Mars 1600 led full spectrum

918Farmer said:

Never have used it but I can stand behind the kind also have a small viparspectra for supplemental lighting. Most lights will veg fine but fall short in flowering. So I bit the bullet and spent the extra on what I knew would produce in all stages. Plus. Built in timer and temp and fully dimmable spectrum on the red blues whites irs and uv

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hawkems said:

There are much, much better options for that pricepoint.

What size area are you trying to cover?

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blake9999 said:

If you using mars why would you want to switch to Vipar? That seems like a lateral move to me. You just trading off one mid range light for another. I would be looking into getting some HLG Quantum boards myself.

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BaROne123 said:

I only want to research vipar. I have researched so many LED lights. Vipar is another to add to my list. I looked at Platinum and their very platinum prices. I just would like something suitable for the 4 plants I would like to grow.

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hawkems said:

Petty much all of those lights are the same efficiency as an hps. Please do some more research on the led forms here.

As an option I'll also send you to

https://www.omegalight.net/shop

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hawkems said:

A joule of light creates both heat and light. The efficiency of the fixtire/bulb/diode is what determines the general ratio of heat:light.

(THE FLOWOWING are not accurate statistics or fact but rough estimates to make a point)

Say an hps is 40% heat : 60% photons. But a high efficiency led can give more like 20% heat : 80% photons. Plants like photons. That's pretty much why you go led. But lower grade leds like mars hydro, viparspectra, well most if not all 'burple' lights are like 30-35% heat : 65-70%. They are also marketed as a full spectrum light but.....like they arent? I don't want to sound like I'm straight bashing on companies and doing all that troll stuff. It just isn't where you should put your money.

If you aren't convinced to go decent mid power leds, consider CMH lights. They are more efficient than the burple leds and have different benefits than too end leds currently do.

And if not it really is just better to go with a cheaper hps light and spent the additional on cooling.

Different lights have different levels of emited radiant heat. Which is directly transferred and does no conduct thermal change in the atmosphere at the same rate.

Also 1 watt of hid lighting produces 3.4ish btu's of heat. So thats a good reference if you want to calculate if it's worth it to you. Sometime running a hotter light is a good thing in the winter.

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hawkems said:

Petty much all of those lights are the same efficiency as an hps. Please do some more research on the led forms here.

As an option I'll also send you to

https://www.omegalight.net/shop

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hawkems said:

I posted the quoted section in a different thread and thought it might have relevance here as well.

(Only the hlg qb288 v2 is produced by Samsung uses the 301b diode [current top bin], however their other boards use samsung 561c diodes. [Still excellent and what most tech is using because of the efficiency and costing being lower a. 5-7% efficiency gain is still gains right!? ]

ttp://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/green_light_is_it_important_for_plant_growth

That is a study that goes into why green light is important and kind of why real world data shows good full spectrum white leds kind of rule the led market right now.

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Capn-Crunch said:

A lot of people told me the mars was POS,

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TacoMac said:

That's because they are.

You can veg under a regular fluorescent grow light equally as well and Mars is completely useless for flowering. You would have been better served to never have bought it to begin with if you were growing outside.

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TacoMac said:

That's because they are.

You can veg under a regular fluorescent grow light equally as well and Mars is completely useless for flowering. You would have been better served to never have bought it to begin with if you were growing outside.

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Capn-Crunch said:

I had a 30" x 30" tent and a mars 600 like you have. I started 12 plants and put them outside after 1 month in the tent. Under the mars light at 32" above the plants the node spacing and growth was excellent. I just wanted to show you what you can expect from your light in the same size tent. A lot of people told me the mars was POS, but I have no complaints about it at all. I'm going to do an indoor grow starting next month and will let you know how the light does in flower. The plants I started and moved outside are at 7' or higher and in week 1 of flower.

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5BY5LEC said:

Is there any reason you cannot get a MH or HPS? A small 400 watter would do you 100 times better.
If you can vent it or have a fan on it, I would seriously consider it. They are cheap, time-tested, and proven. You will also find lots of information on height ect since they have been used for so long.
Just food for thought. It wont use any more juice than a 400w LED.

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BaROne123 said:

Thanks for the message.
I would love to go with HPS but I have a height problem and anything else but LED wont give me the safety barrier.

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