Tim Fox
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your SO RIGHT,, and 235 isnt bad at all,, and a light that will last a lifetime, grow after grow after grow,, a blurple china light cant touch a cob panel
ooh I didn't know they added a two COB kit to their lineup.
Yes indeed, a nice edition to the timber line. OP there's scaling there too. you could grab another kit later. Here's a hard truth about Chinese led, there's a high probability something will fail within three years, be it a driver, a burned lens, failed chip, etc. My prev Mars II 1200 had six lenses burn to black with eight months of mixed use.
You can search for the Timber Kits thread to see many frame builds. Mine's in there with two 225w kits mounted.
I just checked Northern Grow Lights, out of stock on photons. The moral of the story is, there are now $225 options that excel, and will last.
Okay OP tons of advice, tell us what you do..
slow_grow
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Neither did I until a few days ago. I've been thinking about supplementing with a few 3k for bloom and moseyed on over to the timber site to see what was popping and bang, a little two banger kit had been added since my last visit.
Tim Fox
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a person could put together a cob light for cheap using citizen cobs from these guys, the citizen cobs are only 13 dollars each,, cob holders cob holders are 2.50 each,, dang
https://cobkits.com/shop/
total light build 200 dollars for a 4 cob panel,, not bad
here is a build thread,, shows how to do it
https://www.rollitup.org/t/cheap-and-cheerful-diy-using-citizen-cobs.909460/
https://cobkits.com/shop/
total light build 200 dollars for a 4 cob panel,, not bad
here is a build thread,, shows how to do it
https://www.rollitup.org/t/cheap-and-cheerful-diy-using-citizen-cobs.909460/
Strocat
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Many people will tell you to go the COB route and if your good with soldering and electronics then by all means give it hell. I don't have the know how to build a kit or get the wattage i want for the money so i havent
I can tell you this.. I got a mars 300 (79$ on amazon right now) it came in 4 days ago. I love it.
Spending 150$ max... to keep things simple and ready to go out of the box... I would buy two mars 300's.
with two mars 300's you could flower a 3 x 3 area.
Wanna talk about a cheap setup... I now use a 180 watt ufo led (brand is ocean revive) and then a mars 300.
I was only using the cheap 180 watt ufo and some cfls and I could get a consistent 2 oz dry off 1 plant.
now with the 180 ufo and mars 300 both running I can do 2 good plants.. "good" meaning 2 plants that finish around 3 feet tall and yield me 4-5 oz dry.
I was looking at those vipaspectra lights and they looked cool.. I think VS 300 watt is an actual 10 watts more then the mars 300 as well. I just knew mars has a good following so i went that route.
Cheers and at the end of the day.. the best thing you can do for yourself is whatever the fuck you personally wanna do.
here is what my setup looks like.
BTW.. my area is similar to yours... my dimensions are 4 feet wide x 2 feet deep x 7 feet tall
I can tell you this.. I got a mars 300 (79$ on amazon right now) it came in 4 days ago. I love it.
Spending 150$ max... to keep things simple and ready to go out of the box... I would buy two mars 300's.
with two mars 300's you could flower a 3 x 3 area.
Wanna talk about a cheap setup... I now use a 180 watt ufo led (brand is ocean revive) and then a mars 300.
I was only using the cheap 180 watt ufo and some cfls and I could get a consistent 2 oz dry off 1 plant.
now with the 180 ufo and mars 300 both running I can do 2 good plants.. "good" meaning 2 plants that finish around 3 feet tall and yield me 4-5 oz dry.
I was looking at those vipaspectra lights and they looked cool.. I think VS 300 watt is an actual 10 watts more then the mars 300 as well. I just knew mars has a good following so i went that route.
Cheers and at the end of the day.. the best thing you can do for yourself is whatever the fuck you personally wanna do.
here is what my setup looks like.
BTW.. my area is similar to yours... my dimensions are 4 feet wide x 2 feet deep x 7 feet tall
bwailer
Active Member
Tha k you for your post, I liked all the information you gave me. I don't have the kids ow how or the tools to set up my own cob light.
Strocat
Well-Known Member
this is a damn decent light for the price.
its 189$ though ... https://www.amazon.com/VIPARSPECTRA-Reflector-Spectrum-Indoor-Plants/dp/B019ETLC7M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477675199&sr=8-1&keywords=600+watt+led
to be honest instead of that though ... I'd rather have two mars 300's than light in the link.
its 189$ though ... https://www.amazon.com/VIPARSPECTRA-Reflector-Spectrum-Indoor-Plants/dp/B019ETLC7M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477675199&sr=8-1&keywords=600+watt+led
to be honest instead of that though ... I'd rather have two mars 300's than light in the link.
bwailer
Active Member
Do you think the 450 would be enough. I am going to make my space 2x2 and it will be one plant in a DWC.
bwailer
Active Member
Why would you rather have two lights linked together?
bwailer
Active Member
I like that light there too. do you think the 450 would be enough to cover a 2x2 area? once again thank ks for all the good help.
Yes, but that 600 would be better
MonkeyPickAss
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Buy the meizhi 450 over the viparspectra. $30 less.
It'll veg nicely and grow some quality buds in the 1 x 1 ish sweet spot. the 600 would expand that, so would multiple smaller units. two of their $99 300s would be great for vegging and quality budding. simply need more real usable watts for buds of legend
slow_grow
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Just to clarify, nobody said anything about soldering and/or being good with electronics. The COB kits now are pre-wired, soldered, etc. You just mount and plug them in. I think there is certainly a place for panels, I started with dual 300W vipars, then dual 450W vipars, and now a 300W COB cree kit. I'm horrible with electronics but when I opened my 300W kit I laughed at myself for being even the slightest bit intimidated by it. A 2 year old could do it assuming they aren't color blind (everything is color coded).
bwailer
Active Member
Hahaha, thanks for the laugh. maybe I could do it then. I am very not knowledgeable one bit what so ever on the COB. I need to do some reading about it.
bwailer
Active Member
I have a nice set up to put everything in. it is well controlled but I was hoping to not have to deal with a big exhaust fan I would be interested in the 600. I am looking for big dense buds. I have all my training down well so I have a good idea what I am doing with the plant. I would like to see at least 4 zips from one dwc grow
lol sounds like my journey