What to choose: LED for 2.5’x5′ area

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tonu

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Hi people
I'm in the process of buying a tent for 2.5'*2.5' and looking for lighting recommendations for it. I am looking for good lighting coverage for 3-4 plants during flowering stage at a distance of 18"

One of the option i looked at was Electric Sky ES 300 Grow Light

https://www.shopgrowspaces.com/products/electric-sky-es300-grow-light

But it seems to be expensive. Is it worth it, or is it more than I need given my space? Although the retailer is ready to provide a good deal on bulk supply?


I'm going crazy here with all the options. Also being that it's my first grow, I think I'll be more pissed if I screw up when I've spent more than I needed. However, I am eager for your guy's take on it. Please everyone, feel free to chime in. What do you all think of these lights, for my space?
 
diggs99

diggs99

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Electric sky are overpriced and not nearly as good as the HLG boards or any of the newest strips or cobs, i would stay away and head in the diretion of one of the companies below for the best led fixtures.

DIY would give you the best bang for your buck.

HLG or prawns highlights for boards
Timber for cob fixtures
diyled builds some very slick strip fixtures.
Atreum for boards
Cutter electronics for strips or board fixtures
Amare sells the bar 8 and bar 4
Meiju sells the chinese knockoff boards, theres a huge thread with growers using these boards and doing well at a fraction of the cost of the real thing.
 
Rocket Soul

Rocket Soul

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The electric sky fixtures have a very interesting spectrum, all done by midpower phosphors, similar to 90 cri chips but with heavy reds. Ive seen this kind of lighting flower very well, both in own and others side by sides. At 2.2 (i think) ppf/w system efficiency its not that bad, especially if you consider the far red which normally doesnt count towards par. The only other pro fixture i know about that works with these kind of phophor chips are invisible sun.

I dont like the lenses particularly, they tend to only make hanging height higher and it reduces total light.

Is it over priced? Not that much more than most pro fixtures.

But you could quite easily diy something comparable with 12-16 vesta strips and 300w driver for a fraction of the price (200ish for chips and drivers and about 50-100 in aluminium for frame and sinking) and your diy light would have much better coverage.
 
hybridway2

hybridway2

Amare Shill
I recommend the Amare Pro-4 for that space & is what i use. 25% RIU discount as well.
They use Gen7 Vero Cobs now & Olson's for the Monos replaced the Cree & Cxb-3590's last yr. Despite the info on some seller sites.
This fixture gives you the option to run 300w of Cob ir both, with monos.
Spectrum switched from Equetorial to a Canna-Equetorial too. Meaning 660nn is now incorporated.
ES looks like 3k 90 cri to me.
 
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hybridway2

hybridway2

Amare Shill
lukio said:
i take it youre back in Victors good books? lol.

Send him this


Cree COBs and Osram LEDs. its not cheap
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What's that hideous thing? Ill look later. Cool actually.
Never was not. You know everything out of Its mouth is a lie. It being HydroGrow.
 
inDC4now

inDC4now

Well-Known Member
Welcome to Roll It Up @tonu I use HLG quantum boards. For a 2'x 5' space you might use something like the 260W XL QB V2 Rspec LED Kit. The kit is pricey at $369 retail but you can DIY the kit too.

$99 for triple slate 2
$79 x 2 for the QB 288v2 RSPEC boards
$90 for one Mean Well driver and shipping
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$347

then you'd need the hangers and some hookup wire, a few wire nuts. In the end, the HLG kits are priced competitively, I think. If you did buy a tripple slate you could later add a third QB if you wanted. Would need to change out the driver though.

hlg idea.jpg
 
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