Dabs_Offa_Hot9
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has anyone ever tried these?
Atshark 1000w LED grow light?
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DrOgkush
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For real!! I bought an sf1000 for 150. Now they sell em for 80 lmfao. Fucking twats.
put down 4-600 dollars. Your return will come back in a single harvest (assuming you know what your doing).
Dabs_Offa_Hot9
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My area is a 32"x32"x63" grow tent, does that make any difference? I think it says it will flower a 2.5'x2.5' area. Would it be beneficial as supplemental with my 600w mh/hps?
Dabs_Offa_Hot9
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I won't be putting down 4-600 on any lights, any time soon.
Jimmy Slade
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You get what you pay for.
Or just stick with the 600, if you're gonna insist on being stingy with your monies.
Dabs_Offa_Hot9
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I don't have monies to not be stingy with. Thank you
Creature1969
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If you already have a 600w HID, I'd just stick with that until you can replace it entirely. Cost vs benefit. Adding some LED to 600w HID in that space isn't gonna gain much more than headaches and want for more LED.
I'd save the cash toward full light replacement or better genetics.
Dabs_Offa_Hot9
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Underlighting? The thing is, I got it for only $35, I feel like I should at least get my money out of it
xtsho
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How would spending $268 to replace a 600 watt HPS pay for itself in a couple months? What if you have cheap electricity as in less than 0.05¢ kwh? It's would to take much longer than a couple months for that light to pay for itself. You have to factor in power costs which vary widely. You can't just make a blanket statement and say the light will pay for itself in a couple of months because that's not true for everyone.
Plus $124 in shipping from China with no guarantee that the light might get lost in the shipping mess going on for a few months.
So $268 + $124 = $392. The only savings is electricity. It would take a couple years for that light to pay for itself using my power costs. I also don't think there would much if any improvement in yield over a 600 watt HPS.
DrOgkush
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1 year of consistency. Will outrun what he pays for in cannabis. That’s for most consumers. Not selling a leaf that is.
The only way that light doesn’t pay for itself. Is if he fails after fails. Assuming he has a lock on growing 6 months time under the right light will yield 8-16 ounces. Essp under the new technology they have now with the new style of leds. Before I’d agree 100%. But after all these new light broke ground. It’s almost impossible not to at least break even.
and I’m referring to money saved from buying cannabis cash outta pocket. I know for fact saved me 1000s of dollars a year.
Dabs_Offa_Hot9
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I don't have a lock on it, but I do alright. I get what you're saying i just don't have that kind of money. I'm disabled and not working. I also don't get any government funds. My wife makes all of our money and this will save her at least $3000/yearly in cost of cannabis alone.
DrOgkush
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Then a 300 dollar light doesn’t seem like a bad idea at that point. But if you already have a light. Might as well right that the best you can if money is an issue. I understand that part alone
Rocket Soul
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It's not a bad light but it's overpowered the small space he has and only 62" height. OP: I'd look into CMH in your case, very nice to grow with and about right foot print.
Rocket Soul
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What about the hassle if this light fucks up your grow? I'd happily lose 35$ for a successful grow. That space don't need any more light if you can make it work with a HPS 600w
Dabs_Offa_Hot9
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I hear you bruv. I will truly upgrade my lights someday. I had certain circumstances that forced me indoors and a small budget. So this time the bulk of my budget went to exhaust and odor control
Dabs_Offa_Hot9
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maybe I'll just use the atshark to keep a mother plant? It should at least be sufficient for that, right?
Jimmy Slade
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A friend of mine replaced a 600 with a 480 watt QB style light. He was averaging 16 per harvest. Over the past 3 harvests since switching lights, his yield average increased by 2.5 ounces to 18.5. I don't know where you live, but in my part of the world, cannabis is worth money.
You didn't factor in bulb costs.
Electricity is expensive af where I live.
Jimmy Slade
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They get hot in the center too though.
I didn't catch the height of his space the first time I read it, so yeah, that 480 will get hot in the middle.
Jimmy Slade
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Yup.
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