Do you have a mammoth mint 8 or HLG scorpion Diablo X? Post here!

CWF said:
My Mammoth light has finally shipped and should be here Monday. Of course, the run I needed it for is finished, and I probably won't use it until fall.
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How is the build quality? Someone posted a review and said it was cheaply made. The rubber pieces on the end were glued on. The frame is flimsy. Could you check? I just ordered two of them.
 
buyyouabeer said:
OP one thing I haven't seen mentioned here is the advantage of having three separate panels vs one big light. I run a 4x8 with 3x Timber lights with 3x 288 V2 HLG Quantums each and just recently replaced my Tasty COB bar with the 350 Diablo. This makes life so much easier to dial in your light height for different sized plants. I run all of them soft at 200W and could not imagine running them all at full power (330W and 350W).

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I agree. Having multiple fixtures does make it a lot easier to dial in the lights. Your grow space seems to be very clean and well-kept. I always like to see that. A lot of growers are slobs and treat their grow space the way a teenager treats their bedroom. :) Happy growing!
 
Im kind of bummed, I must have skipped the part where it said its assembled in China. I got the shipping info today and said its coming from HUIZHOU, CN.. I thought they built it here. I waited this long I couldve just bought some mars-hydro lights....
 
SoD4nk said:
Im kind of bummed, I must have skipped the part where it said its assembled in China. I got the shipping info today and said its coming from HUIZHOU, CN.. I thought they built it here. I waited this long I couldve just bought some mars-hydro lights....
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@CWF tried to warn you. Hope it all works out for you.
 
The light is pretty sturdy, not flimsy. Make sure to install the screws as directed. I may order the aftermarket hangers for it, or make some. They sent me the 15‘ extension cord, a t-shirt, and some swag free, for having to wait so long.
 
J2M3S said:
@CWF tried to warn you. Hope it all works out for you.
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We get pretty spoiled with HLG. Did I tell you what they did for my little 250W Veg Pro? The light had some paint flake off. I was stunned. So I called HLG and they were stunned too and I told them I was running her in an 80% humid environment; my clone tent. They said OH we don't conformal coat them and you need a conformal coating for that environment. So they let me continue to use my 250. They then conformal coated a brand new 250 and sent it to me and I sent them back my 250 (all postage paid by them)!

So does HLG make the most cutting edge lights? No. But I gotta say their customer service is second to none. Who else customs a board for some nobody and doesn't charge them a penny! I'm a huge fan. But I'll bet @CWF light will be fire and I hope it lasts for him. Then again when you're running bleeding edge you roll with the punches and often times it's worth it. But shit I only have a few more hours to order that Tomahawk. I'm off to drink my wine, lower my inhibitions and make my plastic melt :lol:
 
There are two complaints I have so far with this light....
1. They didn't even PREDRILL holes for the driver to screw into. When you place the driver on top of the lights and screw the screws, they screw into the light bar. Making scratches and dents. ALSO I noticed when you screw them into the light bars, the start to lift up, they don't really latch on all that well. It makes me worried if I decide to hang the light by the driver (reason #2) and it the screws slip off.....
2. They didn't put o-ring latches on the corners of the light bar. You can't use your rope ratchet unless you screw the o-ring screws into the driver. You have to rely on the V-Hangers they have to hang your lights that way.
This really fucking bugs me, I paid $700 for a light that took a while to get (shipped from China) and they can't even drill holes or come up with a system to attach the drivers without damaging the light.
I almost want to return these lights.
 

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SoD4nk said:
There are two complaints I have so far with this light....
1. They didn't even PREDRILL holes for the driver to screw into. When you place the driver on top of the lights and screw the screws, they screw into the light bar. Making scratches and dents. ALSO I noticed when you screw them into the light bars, the start to lift up, they don't really latch on all that well. It makes me worried if I decide to hang the light by the driver (reason #2) and it the screws slip off.....
2. They didn't put o-ring latches on the corners of the light bar. You can't use your rope ratchet unless you screw the o-ring screws into the driver. You have to rely on the V-Hangers they have to hang your lights that way.
This really fucking bugs me, I paid $700 for a light that took a while to get (shipped from China) and they can't even drill holes or come up with a system to attach the drivers without damaging the light.
I almost want to return these lights.
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Well that all sucks to hear! Appreciate the info. Once light is up and growing,,,how’s it grow?
 
Not a factor for me as I'm not mounting the driver to the frame, I'm using the extension cord. I do see what you mean, though.
 
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