Son of Hobbes tests Mars II 1600W 5W LED + Mars Grow Tent + Mephisto Genetics + Terrestrial Bean Com
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Hey my friend! I've got to say, my 192x3 Reflector series is the the best light in my grow room! It would serve you well and it has a great light footprint. It is large size wise at 18"x22" but its not heavy really.
Good Luck SoH..looking forward to Watching...
Yeah...that's not what your Lady said you got the chain for..:brow:..I must have misheard her..
pop..Weedman..cheers for Helping with that Mars query..:tiphat:..I put a RP in for Help but you both beat the staff to it..Appreciated
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Mars Hydro Grow Tent 4' 9" x 4' 9" x 6' 7"
Here is the new grow tent!
Time and normal abuse will be the more true testament to these all metal corner pieces, but they feel strong and I'm already loving them MUCH better than the traditional plastic molded corner pieces. I'll take some pictures of the 4 x 4 plastic corner pieces to show you how mangled they can get over time!
Mars Hydro was very kind and generous enough to include these two... errr... what I can pretty much only figure out to be sex straps of some kind?
I honestly still haven't figured out what these are for. In the mean time though they are going to be sex straps. Can't say much about the tent yet since I haven't grown in it, but will give a big Arthur Fonzarelli "AYYYYYYYY" to Tina and the gang on looking out for a guys sex life. :thumbs:
Came with instructions (in English.) Only had to reference it once. Okay maybe twice. Okay maybe a few times. "A few" is two is some circles. More of an "oval circle" kind of guy though. :Hookah:
The tent came in a plastic bag. First thing I did notice was the smell of vinyl or something similar in odor. Not incredibly strong like some products I've smelled, but definitely a little bit of a "newly manufactured" odor. If you're sensitive to that kind of thing you may want to air out the tent somewhere or at least air it out a day or two before sticking plants in there. It's not a lingering odor by any means, have had the tent up maybe 2 days or so now and the smell is completely gone, but something to keep in mind.
One difference between the Mars Hydro shipping boxes on the lights vs grow tent; a big glaring logo of Mars Hydro with leaf on the side of the box. There was no logo on the LED light shipping box. There are also tent specifications on the side of the box. Something to keep in mind if absolute discretion is of importance.
Alright, so the contents of the box were:
Connector poles
Connector corner pieces
Tent w/ spill tray for inside the tent
Sex straps
Instructions
The picture below here are the cross bars that hang on the top of the frame. My old tent had the metal bars with plastic clips on the end that snapped on to the frame. They also easily snapped off. Completely. I think I have like one working bar left on that old tent frame. Curious to see how well these all-metal cross bars hold up.
They don't snap into place, which is a bit curious. They are pretty loose hanging out on top of the frame of the tent, not sure if that's by design or function? I've got bungee cords strewn between them so now they are fairly fixed in place, but I'm sure they are still providing some extra support for the top of the tent.
All of the metal poles and corner pieces connect using those locking pegs, which is another cool reassurance that they are staying together.
Here's a picture of all the connecting poles and the corner pieces!
And actual construction begins!
Got it all together! Pretty pleased with myself! Suddenly questioning if this was a tent built for the dwarf variety of species. Donned on me I had assembled it on it's side.
I don't have a picture for it but it wasn't as simple as just flipping it upright. Tried that. Got stuck. Ending disassembling the entire midsection haha! Oi oi oi...
Here's the drip liner (one huge liner.)
And below here is the start of pulling the shell onto the frame. It was actually ridiculously easy to do. Did it by myself in under 20 minutes and possibly a beer or two. Unzipped the entire thing, got the bottom of the tent started in the frame, then just started feeding the canvas material over the top and started snugging things into place!
And the result is a tent too large to fit into full frame haha!
Something new to me is the addition of the side access doors. That's so cool. My old tent was pretty plain jane missionary mary. This new tent? Ohhh ho ho ho.... I can tell she likes to party.
:Gary:
8" vented ports. Was a little worried at first since a majority of my equipment is 6" in diameter. The ports are double-socked and have cinches on them to pull them shut! Should work great at keeping light out, and if you've ever experience the joy of trying to cram cables or even just duct by it self through some of those openings on tents before, this should avoid all that hassle. Putting 6" duct in an 8" hole? Pshhhh. Hot dog down a hallway kind of stuff.
There are also two small openings (one near the bottom and one near the top) specifically to run cables through. Very slick!
The passive air vents on the bottom of the tent also have velcro on the outside flaps, so they can be velcro'd shut without fear of getting pulled up or caught/pinched (and then you have dreaded "folded for too long and now it's perma-creased" material.)
Here's the light in the tent mounted up.
Went with heavier chain for this light. The light is INCREDIBLY heavy. VERY heavy. I honestly wouldn't trust this light with the provided straps as is. While mounting the light, I had the provided clips attached and started rigging up the four chains. The light was hanging maybe 2 inches off the ground (wanted to make sure it would hold, and that if it DIDN'T hold, that it wouldn't fall far.) Well, one of the provided clips had caught caught midway with the tension of the unit on it so it didn't slide into place right (hard to explain how it happened,) but the part on the clip that you press with your finger basically extended itself out the OPPOSITE way it's supposed to press in, causing the clip to come out completely and the light dropped on the ground on that corner. Only 2 inches, but enough to make a guy say to himself "well that sure sucked butt hole." So I gave it a good once and twice over and made sure the clips had the tension appropriately place when mounting it up.
Been hanging strong since!
More to come soon!
Here is the new grow tent!
Time and normal abuse will be the more true testament to these all metal corner pieces, but they feel strong and I'm already loving them MUCH better than the traditional plastic molded corner pieces. I'll take some pictures of the 4 x 4 plastic corner pieces to show you how mangled they can get over time!
Mars Hydro was very kind and generous enough to include these two... errr... what I can pretty much only figure out to be sex straps of some kind?
I honestly still haven't figured out what these are for. In the mean time though they are going to be sex straps. Can't say much about the tent yet since I haven't grown in it, but will give a big Arthur Fonzarelli "AYYYYYYYY" to Tina and the gang on looking out for a guys sex life. :thumbs:
Came with instructions (in English.) Only had to reference it once. Okay maybe twice. Okay maybe a few times. "A few" is two is some circles. More of an "oval circle" kind of guy though. :Hookah:
The tent came in a plastic bag. First thing I did notice was the smell of vinyl or something similar in odor. Not incredibly strong like some products I've smelled, but definitely a little bit of a "newly manufactured" odor. If you're sensitive to that kind of thing you may want to air out the tent somewhere or at least air it out a day or two before sticking plants in there. It's not a lingering odor by any means, have had the tent up maybe 2 days or so now and the smell is completely gone, but something to keep in mind.
One difference between the Mars Hydro shipping boxes on the lights vs grow tent; a big glaring logo of Mars Hydro with leaf on the side of the box. There was no logo on the LED light shipping box. There are also tent specifications on the side of the box. Something to keep in mind if absolute discretion is of importance.
Alright, so the contents of the box were:
Connector poles
Connector corner pieces
Tent w/ spill tray for inside the tent
Sex straps
Instructions
The picture below here are the cross bars that hang on the top of the frame. My old tent had the metal bars with plastic clips on the end that snapped on to the frame. They also easily snapped off. Completely. I think I have like one working bar left on that old tent frame. Curious to see how well these all-metal cross bars hold up.
They don't snap into place, which is a bit curious. They are pretty loose hanging out on top of the frame of the tent, not sure if that's by design or function? I've got bungee cords strewn between them so now they are fairly fixed in place, but I'm sure they are still providing some extra support for the top of the tent.
All of the metal poles and corner pieces connect using those locking pegs, which is another cool reassurance that they are staying together.
Here's a picture of all the connecting poles and the corner pieces!
And actual construction begins!
Got it all together! Pretty pleased with myself! Suddenly questioning if this was a tent built for the dwarf variety of species. Donned on me I had assembled it on it's side.
I don't have a picture for it but it wasn't as simple as just flipping it upright. Tried that. Got stuck.
Ending disassembling the entire midsection haha! Oi oi oi...Here's the drip liner (one huge liner.)
And below here is the start of pulling the shell onto the frame. It was actually ridiculously easy to do. Did it by myself in under 20 minutes and possibly a beer or two. Unzipped the entire thing, got the bottom of the tent started in the frame, then just started feeding the canvas material over the top and started snugging things into place!
And the result is a tent too large to fit into full frame haha!
Something new to me is the addition of the side access doors. That's so cool. My old tent was pretty plain jane missionary mary. This new tent? Ohhh ho ho ho.... I can tell she likes to party.
:Gary:8" vented ports. Was a little worried at first since a majority of my equipment is 6" in diameter. The ports are double-socked and have cinches on them to pull them shut! Should work great at keeping light out, and if you've ever experience the joy of trying to cram cables or even just duct by it self through some of those openings on tents before, this should avoid all that hassle. Putting 6" duct in an 8" hole? Pshhhh. Hot dog down a hallway kind of stuff.
There are also two small openings (one near the bottom and one near the top) specifically to run cables through. Very slick!
The passive air vents on the bottom of the tent also have velcro on the outside flaps, so they can be velcro'd shut without fear of getting pulled up or caught/pinched (and then you have dreaded "folded for too long and now it's perma-creased" material.)
Here's the light in the tent mounted up.
Went with heavier chain for this light. The light is INCREDIBLY heavy. VERY heavy. I honestly wouldn't trust this light with the provided straps as is. While mounting the light, I had the provided clips attached and started rigging up the four chains. The light was hanging maybe 2 inches off the ground (wanted to make sure it would hold, and that if it DIDN'T hold, that it wouldn't fall far.) Well, one of the provided clips had caught caught midway with the tension of the unit on it so it didn't slide into place right (hard to explain how it happened,) but the part on the clip that you press with your finger basically extended itself out the OPPOSITE way it's supposed to press in, causing the clip to come out completely and the light dropped on the ground on that corner. Only 2 inches, but enough to make a guy say to himself "well that sure sucked butt hole." So I gave it a good once and twice over and made sure the clips had the tension appropriately place when mounting it up.
Been hanging strong since!
More to come soon!
medic grower
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That Tent loooks awesome Stable. Sadly they do not ship them to Europe so far 
Btw theese two Bands are for Hanging the Carbon Filter on the Top Bars Good uck with this Bad Boy Grow um defo Subbed!!!
Btw theese two Bands are for Hanging the Carbon Filter on the Top Bars Good uck with this Bad Boy Grow um defo Subbed!!!
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Looks good. Frame looks identical to my HTG tents. Mine have held up very well. BTW I like the way the roof bars move around. They allow you set up your hanging stuff pretty easily.
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Hello medic grower, we are going to ship our tents to other warehouses so in the near future you can order them. If you have any size prefer, please tell me, we will prepare the stock accordingly. Right now we have four sizes of the tent: 2'3''x2'3''x5'3''; 3'3''x3'3''x5'11''; 3'11'x3'11'x6'7''; 4'9''x4'9''x6'7''. Any other's input will also be appreciated.
That Tent loooks awesome Stable. Sadly they do not ship them to Europe so far
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Hello Son of Hobbies, everything looks fantastic so far. :Sharing One:
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Im really digging your review so far brother. Keep it coming!
Love the pics, and the your commentary is entertaining to read. Looking forward to your progress. I know that bad @$$ mamma jamma of a light you got there..one thats making me all kinds of jealous btw. Is going to grow some major buds.
Cheers my friend!:Sharing One:
Love the pics, and the your commentary is entertaining to read. Looking forward to your progress. I know that bad @$$ mamma jamma of a light you got there..one thats making me all kinds of jealous btw. Is going to grow some major buds.
Cheers my friend!:Sharing One:
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