First grow, looking for lighting advice on a 3x3 tent.

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spuderico420

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Hey guys..

Just about to get underway with purchasing everything I need to begin my first grow.

Got my eye on the mars hydro 3x3 tent, lighting wise at the moment I am leaning towards the fairly new quantum board from mars hydro, the TSW2000 to be exact.

Ive seen some good results using this light and its readily available where I am in the world (south east asia) ...

Not sure if there are any other lights out there that I should be considering, Im trying to stay at around 300usd but i can stretch to 400-500 if the extra money made a big difference.

I will be growing a mix of autos and photoperiods but not at the same times.

Thanks in advance, im still learning and just trying to read up as much as possible but lighting I just need some real world advice as I dont want to blow a bunch of money on bad products.
 
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spuderico420

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I looked at timber but I cant get them where I am, shipping would be astronomical and they are just not easy to get hold of, what HLG would be my best bet for a 3x3 do you think, just been looking at spider farmer sf2000 also but I really dont know what i'm looking at to be honest.
 
PrometheanLeaf

PrometheanLeaf

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spuderico420 said:
I looked at timber but I cant get them where I am, shipping would be astronomical and they are just not easy to get hold of, what HLG would be my best bet for a 3x3 do you think, just been looking at spider farmer sf2000 also but I really dont know what i'm looking at to be honest.
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What country are you in?

And are you comfortable doing any DIY or do you just want a plug and play light?
 
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spuderico420

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Flatrate said:
Stay away from Mars. With a $300 budget look at HLG, with a $500 budget look at Timber. If you don't need led go with a 315 CMH, great light.
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!00% can't get timber unfortunately, I might be a bit out of luck with getting anything imported so maybe have to stick to asian brands although I might be able to get paltiunum led although very expensive
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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That mars tsw2000 is not a bad light and its good value.
Yeah there are lights a fair bit more expensive that are a better but it will suit your space and is in your budget as well as most importantly been available.
 
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spuderico420

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coreywebster said:
That mars tsw2000 is not a bad light and its good value.
Yeah there are lights a fair bit more expensive that are a better but it will suit your space and is in your budget as well as most importantly been available.
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yeah also looking at the spider farmer series, not sure whats good and whats not at this point
 
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m99smith

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spuderico420 said:
Hey guys..

Just about to get underway with purchasing everything I need to begin my first grow.

Got my eye on the mars hydro 3x3 tent, lighting wise at the moment I am leaning towards the fairly new quantum board from mars hydro, the TSW2000 to be exact.

Ive seen some good results using this light and its readily available where I am in the world (south east asia) ...

Not sure if there are any other lights out there that I should be considering, Im trying to stay at around 300usd but i can stretch to 400-500 if the extra money made a big difference.

I will be growing a mix of autos and photoperiods but not at the same times.

Thanks in advance, im still learning and just trying to read up as much as possible but lighting I just need some real world advice as I dont want to blow a bunch of money on bad products.
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Well usually you want around 50w per square ft so for the 3x3 you would want around 450w actual power draw i would get like two 150w hps and some good cobs
 
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