http://www.bsled.com/led-grow-light/sp110d-140w.html
That X2 is very very nice, but $185 is more than I want to spend. The promotions price, which ended February 22nd IIRC, was only $122. $158 total would have been a better price. Hopefully prices will go even lower soon, who knows how much they will drop with the advancement of technology. I think I would be willing to pay $135 total for one.
So I bought one of these instead: http://www.ebay.com/itm/135w-UFO-LED-Grow-Light-Full-spectrum-3W-Flower-LEDs-Hydroponic-grow-lamp-panel-/280994073556?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416c8d4bd4
I pad $103 for it, actually, but $99 sounds much catchier. I've seen them go as low as $90.
It's very cheap, but keep in mind that resellers usually charge insane markup. Does this look similar? http://www.hydrogrowled.com/84X-PRO---120W-LED-Grow-Light-P84C60.aspx
This might be the same one, but $12 cheaper: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pro-135W-8Band-UFO-Led-Grow-Light-Indoor-Plant-Veg-Flower-Hydroponic-Grow-Lamps-/221183294375?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337f8d3ba7
Differences: The angles are 90 and 120, but I'm using a SCROG, so it won't matter. They also don't have the replaceable/upgradeable light modules, which would have been nice, but probably won't affect me, or the X2 optic lens, which concentrates the light, but is likely inferior to reducing the angle. $103 total with fast shipping is extremely cheap, though. I think it's worth the lower quality, at least depending on whether you're doing something that won't need a lot of penetration. I've seen them go for as low as $90.
Light came Friday around 2PM (California).
Seems to be the same as this, maybe with different LEDs: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135W-LED-UFO-GREEN-LAMP-Grow-panel-better-than-90W-Light-Board-3W-LED-Flowering-/220895751317?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item336e69ac95
It has the same hangers, which I don't like because they're too long and I'm going to use rope ratchets when they arrive (Bought from the same seller for a low price. $4 total for a pair seems to be the median.), but I just looped the carabiner over and under until it was short enough.
Seems to be what they say it is. I like it, but time will tell how it performs. It produces very little heat. My grow space is only about 7 cubic feet and made with reflectix and it hardly raises the temperature, it seems to stay around 73F. Only thing I don't like is that it's too loud.
According to my Smart Tools app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.sira.sound&hl=en
The decibels are 27 from a few feet away in the same room. Maybe you could play a youtube video of a fan blowing and raise the volume until the app reads 27db to get an idea of the noise level. Here's one you could use: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOtGBwMSjng
It's certainly not inline fan loud, but I definitely wouldn't want to be on the computer or sleeping in the same room as it, and it isn't suitable for a stealth grow. I may have particularly sensitive hearing, though. I've never listened to loud music, so I haven't suffered as much hearing loss as the average person, and I've always been easily annoyed by noise.
Here are the internals. Only 3 phillips head screws, easy to disassemble and put back into place.
This is the fan: http://fan-cooling.com/productshow.asp?id=72
Seems to be a standard 120mm DC PC fan. Looks pretty cheap, no wonder it's noisy. Easy to swap out. I'll need a 3 pin female to 2 pin male adapter, though.
That X2 is very very nice, but $185 is more than I want to spend. The promotions price, which ended February 22nd IIRC, was only $122. $158 total would have been a better price. Hopefully prices will go even lower soon, who knows how much they will drop with the advancement of technology. I think I would be willing to pay $135 total for one.
So I bought one of these instead: http://www.ebay.com/itm/135w-UFO-LED-Grow-Light-Full-spectrum-3W-Flower-LEDs-Hydroponic-grow-lamp-panel-/280994073556?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item416c8d4bd4
I pad $103 for it, actually, but $99 sounds much catchier. I've seen them go as low as $90.
It's very cheap, but keep in mind that resellers usually charge insane markup. Does this look similar? http://www.hydrogrowled.com/84X-PRO---120W-LED-Grow-Light-P84C60.aspx
This might be the same one, but $12 cheaper: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pro-135W-8Band-UFO-Led-Grow-Light-Indoor-Plant-Veg-Flower-Hydroponic-Grow-Lamps-/221183294375?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337f8d3ba7
Differences: The angles are 90 and 120, but I'm using a SCROG, so it won't matter. They also don't have the replaceable/upgradeable light modules, which would have been nice, but probably won't affect me, or the X2 optic lens, which concentrates the light, but is likely inferior to reducing the angle. $103 total with fast shipping is extremely cheap, though. I think it's worth the lower quality, at least depending on whether you're doing something that won't need a lot of penetration. I've seen them go for as low as $90.
Light came Friday around 2PM (California).
Seems to be the same as this, maybe with different LEDs: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135W-LED-UFO-GREEN-LAMP-Grow-panel-better-than-90W-Light-Board-3W-LED-Flowering-/220895751317?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item336e69ac95
It has the same hangers, which I don't like because they're too long and I'm going to use rope ratchets when they arrive (Bought from the same seller for a low price. $4 total for a pair seems to be the median.), but I just looped the carabiner over and under until it was short enough.
Seems to be what they say it is. I like it, but time will tell how it performs. It produces very little heat. My grow space is only about 7 cubic feet and made with reflectix and it hardly raises the temperature, it seems to stay around 73F. Only thing I don't like is that it's too loud.
According to my Smart Tools app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.sira.sound&hl=en
The decibels are 27 from a few feet away in the same room. Maybe you could play a youtube video of a fan blowing and raise the volume until the app reads 27db to get an idea of the noise level. Here's one you could use: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOtGBwMSjng
It's certainly not inline fan loud, but I definitely wouldn't want to be on the computer or sleeping in the same room as it, and it isn't suitable for a stealth grow. I may have particularly sensitive hearing, though. I've never listened to loud music, so I haven't suffered as much hearing loss as the average person, and I've always been easily annoyed by noise.
Here are the internals. Only 3 phillips head screws, easy to disassemble and put back into place.
This is the fan: http://fan-cooling.com/productshow.asp?id=72
Seems to be a standard 120mm DC PC fan. Looks pretty cheap, no wonder it's noisy. Easy to swap out. I'll need a 3 pin female to 2 pin male adapter, though.
