What do you guys think about LEDs from overseas?

YoZeitgeist said:

The person from the company said it should cost a little over $50 to ship and that they build upon order.

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coreywebster said:

That's suspiciously cheap shipping.

Not talking g about the product or company but $50 shipping is odd.

Shipping pretty much adds 50% onto the price, then taxes another 10% or 20%, I forget now.

I saw that video of Shane's on the 900w unit, good to know they do a smaller one.

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Boatguy said:

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coreywebster said:

So by sea?

Never tried that. Doesn't seem too long either considering

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YoZeitgeist said:

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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YoZeitgeist said:

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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amneziaHaze said:

Got a fake spiderfarmer from aliexpress for 20$ 60w got 90g dry.only problem it somethimes shocked me on contact....didnt help it was bolted to the metal growbox,and it would glow when it was off if you plug it wrong

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rshackleferd said:

Is your house old? My diy light also shocked me until I installed a ground wire. Homes 50 years or older do not usually have ground.

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