Any recommendations for a par meter

LeastExpectedGrower said:

My tent is running at 15/9 right now. I don’t know that it’s better or worse for the grow, but sometimes it’s easier to adjust the time vs. the light intensity to hit my target DLI. At the very least, the plants don’t show any signs of caring and it’s three less hours of energy expenditure.

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bk78 said:

Are you trying to justify your overspending now or?

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Week4@inCharge said:

Here's an interesting thing I learned about usable light and it's relation to PAR meters. From the video posted above we see that usable light falls between 400-700 nanometers (the range of all the colors of light). Most PAR meters out there can't even measure that. The FULL range. They fall short of the 700 mark. Check the lighting diagrams for the said meter your looking at. The Apogee instruments for example have improved on their original sensors here in this diagram.
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bk78 said:

Can you name some of the “most“ you are talking about that don’t measure said wavelengths?

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Week4@inCharge said:

YES!! LMFAO I'm like that kid who bought that ice cream cone the rest couldn't buy right now... I have some ice cream...I have some ice cream... Alright.. I'll leave.. you guys have a good one... unless you want more.

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bk78 said:

Happy to hear you bought a meter, they really do come in handy I’ve found moving from room to room to gather data and stuff. But the same could’ve been had for much cheaper

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Week4@inCharge said:

I got mine half price. #Ebay

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bk78 said:

So you got a brand mq-500 for under $250 eh? Wow that’s killer man

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Week4@inCharge said:

Well...minus shipping and taxes ..but yeah, I did. Buddy/Member here has been saying I should get a PAR meter for the longest. Always in my mind...and I almost grabbed the MQ100...but then saw the listing on Ebay (for the MQ500). Not the first one I've seen. Saw one go for $300... cried when I missed that one. So when I saw the $250 go up ...snatched it. and yes MQ 500 with wand.

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bk78 said:

Sweet can’t wait to see pics of it and your thoughts. Do you have the photon app for your cell phone you can compare it to?

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Week4@inCharge said:

I had it and used it on my last grow so very familiar with it, a nice tool to have, I can't knock it for anything , I've been using an Amazon LUX meter and using MIGRO (YouTuber) calculations to get a fix on PAR on this current grow. So I will be doing a comparisons of the Photone , LUX meter, and MQ500. I'm just as curious as you guys are.

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bk78 said:

Please make a post in the LED section with lots of pics and information regarding all 3 sensors used.

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Bobg1981 said:

Im not sure of the accuracy of these Phone apps.. I Just downloaded one and tested it under a 10w led light bulb and it was showing me that it was putting out 700 a few cm from the light.. Not sure if thats possible

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