choice between the 2 setups which one would you buy

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Tazbud

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Well, wouldn't buy that one, theyv'e mounted the lights upside down :p
the first one looks like so many other 'special' lights.
Honestly, just going off that link, what bridgelux?, what 'epistar'. Whats the latest? Vero?
WTF are they?
They aren't at all cheap, the box, drivers and reflectors are likely worth 20-30 quid?
If you don't know exactly what they are then how do you make a value judgement?
The cobs themselves can be worth from nothing to 'a lot'..
 
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Tazbud

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I'm sure someone there could recommend something available locally? I'm in Oz and went with A51 (after a chinese re-branded light). It was cheap post iirc perhaps even cheap after tax in comparison? Bottom line is that unless they are prepared to tell you exactly what is in any light or it's been examined by one of the boffins here I wouldn't bother. I just hate to see people ripped off and know it can be baffling (they make the lights sound good to the untrained eye). If that was all I could buy i'd stick to cmh, hps, build your own.. They may even be good lights but there just aren't any buying points (despite their blurb). Good Luck, Someone help out UKFreak with a suggestion?
 
vladimiroslav

vladimiroslav

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UkFreak said:
im un uk if theres any in uk that u would reccomend for 400 gbp or under to grow 4 plants
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Thats already a decent amount to spend on lights. What kind of yield you'd want/expect? What is the size of your grow space? What strain are you growing, whats the size of your pots?

If you want to buy european to avoid taxes and long shippings, there's a couple of good companies to deal with.

I use myself the Hans panels, for 400 quid you can get 3 of them and can cover almost a 4x4. (2x4 + 2x2 or concentrate them in a 2x4). They are small, use few electricity and are quite easy to deal with. The bad side is that they arent that powerful so its best to use them for small rooms or scrog setups. My plants are never taller than 2.5ft. http://www.ledgrow.eu/

Then theres Plant Photonics wich has a good reputation. I never used them myself and there's few reviews on the net but you still can find some. Some members on here have them, make a research. They seem well build with good parts. http://www.plantphotonics.com/catalog/index.php

Then there's offcourse Viparled but the parts arent that good as the others. They seem to grow good weed tho, plenty of threads on here and other forums with growers using them.


If you're willing to buy outside of Europe, then for your budget your best bet is Area51 XGS190 or RW150. They both cover a 3x2.5 in flower. Good reputation, good parts, good service. I own one, the XGS, and Im very happy with it. http://a51led.com/store/

You also have Rapidled's Onyx wich can also do the job. http://www.rapidled.com/bloom-onyx-by-rapid-led/
These are specific: one for veg, one for bloom.

Its up to you and how you'll use it. Good luck!



*ooops I see you already made a choice :)
2 x B3's should do it well enough, but then they have their new C series, but thats not on their site, only ebay...
 
UkFreak

UkFreak

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my grow will be 4 11 litre pots and 4 auto big guns from short seeds and i learnt not to expect yeild this grow is just to try out led and see how they do as it will be first time growing with them they will be growin in plagron bat mix with extra guano for bloom all organic grow no chemicals and also added perlite in a 60cm x 80cm space
vladimiroslav said:
Thats already a decent amount to spend on lights. What kind of yield you'd want/expect? What is the size of your grow space? What strain are you growing, whats the size of your pots?

If you want to buy european to avoid taxes and long shippings, there's a couple of good companies to deal with.

I use myself the Hans panels, for 400 quid you can get 3 of them and can cover almost a 4x4. (2x4 + 2x2 or concentrate them in a 2x4). They are small, use few electricity and are quite easy to deal with. The bad side is that they arent that powerful so its best to use them for small rooms or scrog setups. My plants are never taller than 2.5ft. http://www.ledgrow.eu/

Then theres Plant Photonics wich has a good reputation. I never used them myself and there's few reviews on the net but you still can find some. Some members on here have them, make a research. They seem well build with good parts. http://www.plantphotonics.com/catalog/index.php

Then there's offcourse Viparled but the parts arent that good as the others. They seem to grow good weed tho, plenty of threads on here and other forums with growers using them.


If you're willing to buy outside of Europe, then for your budget your best bet is Area51 XGS190 or RW150. They both cover a 3x2.5 in flower. Good reputation, good parts, good service. I own one, the XGS, and Im very happy with it. http://a51led.com/store/

You also have Rapidled's Onyx wich can also do the job. http://www.rapidled.com/bloom-onyx-by-rapid-led/
These are specific: one for veg, one for bloom.

Its up to you and how you'll use it. Good luck!



*ooops I see you already made a choice :)
2 x B3's should do it well enough, but then they have their new C series, but thats not on their site, only ebay...
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fanofpanic

fanofpanic

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Yeah, a got two smaller 23/32 PP Panels on the side with a Hans Panel in the middle...never had one issue with them!
 
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