Grow Tent Questions

xtheghostx

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Hey everyone I'm new around here and had some questions about grow tents. How reliabe are they? What are some of the more popular ones and where can I get them? I'm wanting something that will hold around 8 to 20 plants thanks any help is much appreciated.
 

OSHiT

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i got one of the "homebox" tent/growbox's it seems like it is reasonably well made, theyre basicly just metal bars connected in a box shape with a grid on the top to hang things from. with a thick plastic/fabric material that covers it. it has built in venting at the bottom for intake. and it has a few premade holes to attach fans for exaust ect.

i have a smaller version of this i like it there is also a bigger version if needed. also that is the site i ordered from, they have good customer service
 

LemonHerb

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Assuming you can do it for under $75 is there any reason you would want to buy one of these over building it yourself? I'm surprised I don't see more people doing that on here. I feel like I am missing something.
 

xtheghostx

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Assuming you can do it for under $75 is there any reason you would want to buy one of these over building it yourself? I'm surprised I don't see more people doing that on here. I feel like I am missing something.
Its just a grow tent has everything all setup and ready to go plus I don't have the time, some things in my grow room will be diy like the carbon filter, and hydro setup but I just want a premade tent.

Also how many plants will the homebox xl hold using sqaure pots not round
 

OSHiT

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well if you would add up the cost of buying tubing/pvc assembling it right then buying a bunch of pandafilm and attaching it to a strong fabric then getting holes/zipper/venting in it... then your gonna be paying a good amount+ alot of time... and considering i got the small one for like 100$ i think it was worth it. plus its all professionally done/tested so you know its not gonna end up fucked up

Edit: also the XXL holds alot. Dimensions: 94.5" wide x 47.25" deep x 78.75" tall
 

Bain

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Plus, the tents can be semi-stealth, as opposed to some DIY tents. I've heard of people passing the tents off as an extra wardrobe or something.

Back on topic, I've heard lots of good review for Secret Jardin tents. I think it was Loudblunts that was promoting them so he's probably the pro. They are also the most expensive so... /shrug.

Here's a link to a discussion on this topic a while back
 

xtheghostx

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Holy shit those jarden tents are way to expensive I don't see anything that special about them as I can get the growbox xxl for the price of one of their 4x4x6 ones
 

StopFrontinFool

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I have an old hydrohut that has been working great for more than 2 years. After reading all the hype about the darkroom, I bought one of the dr150's. I really can't believe all the BS hype about the darkroom.

Have you tried to count all the F-ing pin holes in these things from the needle in the sewing machine they used to put this thing together? Yo loudblunt, the answer to the question about the light coming into the darkroom is that it very well could make a difference to a grow if the lights in the room where the darkroom sits are bright and are on during the grow's night time.

Keep drinking the Koolaid if you want but stress to a plant or a seedling isn't what I signed on for when I purchased a "professional grow tent". You stress a seed and you can produce hermys. You light the night cycle enough and consistently and you'll get hermys or you'll just throw the plant into a state of confusion or back to grow.

And lastly, my hut has steel poles, no pin holes, a place to hang my fan and my filter, and the zipper is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay beefier. The zipper on the darkroom sucks like hell!!! I already bent two aluminum poles in my darkroom trying to hang everything. Plastic corners??? Whatever.

The product is called the
DarkRoom and it isn't even dark inside! Who in the hell are you guys trying to kid? This isn't preschool! If it wasn't for the other tents killing everything, the darkroom would be some piece of shit that nobody looked at twice. Instead, you keep drinking the Koolaid -- but please stop bullshitting people who are reading your posts.
 

xtheghostx

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I'm so glad someone who actually had bought one of these you probably saved someone a lot of money. I for one don't want any light leaking in. I think I may start off with the home xl or the xxl I have to do some measurements first.

Has anyone heard anything about the tents from htgsupply.com ?
 

OSHiT

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read the article linked above.... it says the tents htg sells are cheap peice's of shit.... but i have never seen one...
 

LoudBlunts

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I have an old hydrohut that has been working great for more than 2 years. After reading all the hype about the darkroom, I bought one of the dr150's. I really can't believe all the BS hype about the darkroom.

Have you tried to count all the F-ing pin holes in these things from the needle in the sewing machine they used to put this thing together? Yo loudblunt, the answer to the question about the light coming into the darkroom is that it very well could make a difference to a grow if the lights in the room where the darkroom sits are bright and are on during the grow's night time.

Keep drinking the Koolaid if you want but stress to a plant or a seedling isn't what I signed on for when I purchased a "professional grow tent". You stress a seed and you can produce hermys. You light the night cycle enough and consistently and you'll get hermys or you'll just throw the plant into a state of confusion or back to grow.

And lastly, my hut has steel poles, no pin holes, a place to hang my fan and my filter, and the zipper is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay beefier. The zipper on the darkroom sucks like hell!!! I already bent two aluminum poles in my darkroom trying to hang everything. Plastic corners??? Whatever.

The product is called the
DarkRoom and it isn't even dark inside! Who in the hell are you guys trying to kid? This isn't preschool! If it wasn't for the other tents killing everything, the darkroom would be some piece of shit that nobody looked at twice. Instead, you keep drinking the Koolaid -- but please stop bullshitting people who are reading your posts.
LMAO.....wow..... how many light leaks from the dark room? one user with 1 post?

yea, your fucking very credible....thanks for trying to take a stab at me and my advice. but i really cant see me really giving a fuck about someone who tries to belittle me but has one post. LMAO

second....maybe you're too stewpid to put a tent together.....ever wonder why they have those big ass flaps in the inside behind the zipper? ITS FOR THE FLAP TO bE FOLDED UP TO STOP lightleaks.... but i bet your genius ass didnt think about that? i bet you got your flaps all bent up

nice try....close but no cigar.

before you try and belittle me again, maybe you should look at my post count and my reputation, then look at yours....then logic might strike you some sense!!!!
 

Puff

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Hey everyone I'm new around here and had some questions about grow tents. How reliabe are they? What are some of the more popular ones and where can I get them? I'm wanting something that will hold around 8 to 20 plants thanks any help is much appreciated.
Ok the grow tent expert is here, lol. I have experience with them all for the most part. By far the nicest tent out of the bunch is the darkroom. Next in-line is the Homebox, the HTG tents are kind of cheap and they do leak light into the tent. The other tents are light proof. Yes I have checked, I get into the tent and close it up.

I just finished this little beauty. Its a Darkroom DR80 with 9 GH Waterfarm drip buckets. The watering is controlled through a two stage reservoir with a float valve. Im using a Sunleaves Windtunnel 4" fan with an Odorsok filter. For lighting Im running two 400W cooltubes. One with a MH bulb and the other for HPS. I ran it today for the first time, after a few hours the temps were about 7 degrees warmer than the air outside the tent. Here check out the pics. You dont have to have two lights, you can just go with one 400w, or maybe 1 600w. I checked the light with a meter and its at 5000 foot candles at 22" above the canopy. So thats fine, its not too much light. This is the best setup I could come up with. Everyone has their own opinions.



 

Puff

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Holy shit those jarden tents are way to expensive I don't see anything that special about them as I can get the growbox xxl for the price of one of their 4x4x6 ones

I paid less for my Darkroom than I did for the HTG tent.
You can get a DR80 for about $170 shipped to your door. They are the best bang for your buck. The zippers do suck, they are way too small. But the zippers are the right size on the HTG tent and they are falling off. The zippers are always a weak spot on most any tent. These tents setup properly are not cheap. If youre not ready to spend at least $500 on a complete setup your going have a difficult time engineering your own. Unless you get pleasure from building things, which is understandable. Personaly I have no free time, I work my ass off and I dont want to spend a couple of weekends building a setup from scratch. If I had the time to kill then I might feel differently. If you cant find the Darkroom for a reasonable price I can PM you a link to a website that carries them for the best prices I have seen around.
 

Puff

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Someone asked about the airflow in a private message. The question was about being able to filter the odor as well as cool the tent on one fan. So Ill post some pics on how thats setup so everyone can see. First the air is sucked through the 4" x 12" carbon filter ($37 btw) on the intake side of the fan. On the exhaust end of Windtunnel fan it goes through the cooltubes then exhausted out of the tent. The negative air pressure from all the air being blown out of the tent allows a passive intake of air to come in through the vent flaps on the bottom of the tent. Its important to make sure you keep your exhaust up high and your intake down low. I reccomend using a centrifugal fan. They work well with ducting and are not prone to pressure loss like other fans. Each bend in the ducting causes pressure to build up slowing your airflow. The centrifugal fans work well with this type of setup as they have a ton of bite. Think of it as like having a lot of torque.



 

xtheghostx

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Hey puff thanks for the advice love your setup. I was planning on using a 1000w digital hps for the lighting and going to be using the hempy bucket grow method. Yes please send the pm also I may need some help setting up the ventilation. Still unsure whether to use the homebox or darkroom.
 

Puff

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Hey puff thanks for the advice love your setup. I was planning on using a 1000w digital hps for the lighting and going to be using the hempy bucket grow method. Yes please send the pm also I may need some help setting up the ventilation. Still unsure whether to use the homebox or darkroom.
They're both good grow tents. The Homebox has nice construction and I haven't had any zipper issues with it. But the construction on the darkroom is a little better. The darkroom has a nice reflective lining, the homebox has the standard white reflective lining. If I was you, I would be more concerned over the space your looking to fill. I am working in tight spots so size is an issue. The DR80 is only 2.6' x 2.6' x 5.25'; it fits 9 - 10" waterfarm buckets which I have had good success with.

Ill just post the link to the website where to buy the Darkroom Tents. This place offers free shipping on most orders. From my experience they probably wont have your tent in stock. I think they drop ship those orders and they are coming from Canada. It will probably take over a week to receive it, but not more than two. Just so you know.

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