What LED should I get

Texiantoker

Member
Trying to decide on what LED light to put in a 4x4 tent I want to stay around $1000 or less if you have any other recommendations let me know but these are the ones I'm looking at now.
Timber grow lights 600 vero29 v7
Johnson led light cx-9
 
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kelevra1572

New Member
California light works make some sturdy leds, and have good life on the single led lights them selfs, wont burnout like most...I like german Kessil, but they can get pricey, they are of excellent quality, great for supplement lighting in flowering
 

meangreengrowinmachine

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I can't wait to get my timber at the end of the month! Now just debating on the crees vs veros that large Vero framework appears to be putting out more light then the crees... but i don't know sht about veros... I guess if not diying it doesn't matter
 

Hybridway

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Thanks for the info guys someone on another forum suggested this light any info on them?
Amare - SolarECLIPSE SE450+UVB - 450 Watts
Great fixture. Will easily yield most people 1-1.5 #'s in a 4'x4'. I own it n love it.
May wanna look into 2 , Pro-3's though. Better coverage & 600w.
Amares rock!
 
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hillbill

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Some valid products include Northern Grow Lights, Timber, Pacific Light Concpts, Johnson, Tasty, Go Green, Amare and others.

I really like white COBs with 3000k to 3500k and high cri. Blurple 3watt and 5 watt panels are obsolete and ineffective by comparison.

DIY is an easy option now with all the help you need on this forum.

Some members have Amare Obsession Disorder with a side effect of tunnel vision.
 

Hybridway

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Some valid products include Northern Grow Lights, Timber, Pacific Light Concpts, Johnson, Tasty, Go Green, Amare and others.

I really like white COBs with 3000k to 3500k and high cri. Blurple 3watt and 5 watt panels are obsolete and ineffective by comparison.

DIY is an easy option now with all the help you need on this forum.

Some members have Amare Obsession Disorder with a side effect of tunnel vision.
Now, now, in all fairness. I like DIY & Timber but choose Amare. It is what makes sense to me for a manufactured product. They work great & offer what I want. No tunnel vision here.
 

Geyapex Technology

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Trying to decide on what LED light to put in a 4x4 tent I want to stay around $1000 or less if you have any other recommendations let me know but these are the ones I'm looking at now.
Timber grow lights 600 vero29 v7
Johnson led light cx-9
The duolux600 from topshelflight.com is also a good choice (:
 

Mellodrama

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How is the Duolux 600 a "good choice"? How does it stand out from all the other blurple panels?

Beware of an advertiser's suggestions. Unless lots of members are using said suggestions and confirming results.
 

Mellodrama

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This is my opinion, so take it for what it's worth. But I'll betcha everybody who's moved on from boxes to open frames like Timber and etc. will agree.

I don't care who the box comes from, what's inside the box, or how much electricity it gulps down at the plug. The useful area of coverage - the "footprint" - of a box drops off drastically as you move out from underneath the box. It might be as bright as the sun directly underneath, but things go downhill really fast outside the box.

The Duolux 600 is 22" X 22". That's bigger than a lot of boxes, but you're still looking at the basic physical limitations.

Duolux claims a 4' X 4' footprint in flower, and 6' X 6' in veg.

THAT IS NONSENSE. It's the same nonsense every one of these box builders claim to various degrees, so I'm not picking on Duolux exclusively. In the fine print, Duolux mentions hanging the light 24" above, and I imagine moving the light that far away helps the footprint a little bit. If the walls are reflective. I'm not willing to run a light that far off the plants and waste photons.

Compare that to an open frame with COBs. You suspend the open frame roughly 12" above the canopy, and you spread the COBs out to give more even coverage. If your COBs can slide on the rack you have the ability to scootch lights this way or that way, depending on the need. Better footprint, less electrical usage, less wasted photons.

Thermally, boxes make no sense. Stuff everything inside a metal enclosure, then add fans and vents to mitigate the fact that all the hot parts are cheek-to-jowl inside. Why not hang the driver and COBs out in the open where they can pick up on the slightest breeze?

Boxes are toast. People just don't see that yet.
 
This is my opinion, so take it for what it's worth. But I'll betcha everybody who's moved on from boxes to open frames like Timber and etc. will agree.

I don't care who the box comes from, what's inside the box, or how much electricity it gulps down at the plug. The useful area of coverage - the "footprint" - of a box drops off drastically as you move out from underneath the box. It might be as bright as the sun directly underneath, but things go downhill really fast outside the box.

The Duolux 600 is 22" X 22". That's bigger than a lot of boxes, but you're still looking at the basic physical limitations.

Duolux claims a 4' X 4' footprint in flower, and 6' X 6' in veg.

THAT IS NONSENSE. It's the same nonsense every one of these box builders claim to various degrees, so I'm not picking on Duolux exclusively. In the fine print, Duolux mentions hanging the light 24" above, and I imagine moving the light that far away helps the footprint a little bit. If the walls are reflective. I'm not willing to run a light that far off the plants and waste photons.

Compare that to an open frame with COBs. You suspend the open frame roughly 12" above the canopy, and you spread the COBs out to give more even coverage. If your COBs can slide on the rack you have the ability to scootch lights this way or that way, depending on the need. Better footprint, less electrical usage, less wasted photons.

Thermally, boxes make no sense. Stuff everything inside a metal enclosure, then add fans and vents to mitigate the fact that all the hot parts are cheek-to-jowl inside. Why not hang the driver and COBs out in the open where they can pick up on the slightest breeze?

Boxes are toast. People just don't see that yet.
I get way more heat from a DIY 3590 200w, 4x 50w than an Amare SS260, the one without cobs. It is very opened, plus the DIY made me trouble from the getgo
 

Danielson999

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Trying to decide on what LED light to put in a 4x4 tent I want to stay around $1000 or less if you have any other recommendations let me know but these are the ones I'm looking at now.
Timber grow lights 600 vero29 v7
Johnson led light cx-9
The 600w Vero 29 pre-built light is a great value. Nothing Amare or Duolux makes comes even remotely close to matching it's cost to performance ratio. Under $1000 for a pre-built 600w light that will spank a 4'x4' tent is as good a deal as I've seen.
 

PetFlora

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The 600w Vero 29 pre-built light is a great value. Nothing Amare or Duolux makes comes even remotely close to matching it's cost to performance ratio. Under $1000 for a pre-built 600w light that will spank a 4'x4' tent is as good a deal as I've seen.
Tex, do you want to take advice from someone who has never grown with Amare? What is his agenda? IMHO: Opinions are worthless without actual grow results
 
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