Recent content by stonedwolf

How about 3w Bridgelux chips in a 7 spectrum lighting array (440nm, 460nm, 610nm, 630nm and 660nm, UV & IR)? http://www.growlightuk.com/collections/growlightuk-homepage-collection/products/helios-pro-9-675w

Maybe, there a 300 watt (diode not draw) comparison grow ATM, between a brand new Platinum P300 and a Mars 300 that's so old it has been discontinued. They can last. If I can survive the Xbox 360 I can survive anything. :) The trouble is what I can afford isn't want I'd buy. Someone has just...

Not much in the UK that I can find.

I'm a reader of a UK grow forum and their lights last more than two grows, especially if you mod them for better fans and ventilation (which you shouldn't have to do but there you go), but yeah they're not as rugged as more expensive ones.

Well, I can't afford Cree....

Epistar are inefficient?

The monitoring will be irrelevant as that's done via the fan/heater controller The important thing is being able to custom mix the blue/red light and set the brightness of it, changing it through the day for dawn/dusk cycles, seedlings, etc.

Anybody have any thoughts on the Mars Pro lights e.g. the Epistar 320?

Slavery get shit done bro... look at the pyramids. :bigjoint: These days you're lucky if you can find a guy who can skim coat your walls without burying your floor in plaster.

Perhaps not so much "bs" but the claims are usually the shortest-ever successful harvest from a highly experienced grower who is expertly familiar with the strain and has created the perfect growing conditions for it. Every once in a while in auto grow diaries you do find people who do come...

Hey, I'm looking to get a Mars Epistar Pro 320. If/when I do would you be interested in looking at some photos of the internals and giving advice on extra cooling?