@ViparSpectra!!!
Hello fellow growers! Welcome to my journal. I’m going to skip all the technical stuff to start and begin this journal with a sincere thank you.
Thank you @ViparSpectra and Valerie! It would be hard to miss ViparSpectra’s recent marketing blitz. Many of us are suddenly doing sponsored ViparSpectra grows. This is in large part due to the quality and efficiency of the company’s marketing department, and I assume the work of Valerie, the wonderful girl who is my contact and I assume others. I spent my share of time in that world and she is doing a fabulous job.
So Valerie gave me my choice of any of their lights. I chose to go with the KS3000, to run in my 3x3.
When I get any new light, my assessment begins the moment it arrives. How is it boxed/packaged? Is it in a box inside a bigger box or does it come self contained? Is it well sealed? No damage?
On all of these counts the KS3000 was perfect. Well packaged. No damage. Shipped perfectly. Yay.
The assessment continues with the unboxing. This is where it gets exciting as you see the light for the first time. How is it packaged inside the box? Are the components well protected from impact and such? Is it complete? I find checking this stuff saves a lot of hassles down the line. More than once I’ve gotten a light missing a cable or something. Again - very well done. Solid.
Then you get to the light itself. Whoo hoo! The KS3000 is designed and marketed for either a 3x3 or a 4x4. I’m using it in a 3x3. I had already compared the size so I knew it would fit. When I took out the light and I folded it, it became immediately apparent that this light would completely cover side to side the ceiling of the 3x3. Awesome.
When you take it out, the KS3000 is the easiest light to deal with and hang that I have ever had. You simply unfold it. It’s solidly built. Excellent components. There is nothing that feels “cheap” about this light. I was pleasantly impressed with the build quality.
One of the best features is the detached driver. It allowed my to set it outside of the tent, which gives me a ton of vertical space in the tent and cuts down on heat massively. ViparSpectra has included long power cords to facilitate this more readily.
Another great feature is the dimmer. Many dinners don’t have the little grooves at preset %s - they just turn clean all the way. That’s fine but makes it more difficult to find exactly where you are in terms of power %. The KS3000 has slots at 25, 50, 75 and 100%, making it way easy. Solid and professional feeling dimmer. As many sub par dimmers as there are on the market, this is another pleasant surprise.
This light is very bright. At 100%, to my eyes, it appears to be every bit as bright as the previous light in that space which was 70 watts more powerful. Impressive. The spectrum, again to my eyes, appears very natural.
This graphic shows the evenness of the ppfd distribution. ViparSpectra has tried very hard to achieve full, even coverage with minimal edge and corner drop off, and have done a great job.
Here’s the link to the grow light, for more information:
(https://www.viparspectra.com/products/viparspectra ®-ks3000-300w-led-grow-light)
Here’s what the unboxing looked like:
Then of course it is time to install the light. All I did was use calipers to clip it to the top ceiling bars of the tent, this maximizing vertical space.
Here’s the external driver outside of the tent:
This completed our infrastructure setup with the KS3000. I’m already over the moon with this light!
Hello fellow growers! Welcome to my journal. I’m going to skip all the technical stuff to start and begin this journal with a sincere thank you.
Thank you @ViparSpectra and Valerie! It would be hard to miss ViparSpectra’s recent marketing blitz. Many of us are suddenly doing sponsored ViparSpectra grows. This is in large part due to the quality and efficiency of the company’s marketing department, and I assume the work of Valerie, the wonderful girl who is my contact and I assume others. I spent my share of time in that world and she is doing a fabulous job.
So Valerie gave me my choice of any of their lights. I chose to go with the KS3000, to run in my 3x3.
When I get any new light, my assessment begins the moment it arrives. How is it boxed/packaged? Is it in a box inside a bigger box or does it come self contained? Is it well sealed? No damage?
On all of these counts the KS3000 was perfect. Well packaged. No damage. Shipped perfectly. Yay.
The assessment continues with the unboxing. This is where it gets exciting as you see the light for the first time. How is it packaged inside the box? Are the components well protected from impact and such? Is it complete? I find checking this stuff saves a lot of hassles down the line. More than once I’ve gotten a light missing a cable or something. Again - very well done. Solid.
Then you get to the light itself. Whoo hoo! The KS3000 is designed and marketed for either a 3x3 or a 4x4. I’m using it in a 3x3. I had already compared the size so I knew it would fit. When I took out the light and I folded it, it became immediately apparent that this light would completely cover side to side the ceiling of the 3x3. Awesome.
When you take it out, the KS3000 is the easiest light to deal with and hang that I have ever had. You simply unfold it. It’s solidly built. Excellent components. There is nothing that feels “cheap” about this light. I was pleasantly impressed with the build quality.
One of the best features is the detached driver. It allowed my to set it outside of the tent, which gives me a ton of vertical space in the tent and cuts down on heat massively. ViparSpectra has included long power cords to facilitate this more readily.
Another great feature is the dimmer. Many dinners don’t have the little grooves at preset %s - they just turn clean all the way. That’s fine but makes it more difficult to find exactly where you are in terms of power %. The KS3000 has slots at 25, 50, 75 and 100%, making it way easy. Solid and professional feeling dimmer. As many sub par dimmers as there are on the market, this is another pleasant surprise.
This light is very bright. At 100%, to my eyes, it appears to be every bit as bright as the previous light in that space which was 70 watts more powerful. Impressive. The spectrum, again to my eyes, appears very natural.
This graphic shows the evenness of the ppfd distribution. ViparSpectra has tried very hard to achieve full, even coverage with minimal edge and corner drop off, and have done a great job.
Here’s the link to the grow light, for more information:
(https://www.viparspectra.com/products/viparspectra ®-ks3000-300w-led-grow-light)
Here’s what the unboxing looked like:
Then of course it is time to install the light. All I did was use calipers to clip it to the top ceiling bars of the tent, this maximizing vertical space.
Here’s the external driver outside of the tent:
This completed our infrastructure setup with the KS3000. I’m already over the moon with this light!
hope you enjoyed your Christmas.
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Looking forward to your growing!
