anyone switch to gavita? worth it?

Slimjimham

Slimjimham

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So I'm very tempted to buy one gavita 1000de setup and see if it really is as good as I hear.

I'm wondering if anyone has any stories from switching? I'd have 3-4' above the canopy since I scrog, I have a 18000btu fujitsu minisplit that doesn't seem to work much to keep the room cool (4) 1k lights air cooled.

Am I really going to be seeing 5-10z more per light? Is the overall quality better from getting more if what the plant wants?

Thanks!... I'm like an inch away from buying one ha
 
707humboldt

707humboldt

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Slimjimham said:
So I'm very tempted to buy one gavita 1000de setup and see if it really is as good as I hear.

I'm wondering if anyone has any stories from switching? I'd have 3-4' above the canopy since I scrog, I have a 18000btu fujitsu minisplit that doesn't seem to work much to keep the room cool (4) 1k lights air cooled.

Am I really going to be seeing 5-10z more per light? Is the overall quality better from getting more if what the plant wants?

Thanks!... I'm like an inch away from buying one ha
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I switched all my rooms to DE about a year ago. Well worth it imo, I noticed at 15-20% increase in yield. Quality is about the same, my regular 1000w stuff always came out really good so its hard to tell. Everyone I know personally is switching to DE or setting up with them. They don't cost all that much more than what my old setups cost any way. Bulbs last longer too so thats another up side.
 
hantastic1

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alot of my homies use the gavita, but i think you can find similar products for 1-200 cheaper. as for the brightness, it does seem brighter then the hortilux 1k hps. also puts out alot of fucking heat.... lots of heat...
 
OGEvilgenius

OGEvilgenius

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They are worth it. They don't really cost much more. You just have to replace the reflector every year (this goes for all reflectors by the way... but that's another story) and the bulb every couple.
 
makka

makka

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bravedave said:
I would like to hear the "another story"
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just found this on it was curious also

Reflectors are made from various types of hammered aluminium, with the better ones being built out of miro aluminium – which is around 96% reflective. Over time, and through exposure to heat from the lamp, reflective surfaces slowly oxidise, resulting in a significant drop in reflectivity. Data from the Dutch lighting manufacturer GAVITA Holland shows that even high quality miro aluminium will lose approximately 1% reflectivity for every 1000 hours the light operates, and this is in a clean greenhouse environment. Unfortunately indoor grow rooms tend not to be as well maintained! Reflectors are usually positioned very closely to plants and often end up with dust and dirt, as well as stray foliar sprays, being deposited on the reflective surface. For growers using humidifiers or sulphur vaporisers, this problem is increased tremendously. If you’re using a humidifier with tap water, you will see a white dusty deposit form on most of your grow room equipment (and even the plants leaves) – this is the bicarbonates from the tap water and sadly makes reflectors not very reflective!
 
chuck estevez

chuck estevez

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makka said:
just found this on it was curious also

Reflectors are made from various types of hammered aluminium, with the better ones being built out of miro aluminium – which is around 96% reflective. Over time, and through exposure to heat from the lamp, reflective surfaces slowly oxidise, resulting in a significant drop in reflectivity. Data from the Dutch lighting manufacturer GAVITA Holland shows that even high quality miro aluminium will lose approximately 1% reflectivity for every 1000 hours the light operates, and this is in a clean greenhouse environment. Unfortunately indoor grow rooms tend not to be as well maintained! Reflectors are usually positioned very closely to plants and often end up with dust and dirt, as well as stray foliar sprays, being deposited on the reflective surface. For growers using humidifiers or sulphur vaporisers, this problem is increased tremendously. If you’re using a humidifier with tap water, you will see a white dusty deposit form on most of your grow room equipment (and even the plants leaves) – this is the bicarbonates from the tap water and sadly makes reflectors not very reflective!
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this video shows what reflectors do
 
OGEvilgenius

OGEvilgenius

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bravedave said:
I would like to hear the "another story"
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Most people don't bother, but the reality is they are impossible to clean without damaging the specialized surfaces and they eventually collect a lot of dirt/grime and they lose effectiveness, especially with cleaning.

The gavita reflectors aren't that expensive or large.
 
bluntmassa1

bluntmassa1

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[QUOTE="Slimjimham, post: 11627491, member: 326094"

Am I really going to be seeing 5-10z more per light? Is the overall quality better from getting more if what the plant wants?

Thanks!... I'm like an inch away from buying one ha[/QUOTE]


I'm sure they may be a little better but 5-10 ounces more? Bullshit!!

It also depends on your grow style Heath Robinson pulled just over 2 grams per watt with a regular old 600 watt HPS it was a vertical hydro sea of green though.
 
professor KIND

professor KIND

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hantastic1 said:
also puts out alot of fucking heat.... lots of heat...
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my understanding is every 1000w hps puts out about 3000btu in heat.

are you talking about the gavita?
curious.

plus gavita are typically internal ballasted ?

learned something about reflectors today.
fuck buying a new hood every year.
 
Slimjimham

Slimjimham

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Yeah, buying a new good every year is crazy/environmentally not cool ha. But I'll take the year old ones :)

So I have a solistek se/de ballast...

I'm thinking I'm going to just buy a hood and bulb and use that ballast since it's supposed to work with de... What bulb/hood do you recommend and how much do you think it's gonna run me.... So overall everyone who switched is glad they did? How much extra would you say it put out for you?

Also think I heard somewhere that the de bulbs are cheeper to run? Less volts or some shit which is supposed to be cheeper? Does this make any sense... I think of things in watts so the lower volts thing doesn't make sense to me
 
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althor

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I was seriously considering a gavita a few years ago, but seemed they had major heat issues back then, have they resolved those issues?
 
707humboldt

707humboldt

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althor said:
I was seriously considering a gavita a few years ago, but seemed they had major heat issues back then, have they resolved those issues?
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If your running multiple 1000w setups you need an AC no matter what, 1000w runs hot. There is nothing gavita can do about the heat, they are meant to be used on a larger scale with AC or as supplemental light in greenhouses
 
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althor

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707humboldt said:
If your running multiple 1000w setups you need an AC no matter what, 1000w runs hot. There is nothing gavita can do about the heat, they are meant to be used on a larger scale with AC or as supplemental light in greenhouses
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Yeah I have an ac running with 800watts (2, 400w), which is why I turned away from the gavita. If I already have to use an ac for my HIDs and barely stay in the prime temps zone I definitely cant add a hotter light system.
 
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