What do you guys think about LEDs from overseas?

YoZeitgeist

YoZeitgeist

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This is the link to the video review of the Koniea 900 watts and was recently featured on Migro with Shane on his YouTube page and I think that price is insane but I'm wary of buying a light from China and possible warranty issues if need be.

It's 4 channel spectrum that can be turned on off individually, I'm looking to switch to a 4x4 tent from my 2x4 and this light at this price send to good to be true.

Any one have interest?
Objections?
Stories of purchased lights from China or overseas period and having issues later on.

Or what lights would you purchase for a 4x4 with a $500 budget on mind.

Thanks in advance for any answers... Happy growing everyone.

If the link provided isn't embedded and active please search koniea grow light or YouTube out migro on YouTube who checked it out.
 

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YoZeitgeist

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YoZeitgeist said:

This is the link to the video review of the Koniea 900 watts and was recently featured on Migro with Shane on his YouTube page and I think that price is insane but I'm wary of buying a light from China and possible warranty issues if need be.

It's 4 channel spectrum that can be turned on off individually, I'm looking to switch to a 4x4 tent from my 2x4 and this light at this price send to good to be true.

Any one have interest?
Objections?
Stories of purchased lights from China or overseas period and having issues later on.

Or what lights would you purchase for a 4x4 with a $500 budget on mind.

Thanks in advance for any answers... Happy growing everyone.

If the link provided isn't embedded and active please search koniea grow light or church out migro on YouTube who checked it out.
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Ayee BK you're practically an expert at this man could you chime in your thoughts please...
 
Boatguy

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Even the low budget lights are fine now. $1 a watt should be the average pricepoint for a decent led light.
If you are spending more you are getting screwed
 
YoZeitgeist

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Boatguy said:
Even the low budget lights are fine now. $1 a watt should be the average pricepoint for a decent led light.
If you are spending more you are getting screwed
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Well this light is 902 true watts from the wall according to Migro and it's $400 before shipping and taxes, they have a 730 watt version for $300 before taxes and shipping cost with 6 bars of light instead of 8.
 
YoZeitgeist

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bk78 said:
They grow weed just like expensive lights.



fire away dude. Your plants can’t tell where you got your lights from. I still rock my original alibaba lights in my veg room. And my flower alibaba lights are 4 years old now and still grow the donkey dicks.
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Thank you so much man frfr, I was only apprehensive due to Alibaba and buying overseas along with limited reviews on ppl who did the same and spending that money is no small thing for me but it seems like a worthy investment.
 
YoZeitgeist

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bk78 said:
I mean back when I bought all mine shipping fees were peanuts, now they are pretty fucking high to my understanding
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The person from the company said it should cost a little over $50 to ship and that they build upon order.
 
Fangthane

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YoZeitgeist said:
Thank you, I see you bought it from Alibaba correct? Is she still working good after all these years?
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Yep, got it from Ali. Thing still works just as well as the day it arrived. Pretty sure the actual HLG equivalent was around $1000 at the time, so an effectively identical product for 60% less seemed like a no-brainer.
 
curious2garden

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Nope_49595933949 said:
I'm an HLG whore, that being said nothing wrong with lights of alibaba.
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I have recently been converted to the church of HLG. I absolutely love my HLG 250 Veg Pro and yesterday replaced my main flower light with an HLG Scorpion Diablo X with a UVA bar. I had a lot of preconceptions about bar vs board lights. I was wrong.

YoZeitgeist said:
Thank you so much man frfr, I was only apprehensive due to Alibaba and buying overseas along with limited reviews on ppl who did the same and spending that money is no small thing for me but it seems like a worthy investment.
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A vendor needs to get a following so you can get some great deals when they first start out. Then you wait to see if they are in it for the long haul. You take a risk but you could also get a great deal so you get to decide how much money you wish to risk. I hope it works out for you.
 
YoZeitgeist

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I bought the 720 watt version which uses Samsung LM301h vs the 900 watt with LM281b. I was talking with the support team from the manufacturer after I placed my order for the 900 watt version and he explained the difference since they have two 720 watt variants but only one 900 watt version.

So I paid $500 for the 900 watt version then he assisted me in switching to the more efficient newer LEDs instead in a 720 watt version with the newer diodes.

So the newer lights are more luminous per watt, while consuming less wattage vs the 281b diodes. Having two extra light bars will definitely compensate for sightly less efficiency.

lm301h are 0.2 w with 220 lm/w
lm281b are 0.5 w with 165 lm/w.

Regardless though both great lights in my opinion but I'm sure the newer version will also run slightly cooler as well with the newer diodes and less light bars.

Thanks everyone for the replied, happy growing growmies.
 
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