RockCityCannabis
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Sorry for the intrusion! I've been lurking for quite some time, however just signed up today because I recently hooked up with Victor over at Amare Tech while on my quest for LED knowledge. I saw that pHarmerXxLEDxX had hooked up with him as well so I figured I would start a thread to get some information about this panels performance from people currently using it. I didn't get offered a kit to test (damn lol) however I did get a special pricing quote for 2 fixtures in exchange for an unbiased public review which is definitely a plus.
Here is a snippet of an email Victor sent me with some information pertaining to the fixture
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"Thank you for your interest and inquiry in our canna-specific HI-LED grow lights. In relative terms, the Eclipse350UVB is about equivalent to a 600hps. It's recommended for a 3x3, but will easily cover a 3.5x3.5. One E350 will give u similar yield as a 600w with much better quality with higher medicinal properties. Two, will be comparable to running a 1000 HPS with a lot less heat, including the omission of the 700F degree HID fireball bulb. We're a little more conservative and realistic on our footprint recommendation, because we want to assure our growers achieve true HID performance, especially density, which equates to more yield.
The Eclipse and Solarspec260 are the among the highest PAR output per watt currently available, capable of surpassing HID in PAR, density, and efficiency. This two models will also surpass the light saturation of cannabis, which is 1500umol/sec/m2 with Equatorial strains up to ~1750umol/sec/m2.
For comparison the following is our PAR readings for a 4x4, and also included is the PAR reading for a Blackdog biggest panel, the 750w Platinum XL-U(MSRP$1995) that can only manage to generate a little more than 1/3 of the Eclipse(MSRP$895) peak PPFD at more than double it's wattage. The Eclipse is half the price uses all Cree chips vs. the Epsitar chips for the Blackdog, generates almost 3x the PAR intensity at less than half the wattage and cost making it a tremendous value. It also comes with a 5-year bumper to bumper warranty ensuring your lights will work flawlessly for many years of service.
http://www.amaretechnologies.com/ss.350.uvb.html
http://growershouse.com/blog/black-dog-platinum-xl-u-750w-led-grow-light-unboxing-review-par-test/
The new all-aluminum SolarEclipse350UVB MSRP@$995."
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Im currently laying the groundwork for a 4x4x8 space (just got 2 20amp outlets hooked up ready to go this morning!) and am considering using 2 of these (I think I've changed my mind 5 times a day, each day over the last week while trying to decide on which panel to go with).
I know a pHarmerXxLEDxX is currently running these along with some other panels, and hyroot has one as well. I'd love to hear how people are using this panel currently and their results prior to me deciding to go forward - Im probably a couple months away from pulling the trigger anyway so i have some time to let it simmer. Does anyone have any experience/comparisons or even opinions/thoughts that they'd like to chime in with?
Here is a snippet of an email Victor sent me with some information pertaining to the fixture
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"Thank you for your interest and inquiry in our canna-specific HI-LED grow lights. In relative terms, the Eclipse350UVB is about equivalent to a 600hps. It's recommended for a 3x3, but will easily cover a 3.5x3.5. One E350 will give u similar yield as a 600w with much better quality with higher medicinal properties. Two, will be comparable to running a 1000 HPS with a lot less heat, including the omission of the 700F degree HID fireball bulb. We're a little more conservative and realistic on our footprint recommendation, because we want to assure our growers achieve true HID performance, especially density, which equates to more yield.
The Eclipse and Solarspec260 are the among the highest PAR output per watt currently available, capable of surpassing HID in PAR, density, and efficiency. This two models will also surpass the light saturation of cannabis, which is 1500umol/sec/m2 with Equatorial strains up to ~1750umol/sec/m2.
For comparison the following is our PAR readings for a 4x4, and also included is the PAR reading for a Blackdog biggest panel, the 750w Platinum XL-U(MSRP$1995) that can only manage to generate a little more than 1/3 of the Eclipse(MSRP$895) peak PPFD at more than double it's wattage. The Eclipse is half the price uses all Cree chips vs. the Epsitar chips for the Blackdog, generates almost 3x the PAR intensity at less than half the wattage and cost making it a tremendous value. It also comes with a 5-year bumper to bumper warranty ensuring your lights will work flawlessly for many years of service.
http://www.amaretechnologies.com/ss.350.uvb.html
http://growershouse.com/blog/black-dog-platinum-xl-u-750w-led-grow-light-unboxing-review-par-test/
The new all-aluminum SolarEclipse350UVB MSRP@$995."
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Im currently laying the groundwork for a 4x4x8 space (just got 2 20amp outlets hooked up ready to go this morning!) and am considering using 2 of these (I think I've changed my mind 5 times a day, each day over the last week while trying to decide on which panel to go with).
I know a pHarmerXxLEDxX is currently running these along with some other panels, and hyroot has one as well. I'd love to hear how people are using this panel currently and their results prior to me deciding to go forward - Im probably a couple months away from pulling the trigger anyway so i have some time to let it simmer. Does anyone have any experience/comparisons or even opinions/thoughts that they'd like to chime in with?
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