into that sort of thing.

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Holes for hanging are perfectly portioned and big enough to get a good size clip through

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Installing...

Hanging was a little tricky for me but that is due to my set up and nothing to do with the lights... I'm doing my usual style of letting the plants grow toward the light. I don''t have much head room so I have to mount as close to the top of the tent as I can.

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I chose to use the daisy chain option for the two lights... loving the connectors that wires it all together. Easy to join and very stable once connected. The 3 way adapter that daisy's them together has little clips on it to hold the plugs in, a little tricky to undo but not impossible if you use a flat head screw driver. Power cable is 2m long, perfect size for my set up.

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Lift Off...

Before you move on... this light is going to need a sound track... press play and please... put your sunglasses on



Boom we have light

First impressions... its bright

Second impression... its flipping bright, put your sunglasses on Slater

Now I wouldn't call this a "Burple" kind of light, its way different. Its more of a warm white light with a hint of pink running through it. Will take a little bit to get use to coming from my white light COB LED's... One thing I am missing already is the option of dimming the lights. I like to dim a little in veg to save on power, plus the girls don't need as much light in veg. I also like to dim when I open the tent to save the my eyes from the shock... It's not really that important and I don't hold it against the light, it's just one of those little luxury's I have gotten use to with my DIY builds.

After firing up I closed the tent up, switched off the heating system and kept an eye on the ambient temps in the tent... after about half hour the tent only rose buy about 5c to 6c. They do feel warm and are producing a little more heat than my COB's but they are kicking out no way near as much heat as the generic Chinese burple lights can... drivers will be contributing to this heat as they are built into the units... Again another luxury I have taken for granted with my DIY builds by placing the drivers on the out side of the tent to remove heat... winter is coming so I'm not complaining, the extra little bit of heat will go a long way.

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So what are we growing for this first run with the SANlight Q6W... Zombie Kush by Ripper seeds

I've grown this strain twice before so I got a good idea what I'm in for. This run is from seed and I'm looking for a keeper. This strain is one of my faves, great taste with a hard hitting stone. Leave it for a 3 month cure and its a divine smoke with deep blackberry turps. Nugs are super tight, super dusty with trics and rock hard with a golden purple hue to them, they clonk hard when dropped into a jar.

The growing weapons for this round will be

Remo full line up
Mammoth P
Urb
Biosys
with plenty of folia spraying in veg and the first two weeks of flower (kelp, epsom salts and Overgrow by optic folia)
run to waste system

Right lets get this test underway, going to veg for couple more days just fill the net in a little bit more then we will shall go into flower.

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My firs thought was that the design is really clever and compact, with the fin heatsinks on the sides and the drivers+wiring running down the center in the case. Shipping costs are massive so that's something I've been thinking about a lot lately. It's slick, it's original, great job on that one guys.

The soundtrack rocks too, can't wait to see the results:smoking:

 

[Slater]

My firs thought was that the design is really clever and compact, with the fin heatsinks on the sides and the drivers+wiring running down the center in the case. Shipping costs are massive so that's something I've been thinking about a lot lately. It's slick, it's original, great job on that one guys.

The soundtrack rocks too, can't wait to see the results:smoking:

Thought you would might like to join us for this grow @Black Sail ... so far I would say it's the best built light I have seen. That's German engineering for you, they never let you down when it comes to the build of a product. It's a real solid bit of kit... I won't go into it, leaving that for the update this weekend, as usual had few teething problem but I think we are all over them.

Glad you like the sound track, think I will make it a feature of each update