Best place to buy strips and drivers in aus?

Where's the best site to buy led strips and panels and drives in Australia? I used a site once and it had heaps of range buyt I forgot what it was called

https://www.cutter.com.au/ ....?

I feel like it only had like 3 letters in the name and you could get heaps of different strips and stuff on there and they had heaps of different drivers and stuff too, it was like an online ware house, like cutter but a bigger range

Worldwide distributors: digikey, arrow electronics, mouser... And future electronics.

Digikey rings a bell

Check out arrow aswell, they have discounts many times, there is a thread about it somewhere and a few peeps here that keep track of when pricing is cheap there. Cutter and growlights australia are good aswell, running their strips very happily.

So what's a good brand aroun

Rocket Soul said:

Check out arrow aswell, they have discounts many times, there is a thread about it somewhere and a few peeps here that keep track of when pricing is cheap there. Cutter and growlights australia are good aswell, running their strips very happily.

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Whats a good mid range strip these days been a while since I looked at them?
Are samsung still leading the market?

Leighbraz said:

So what's a good brand aroun

Whats a good mid range strip these days been a while since I looked at them?
Are samsung still leading the market?

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Im really not the right person to ask, i dont follow that so closely anymore. If you just want straight white you can do Bridgelux or samsung branded strips. I know @Jonesfamily7715 recently did a diy based on arrow components; maybe they have a better grasp on where price and performance meets best. Seoul semiconductors may be a good cheapo option.


If you want something with fancy monos and spectrum tweaking check out cutter: they can usually make a strip you like; they carry almoat all spectrums and have a great range of prices. Their web can be a bit confusing, id try to contact them if you are after something special you cannot find there, or if you wanna see if they can do better prices. Ask for their first buy discount aswell. Maybe they even give you a forum discount for mentioning riu. Youll have to check with them.

Theres also GLA which makes fantastic crem de la crem products, top bin nichias with real efficiency tests, higher performance seal (you can hose down the lights, burn sulfur etc) and a real high performance full spectrum all the way from 400-730+ nm. They are really good guys, also do some discounts for amounts and forum; sadly not here anymore but you can find them on icmag or just by contacting them directly. Welcome to say hi from me if u go that way but they are not really midd range.

Why do you wanna diy? To save $ or something different?
What space you wanna cover? Flower/veg or full cycle?
Do you have a budget?

It helps you if you give or at least knows the answer of these questions going into this.

Rocket Soul said:

Im really not the right person to ask, i dont follow that so closely anymore. If you just want straight white you can do Bridgelux or samsung branded strips. I know @Jonesfamily7715 recently did a diy based on arrow components; maybe they have a better grasp on where price and performance meets best. Seoul semiconductors may be a good cheapo option.


If you want something with fancy monos and spectrum tweaking check out cutter: they can usually make a strip you like; they carry almoat all spectrums and have a great range of prices. Their web can be a bit confusing, id try to contact them if you are after something special you cannot find there, or if you wanna see if they can do better prices. Ask for their first buy discount aswell. Maybe they even give you a forum discount for mentioning riu. Youll have to check with them.

Theres also GLA which makes fantastic crem de la crem products, top bin nichias with real efficiency tests, higher performance seal (you can hose down the lights, burn sulfur etc) and a real high performance full spectrum all the way from 400-730+ nm. They are really good guys, also do some discounts for amounts and forum; sadly not here anymore but you can find them on icmag or just by contacting them directly. Welcome to say hi from me if u go that way but they are not really midd range.

Why do you wanna diy? To save $ or something different?
What space you wanna cover? Flower/veg or full cycle?
Do you have a budget?

It helps you if you give or at least knows the answer of these questions going into this.

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I have a 3mx3m room and s seperate veg tent, where I am I find hps just to hot in the summer months and I know some blokes that have had good success with led but I don't want to drop $2k on a light, I prefer diy so then I know how it works and if it ever breaks down I can fix it myself, I was thinking of transitioning over time so replace one hps at a time until I'm fully led