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PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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Philizon is another one of those LED companies who make cheap lights using knockoff parts. They cost less up front, but you end up paying more for it in extra electric costs and replacement costs on the back end. Plus if you consider that how much you're paying per lumen or umol on lights like that vs something with better parts which is more expensive, you might find that the more expensive light is actually a better deal. I don't own any of them personally, but Spider Farmer seems to be the one company using quality parts and keeping it relatively inexpensive. Personally I use HLG lights, which I put together in a DIY project.
 
WubbaLubbaDubDub

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PJ Diaz said:
Philizon is another one of those LED companies who make cheap lights using knockoff parts. They cost less up front, but you end up paying more for it in extra electric costs and replacement costs on the back end. Plus if you consider that how much you're paying per lumen or umol on lights like that vs something with better parts which is more expensive, you might find that the more expensive light is actually a better deal. I don't own any of them personally, but Spider Farmer seems to be the one company using quality parts and keeping it relatively inexpensive. Personally I use HLG lights, which I put together in a DIY project.
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Do you live in the states?canadian pricing sucks.
I’m not saying this philizon is the best but for Canadians it’s a cheap veg light.
I can buy 2 of these compaired to a Mars unit. Have one in storage waiting for the first to fail

Anytime diy is gonna win over prebuilt stuff we all know that, weather it’s a cheap build or your maxing out and making a high intensity large spread unit.
 
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PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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WubbaLubbaDubDub said:
Do you live in the states?canadian pricing sucks.
I’m not saying this philizon is the best but for Canadians it’s a cheap veg light.
I can buy 2 of these compaired to a Mars unit. Have one in storage waiting for the first to fail

Anytime diy is gonna win over prebuilt stuff we all know that, weather it’s a cheap build or your maxing out and making a high intensity large spread unit.
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I do live in the states, and I can appreciate your pain up there for prices too. I never suggested a Mars light, I said Spider Farmer. I only mentioned my personal setup, so you wouldn't think I was a Spider farmer shill.

I really don't care what light anyone buys, but I do see a lot of people being fooled by these boards thinking that they are on par with other lights, which are often only a bit more expensive. I mean, we could really get into the weeds on this and compare all the different cost factors, such as light output for fixture price, and also electricity cost over time for output. There's a lot of things to consider really. My only point was to alert people that there is more to consider than up front costs, when it comes to value.
 
Marq1340

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The code D7QMLXQ5 does not stack for me....Maybe because I previously used this code?
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Couldn't test to be sure. I have two different codes saved on both of my accounts that are giving different discounts.

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But if you used that exact code before then it's possible that is the reason.


EDIT: it isn't two different discounts one is charging for shipping and the other isn't. My bad
 
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Djw19859

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PJ Diaz said:
Philizon is another one of those LED companies who make cheap lights using knockoff parts. They cost less up front, but you end up paying more for it in extra electric costs and replacement costs on the back end. Plus if you consider that how much you're paying per lumen or umol on lights like that vs something with better parts which is more expensive, you might find that the more expensive light is actually a better deal. I don't own any of them personally, but Spider Farmer seems to be the one company using quality parts and keeping it relatively inexpensive. Personally I use HLG lights, which I put together in a DIY project.
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How bad was the hlg diy? I don’t have any experience really, but I’m running a 600r and need another for my 5x10, possibly a 300L as well. I was thinking of maybe diying something with the foot print of them combined‍♂
 
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Djw19859 said:
How bad was the hlg diy? I don’t have any experience really, but I’m running a 600r and need another for my 5x10, possibly a 300L as well. I was thinking of maybe diying something with the foot print of them combined‍
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Know this isn’t the led section, but it is the cheapest thread lol. Looking at hlgs kits, it looks like the 4 board 600w qb288 is the hlg 600 rspec or the 650? If it’s the 600, it’s cheaper to buy the preassembled one‍♂
 
hillbill

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Djw19859 said:
How bad was the hlg diy? I don’t have any experience really, but I’m running a 600r and need another for my 5x10, possibly a 300L as well. I was thinking of maybe diying something with the foot print of them combined‍♂
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Extremely easy on a 135w board for a klutz like me. The higher power lights are really not much more involved and would order any kit with confidence. Going from scratch on a diy would be a bit more involved but easy.
 
PJ Diaz

PJ Diaz

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Djw19859 said:
How bad was the hlg diy? I don’t have any experience really, but I’m running a 600r and need another for my 5x10, possibly a 300L as well. I was thinking of maybe diying something with the foot print of them combined‍♂
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Djw19859 said:
Know this isn’t the led section, but it is the cheapest thread lol. Looking at hlgs kits, it looks like the 4 board 600w qb288 is the hlg 600 rspec or the 650? If it’s the 600, it’s cheaper to buy the preassembled one‍♂
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My rig is made up of QB96's not the more common QB288, although I do have a 288 kit for veg. The assembly is pretty easy, but you may need to do a bit of homework to be sure you have all the right parts. I got my feet wet with just one 135w QB288 kit that included all the parts, then expanded on my own from there.
 
PJ Diaz

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PJ Diaz

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Marq1340 said:
Pretty good. Wish I grabbed the wifi version the first time and not the bluetooth version.
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I prefer the non-wifi version myself. I already have over a dozen wifi connected devices on my tiny home network. I feel like the last thing I need if more wifi devices. I like that it will dump data to a .csv file too. Non-wifi is also great for remote locations where there is no wifi available.
 
Marq1340

Marq1340

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PJ Diaz said:
I prefer the non-wifi version myself. I already have over a dozen wifi connected devices on my tiny home network. I feel like the last thing I need if more wifi devices. I like that it will dump data to a .csv file too. Non-wifi is also great for remote locations where there is no wifi available.
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That's definitely a better option for you then. For me, on the other hand, I would prefer wifi since I'm away from my grow for long extended periods.
 
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