bcblondes should I buy it or not any suggestion?

Shugglet said:

Which begs the question, how are they getting 900w out of their lights when theirs only 800w max driving them? They have alright marketing at least.

Also, active cooling is not necessarily an energy waste.

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Growdict said:

yes but they are being driven by 1400ma drivers. so 16 lights x (1.4ax36v) is 806.4 Watts. they are calling it a 900w light. you are right you could drive them harder with different ballasts, but i wouldnt

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Growdict said:

i have ordered one of the bcblondes lights. mostly due to the fact it is in canada. and once you factor in exchange and shipping across the border it is about the same price as the cx16 but has 3590s supposedly CD bin pulling 900w. no disrespect to JGL, i am sure your lights are kickass. i should have it in a few days and will do a journal on my first grow with one. i have been wanting a cob led for a while now.

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Inspector gadget 01 said:

Well how is that bcblondes fixture? I am looking to get the same one and was wondering how you like it. Thanks for any info you can give. Is it as they describe? Top bin.

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pirg420 said:

Hi there, BC Blondes is my company and website.

Always love checking this forum and seeing whats up.

Just wanted to clarify a few points, the $1699 is canadian dollars which at todays rates is about $1270 USD

We use genuine cxb 3590 cd bin chips. If i were to put shitty chips in, your yield would be less and i want to build the biggest baddest commercial light available, use your yield as a measuring stick as to how much light comes off this thing.
(i will attach the par map)

Yes its a ton of light coming out of one fixture, its made for big huge hard buds in commercial grows. The feeding schedule is slightly elevated with this light compared to traditional 1000 watt hps so you gotta be on it, things happen fast. Theres grams per watt, pounds per light, but also pounds per square foot, this fixture excels in all those categories.

This easily covers a 4x4 but pulls major weight on a 5x5. If you are new to growing then try a 5x5 if you know what your are doing and can grow fast (1650+ co2) use it on 4x4. Its a fucking beast.

Once the buds form you can drop the light closer and closer. We start at 24 inches and slowly bring it down, sometimes we are as close as 10 inches from the tops, the last 1-2 weeks. Depends what the particular strain can handle but weve run mostly kush varieties.

How do we arrive at 940 watts from the wall? Most people tend to forget there is driver heat/driver loss. Our fixtures are checked with watt meters before they leave our canadian inspection facility. and do in fact pull that much wattage. Our drivers are turned all the way up on the 1400ma meanwell driver, which gives another 8% about in output(although i measure about 9-10%), so the chips are running at about 53 watts each, then with driver heat the driver and chip combo is pulling about 56.4 watts * 16 = 902 + the fans etc

Weve actually got a new one coming thats even more powerful, with 1750ma's and dimming. Lol Pretty much for 5x5 only.

Hope that helps, ill try to check in more often.

I welcome reviews of our fixtures, i firmly believe you will absolutely love it when you see the size of the buds and just how healthy your plants look.

Love this forum and community

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pirg420 said:

Hi there, BC Blondes is my company and website.

Always love checking this forum and seeing whats up.

Just wanted to clarify a few points, the $1699 is canadian dollars which at todays rates is about $1270 USD

We use genuine cxb 3590 cd bin chips. If i were to put shitty chips in, your yield would be less and i want to build the biggest baddest commercial light available, use your yield as a measuring stick as to how much light comes off this thing.
(i will attach the par map)

Yes its a ton of light coming out of one fixture, its made for big huge hard buds in commercial grows. The feeding schedule is slightly elevated with this light compared to traditional 1000 watt hps so you gotta be on it, things happen fast. Theres grams per watt, pounds per light, but also pounds per square foot, this fixture excels in all those categories.

This easily covers a 4x4 but pulls major weight on a 5x5. If you are new to growing then try a 5x5 if you know what your are doing and can grow fast (1650+ co2) use it on 4x4. Its a fucking beast.

Once the buds form you can drop the light closer and closer. We start at 24 inches and slowly bring it down, sometimes we are as close as 10 inches from the tops, the last 1-2 weeks. Depends what the particular strain can handle but weve run mostly kush varieties.

How do we arrive at 940 watts from the wall? Most people tend to forget there is driver heat/driver loss. Our fixtures are checked with watt meters before they leave our canadian inspection facility. and do in fact pull that much wattage. Our drivers are turned all the way up on the 1400ma meanwell driver, which gives another 8% about in output(although i measure about 9-10%), so the chips are running at about 53 watts each, then with driver heat the driver and chip combo is pulling about 56.4 watts * 16 = 902 + the fans etc

Weve actually got a new one coming thats even more powerful, with 1750ma's and dimming. Lol Pretty much for 5x5 only.

Hope that helps, ill try to check in more often.

I welcome reviews of our fixtures, i firmly believe you will absolutely love it when you see the size of the buds and just how healthy your plants look.

Love this forum and community

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pirg420 said:

Heres a few pics i just took. For the watt meter readings i took readings at each of the 3 power levels.

Keep in mind, this is on 110v and the fixture is not warmed up. when its warmed up it drops from about 985 to 940ish

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Inspector gadget 01 said:

What kind of price will the new one be and when will it be available?
Do you have any numbers on the new one, watts in and out etc?

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Evil-Mobo said:

Props for popping it open and showing us the guts. Man that would rock the crap out of half my flower tent too decisions decisions lol........

Can the customer request a different color temp for the COB's or is the 3500K the only option?

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pirg420 said:

We have tested both 3000k and 3500k, 3500k seems to work the best, but 3000k is is no slouch. Currently we dont do custom builds though. Have you seen better performance with a 3000k or something different? thanks

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mx5spd said:

With all the info and helpful members it's hard to understand why you wouldn't DIY.

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Evil-Mobo said:

I am testing the 3K right now my first girl start 12/12 dark in 1.5 hours under them I vegged her under it as well and have another tent with 5K vegging too I am just liking the growth characteristics so far from the 3K but we will see how it does for flower. I have in the past used 3500K on a pre built light but these are DIY.

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pirg420 said:

Im not sure if i understand correctly but if you tried vegging on a 3k and thought it was doing better, is that because the plant was taller? it will stretch much more under the 3k then the 5k. You dont necasarily want stretch. Keep that in mind.

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