Gavita CT 1930e LED dropping soon. Opinions on it?

780w 1930umols. 2.5umol efficacy. Not a bar or board. Looks like those spectrum sk602s that dropped a few yrs ago.

Was at the hydro shop and the guys were getting hyped up for it because its Gavita. Some guy pre ordered like 50 of them already. I think its around $1.5k out the door

Wouldnt buy it personally. Especially not for 20% savings.

Looks cool. They’re meant for commercial grows wouldn’t make any sense in a tent or as a single light source. But makes sense for people who have a warehouse full of DEs and they’ve spaced and hung em for even PPFD. Gavita claims they can slot these in and get the same even PPFD and save 220w per light pretty good. that electrical savings and no bulb replacement pretty substantial

pulpoinspace said:

Looks cool. They’re meant for commercial grows wouldn’t make any sense in a tent or as a single light source. But makes sense for people who have a warehouse full of DEs and they’ve spaced and hung em for even PPFD. Gavita claims they can slot these in and get the same even PPFD and save 220w per light pretty good. that electrical savings and no bulb replacement pretty substantial

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What makes you say that??? I’m literally about to put one in a 10x10.

dirtyshawa said:

What makes you say that??? I’m literally about to put one in a 10x10.

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You mean 4?

4 of these in a 10x10(x10) would actually be pretty slick i bet. 10x10 is not your typical tent that i was referring to in the other post.

OneHitDone said:

You mean 4?

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Exactly what I was thinking. I have great ventilation and a smart home that is energy efficient as fuck.

pulpoinspace said:

4 of these in a 10x10(x10) would actually be pretty slick i bet. 10x10 is not your typical tent that i was referring to in the other post.

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Dig. As I think about it 4 would be too much heat to deal with. 2 could definitely produce some great yields

Reminds me of that revolution micro LED that I believe probably flopped when it came out.

A couple of my buddy's got excited by it. Not me.

Seems like its just meant to be an offering for people that just want a drop-in replacement for their HID lights. Those that don't want to deal with the larger footprint the 1700e has now have an option in this product. I think I remember the strips are more efficient/better.

As a result of its lower efficiency vs the older 1700e (2.5 vs 2.8 umol/s), I do not find it interesting.

"Operating at 780 watts with an output of 1930 µmol s-1, the CT 1930e LED achieves an impressive efficacy of 2.5 µmol s-1 per watt. "

Yeah, not worth the price IMO. 2.5 µmol s-1 when better lights are up around 2.8

I can't see the reason to get all excited about these. Not a big wattage savings at 80% and very expensive.

Renfro said:

"Operating at 780 watts with an output of 1930 µmol s-1, the CT 1930e LED achieves an impressive efficacy of 2.5 µmol s-1 per watt. "

Yeah, not worth the price IMO. 2.5 µmol s-1 when better lights are up around 2.8

I can't see the reason to get all excited about these. Not a big wattage savings at 80% and very expensive.

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It's Gavita... you mostly pay for the name. Though they are known for a solid product.

Hollatchaboy said:

you mostly pay for the name.

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someone might but not me lol.

Renfro said:

someone might but not me lol.

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Lol me neither.

quisqueyano said:

Seems like its just meant to be an offering for people that just want a drop-in replacement for their HID lights.

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Exactly.
Its for people that have this and want to slot em in and get the exact same PPFD they get currently. We'll have a law in California that all grow houses will have to do this by some point. I can see using these if you wanna do less work than dialing in a bunch of new bar lights. Not to mention that bar lights suck

Yea but it has the name Gavita in it. Gavita and LED in the same breath is a must buy.

Always find it strange that each new model of LED that comes out still has that same tag line of "Replaces 1k HPS"

Norml56 said:

Always find it strange that each new model of LED that comes out still has that same tag line of "Replaces 1k HPS"

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Maybe should read "Still hasn't" ?

I can buy a chill led like 700 bucks or any other of the DIY or even prebuilt at around $1.2 a watt. and its like 2.7umol plus its modular and I can add bars to up the efficacy. IF those numbers are true then Mars hydro stuff sounds like its better cost wise. Im still ignorant as shit on LED's still but seems like you're paying for a name and a marketing department.
IMO grow shops are a relic of prohibition and will die rather quickly when everything is legalized and we can just buy all our shit wholesale at a garden shop.

This light is really meant to replace an 1150w DE Gavita. Not a 1000w HPS SE. A DE Gavita is 1150w at full output, and 2100umol. This light is only 170umol less than a DE Gavita running at 1150w.
The best SE HPS bulb is the Hortilux 1000w and is 1600umol.

This is mostly for greenhouse grows, hence the narrow dimensions...... Let's the sun pass by. Older model seems better suited as a sole indoor light source.

DE bulb output # is before reflector losses