I Have Both And I Can Testifiy That The Can-Fan Is Not Even In The Same Ball Park As The Vortex.As Best That I Can Tell With My Old Azz Ears The TD-Silent 150 Is Still A Tad Bit Quiter Than The Vortex However I Do Have A TD-150 That Sometimes Make A Bering Noise And When This Fan Quits I Will Be Replacing It With The Vortex
IMO It'd have to be a LOT quieter for me to spend another $100 or so on the pricier model
and a speed regulator. Wouldn't matter much to me in any case since it's already drowned out by my circulation fan--even still on #2 setting. The one thing I noticed is that any fans I've used with an external regulator tend to make terrible whining noises. I'm guess this is probably not an issue with the higher end units though.
Anyhow back to LED:
I plan to use the new
XGS-190 I recently purchased over the following setup:
Strain
Squatty, kush-like strain (Possibly more Platinum Purple Kush, or something similar)
Flipped to flower at about 12-16" height
Media
36'"x24" DIY PVC scrog screen for canopy
2x 3-gallon RootMaker pots with 60/40 Coco/Perlite blend (considering 4 pots for a faster veg time)
Nutes
Advanced Nutrients Micro/Grow/Bloom (Using feed chart instead of bottle recs)
Full-strength CaliMag (1tsp/Gal)
Royal Gold till end of week 2 flower
Ton-O-Bud weeks 3&4
The Heavies (now called something else, but I can't remember--has a bomb on it) weeks 5-8
Does this sound like a solid setup for a single A51 XGS-190? FYI I already have all this stuff, so no plans to switch to a different media or nutrient atm. Plus I know how both those topics are ripe for endless debate anyhow. The main thing I want to know is if there are any concerns using that setup with the single XGS-190.