Mars-Hydro LED Grow Light Discussion

So rad, Been reading thread but haven't seen anything about being able to pick up an purchase straight from the warehouse in Cali. Anyone know if that possible?
 
After 10's of hours reading reviews on many LED's I have decided to go with Top LED. I have emailed with Sara already and she has been great in answering the technical questions - Which is awesome - and liked her straight forward no nonsense answers.

One question Remains for me that I believe experience will answer better though. 3w vs 5w.

Plan is all new lighting for 1 (Flower tent 8x4) and 1 (Veg tent 4x4)
SCROG or SOG as the process

I can't decide to go with the:

3w x 4 for Flower - x 2 for Veg
reflector led grow light 96x3w

or the 2x 5w for Flower 1x for Veg
Mars II 900w

Supposed Pro's to the 3w setup:
Slightly better light over lap, more redundancy, and less power draw. (Better for SCROG/SOG/veg grow?)

Supposed Pro's 5w:
5w LED for better canopy penetration (Better for SCROG/SOG/Veg grow?)

Combo?

Any help appreciated!
Cheers,
DS
 
Hey everyone,
I can't seem to locate any information on a discount code to use when ordering from the Top LED website. Am I overlooking it or is there no code to apply?
 
Dammshame you can check out my journal to see what the 48x3w and 96x3w can do... I have 3 in flower in the closet with the 96x3w and 2 of the 48x3w in my veg cabinet. I love my TopLeds!! :circle-of-love:
TanR I don't think there is a discount code. Once you have bought one they send a coupon in the box for your next purchase but to my knowledge that is the discount it is referring to.......:circle-of-love:
 
Thanks Dennise. I love the pricing already, just didn't want to leave money on the table for not having asked!
 
Hi Denise,

Been through your log already..... Between your and others like Buckshot's (name?) I had to rethink on 3w's. Originally I was all for the new 5w's but I was wondering if the 3'w might not actually be better for a SCROG type grow. I am assuming not as much penetration needed on that style of grow. Plus saving Watts is always nice :)

DS
 
Dennise , thanks for your reply. I'm going to get (2) 48x3w .... should I wait and ask Sara if they are in stock in US or just go ahead and order them? would be nice to have them within 3 weeks if at all possible !
 
colcar said:
Dennise , thanks for your reply. I'm going to get (2) 48x3w .... should I wait and ask Sara if they are in stock in US or just go ahead and order them? would be nice to have them within 3 weeks if at all possible !
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Look back a few pages and you might find out, Sara posted what ones were almost out and to order now, can't be more then 5-6 pages back.
 
colcar said:
Dennise , thanks for your reply. I'm going to get (2) 48x3w .... should I wait and ask Sara if they are in stock in US or just go ahead and order them? would be nice to have them within 3 weeks if at all possible !
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I am sure you would be ok to just order them but I just feel better when I talk with Sara directly and know she's got it. Just makes me feel warm and cozy that way and she has always done exactly what she said she will do but I'm sure you would be fine either way...:circle-of-love:
 
Dammshame said:
Hi Denise,

Been through your log already..... Between your and others like Buckshot's (name?) I had to rethink on 3w's. Originally I was all for the new 5w's but I was wondering if the 3'w might not actually be better for a SCROG type grow. I am assuming not as much penetration needed on that style of grow. Plus saving Watts is always nice :)

DS
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5 Watt diodes are not just better at penetration, they are better overall IMO.
 
I'm sure Crawdaddy that you are right. I have not had the opportunity to use one of the Mar II yet so I cannot speak to how well it will work. I am planing on ordering one the first of the month when they are available again in the USA to use in the tent I won from TopLed but even if it works better and I'm sure it will... I am very happy with the job the 3w reflectors have done for my very first grow and can't wait to see what the 5w will do but I certainly won't ever be sorry about buying the 3w first because of the cost plus the job it is doing make it a really good value imo.......:circle-of-love:
 
colcar said:
Do 5w lights require more distance from the canopy than 3w ? So if you have some height limitations then the 3w would be better ? Or no?
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No Height limitation on my end........... Been reading some more though and I keep coming across that there is not a big difference. 3w will still do up to 5' penetration. 5w will also create more heat. Really tempted to buy the 3w..... But the IT engineer in me screams.... "Buy the "latest" tech!"

Frustrating :(
 
I really wish I already had the 5w for the tent so I could definitively say that the 5w is worth the difference in cost but it will be a bit before I can get the 400w MarsII but honest I really love my 3w reflectors.......:circle-of-love: You need to remember though I started my grow with LED light bulbs a cfl's so it was a major pain having tomove all those lights every couple of days to make sure the girls were all getting light and they will burn the devil out of them if they are to close so when I got my first panel from Sara I was ecstatic.... They penetrate well and I just can't say enough how much I love my TopLeds...........:circle-of-love:
 
colcar said:
Do 5w lights require more distance from the canopy than 3w ? So if you have some height limitations then the 3w would be better ? Or no?
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I would say that you are more suspectible with burning plants with light from 5W, so yes if height big issue 3W might be way to go.

My style is evolving into mounting lights at or near top of tent and letting plants grow to them, so I maybe biased toward higher wattage. And I also think more light is usually better, to a point of course.

Nothing is set in stone just general guidelines to follow and then each person needs to find their own style. A million different ways to grow some great smoke.

To add, above is why I like the idea of COB lighting. Because concentrating so many diodes in such small space gives close to same effect of one high wattage diode. For example in the COB unit I got from topLED, each COB chip is 30 3 W diodes driven at about 1.6 each. So in essence it acts as single 90w diode with 50w draw. REAL intense light. My light has 6 COB chips. They just need to find out how to add more variety of wavelength diodes to one COB chip and that would be bad ass.
 
Crawdaddy said:
My style is evolving into mounting lights at or near top of tent and letting plants grow to them, so I maybe biased toward higher wattage. And I also think more light is usually better, to a point of course.

Nothing is set in stone just general guidelines to follow and then each person needs to find their own style. A million different ways to grow some great smoke.
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Looking more and more like I might mix and match the 2 to see what yields the best results - Possibly even mixing the 2 in same room...... Decisions decisions :)

Crawdaddy said:
To add, above is why I like the idea of COB lighting. Because concentrating so many diodes in such small space gives close to same effect of one high wattage diode. For example in the COB unit I got from topLED, each COB chip is 30 3 W diodes driven at about 1.6 each. So in essence it acts as single 90w diode with 50w draw. REAL intense light. My light has 6 COB chips. They just need to find out how to add more variety of wavelength diodes to one COB chip and that would be bad ass.
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Is this COB issue across the board as of today? Or just a setback for TopLED?

Lastly, I was looking for lamps w/ some Cree LED's like a friend has and seems well satisfied with. But I just can't get the research to support it's performance or cost. His lights were 2.5 the costs! - I would PM you but lack that function still :)

Thanks and Cheers,
DS
 
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