Which of these 3 LEDs would you choose and why?

I’m currently running 1000 watts in a 5x5 grow tent. I am not a DIY person, and I’m very clueless about technology. I grow and vent my tent indoors, so I’m planning to buy an LED for summer grows. I’ve narrowed it down to 3 fixtures. Does Anyone have a strong opinion here? I’m hoping to pull the trigger this month.

Timber Fatty (900 watt at the wall)
Nextlight Mega (650 watts at the wall)
CA Lightworks 1100 (800 watts at the wall)

I skipped the Gavita 1700....out of my budget and too complicated with the required controller and adapter

Thanks in advance for your help!

Aight Lightworks overpriced garbo and nextlight u can just buy stuff on its own and will rape the nextlight u should do prob 9 qbs in that area bc im guessing your going to be in a 5x5 why don't u just do a simple diy kit with qbs super simple they give u everything you just have to assemble it and their are plenty of videos that do it don't waste your money on those but if u get the timber go for it I know timber is a solid brand but id rather do 3 320watt drivers would be around 1000 watts +-5% and prob be the same price or cheaper prob more around 1100 watts

yep, Timber or HLG QB's is what I'd do. I'm running 2 hlg qb288's in a 3x3 with a 320H driver and its working fantastically. So I'd go with what Gond00s said and do something like 6 qb288's with either 3x 320H drivers, or 2x 600H's. Could also do something like the hlg 550 but you'd have better spread/coverage with individual boards. Just make a frame with some aluminum angle or something of the like.

https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/collections/all/products/qb288-v2-with-slate-2-triple x 3 of these
https://www.ledsupply.com/power-supplies/mean-well-hlg-series x3 of these
https://www.amazon.com/Gxilee-Waterproof-Electrical-Connector-Ø0-2-0-31/dp/B07RDNDW81/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=ip68+power+cord&qid=1578518145&sr=8-6 one of these
https://www.amazon.com/Pinfox-Universal-Appliance-Replacement-Pigtail/dp/B06XRKMYKR/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=3-Prong+US+Power+Cord+3+pack&qid=1578518490&s=hi&sr=1-2&th=1 three of these and go get a wago kit or something to connect wires and get
https://www.amazon.com/Shaxon-SO18-100WT-Solid-Copper-100-Feet/dp/B00IN838Z0/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=shaxon&qid=1578518560&s=hi&sr=1-1 go grab 100ft of this because i use this to mount my drivers outside makes my life easy im pretty sure i listed everything u would need

Gond00s said:

https://horticulturelightinggroup.com/collections/all/products/qb288-v2-with-slate-2-triple x 3 of these
https://www.ledsupply.com/power-supplies/mean-well-hlg-series x3 of these
https://www.amazon.com/Gxilee-Waterproof-Electrical-Connector-Ø0-2-0-31/dp/B07RDNDW81/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=ip68+power+cord&qid=1578518145&sr=8-6 one of these
https://www.amazon.com/Pinfox-Universal-Appliance-Replacement-Pigtail/dp/B06XRKMYKR/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=3-Prong+US+Power+Cord+3+pack&qid=1578518490&s=hi&sr=1-2&th=1 three of these and go get a wago kit or something to connect wires and get
https://www.amazon.com/Shaxon-SO18-100WT-Solid-Copper-100-Feet/dp/B00IN838Z0/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=shaxon&qid=1578518560&s=hi&sr=1-1 go grab 100ft of this because i use this to mount my drivers outside makes my life easy im pretty sure i listed everything u would need

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Thanks Gond00s, but I’m lost looking at these parts. I’m lucky if I can even hang the fixture properly. This is too much DIY for me. I appreciate the links though and someone with better skills may find those helpful. So far Timber is looking pretty tempting.

I would go with the timber than because this is a little hard but you just gotta watch youtube its super easy. How I see it timbers 900watts vs 1100 watts of qb ill take the qb anyday for many reasons just the big one is the spread for my whole area and u save like 50 bucks and get 200 extra watts why wouldnt u

I’ll check out you tube now. Thanks!

twalte said:

I’ll check out you tube now. Thanks!

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should give basic info but u should mount the drivers onto a piece of wood and have a clip on fan blowing on it and have the Drivers +- and wire it into your tent

Thank you for all of the responses. I’m going to purchase from Timber. Instead of the 3x3 fatty configuration, Dan at Timber recommended using three of these. So that’s the plan. I did watch a video on assembling an HLG 600 and it was more than I want to take on.

Thank you again for your input and votes. I’ll be purchasing tomorrow.

twalte said:

Thank you for all of the responses. I’m going to purchase from Timber. Instead of the 3x3 fatty configuration, Dan at Timber recommended using three of these. So that’s the plan. I did watch a video on assembling an HLG 600 and it was more than I want to take on.

Thank you again for your input and votes. I’ll be purchasing tomorrow.

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Multiple lights seems to give the best coverage and allow for raising and lowering independently. Nice choice!

I have 4 timber cob leds and I have been running them 3 years now. i don't know about the others but im very happy. Alf#5 under timber in a 3x3 tent.