Mars-Hydro LED Grow Light Discussion

Tris420 said:
So what would you say .. should i buy the one i sent first or the mars hydro reflector 48x5 :) ? Thanks in advance .. my space is 60x60cm !
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The 48x5 is only 240watts ! I'm using 2x300 which equals 600watts and they work great . By itself I dont think the 48x5 would be as good alone
 
supergroomer said:
Definitely the Reflector. It is better quality component and has veg and flower switches. :peace:
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You are much more familiar with the reflector series than I, do you think they would out perform 2 300s ? or is it the quality
 
Hallo!

TBH, I think the "old style" 60x5W, especially two of them are great, simple and affordable lights. I have the same.
You don't need a veg switch because they don't use THAT much power. One of them uses about 140W. They work great for veg and I guess for flowering too. I would definitely rather get 2 of the 300W lights instead of a small reflector with only 240W. The two 300Wers also give you more flexibility in arranging them in my opinion.
 
CatfishKnight said:
As much money and effort put into this Grow Room, I thought I needed some type of Security Measures...
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Will be interesting to see where it goes, on a scale of one to 10 we are on complete opposite ends of the spectrum.Really looking foward to seeing what happens when someone researches and applies instead of researching and saying.... maybe next time:)
 
supergroomer said:
The old style 300 are actually 130w. So you are really looking at 260 vs 240. :peace:
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What they DRAW on power is really irrelevant, I dont care how many claim this ain't so. It's a totally silly metric "how much they draw" because different lights can be more/less efficient. My 4W LED here in the kitchen is as bright as a 45W Halogen. It's not 10x darker...according to that logic :)

The 48x5 is called so because it has 48 LEDs at 5W each, the 300W "old style" each have 60 LEDs. Alone from that logic it's clear the 60 LEDs are "brighter". While the reflector and the switch are "nice" I'd rather take the light with the more LEDs, especially if he can get TWO of them. (I assume the LEDs itself are the same, 5W Epistar)

Old-style: 140W-150W power usage, 300W theoretical from the LEDs (60x5), although the LEDs are driven at less than 5V
Small reflector: 105W power usage, 48 Leds = 240W. So we're looking at a theoretical 240W vs. 300W "light" output.

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The old style 300 are actually 130w. So you are really looking at 260 vs 240
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Nope, you're looking at the actual power draw of the old-style (130W) vs the 240W LED ourput of the small reflector. You cannot compare those two things.
Even ONE old-style (in my opinion) is better than one small reflector, let alone if he can get two old-style for cheap/the same price. I really don't think that the added reflector "makes good" for the fact it has less LEDs.
 
flexy123 said:
Hallo!

TBH, I think the "old style" 60x5W, especially two of them are great, simple and affordable lights. I have the same.
You don't need a veg switch because they don't use THAT much power. One of them uses about 140W. They work great for veg and I guess for flowering too. I would definitely rather get 2 of the 300W lights instead of a small reflector with only 240W. The two 300Wers also give you more flexibility in arranging them in my opinion.
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I also suggest the same. You can either get 2 and have a cleaner setup or 1 and supplement with a few cheap CFL's until you can afford the second.
 
I'm thinking of doing an LED grow soon and Mars Hydro has been my preferred choice but the older models seem to be better, all your paying for is the new tech and a switch for the newer ones. Forgive me if I'm wrong, this solely on internet research, I haven't actually tried one yet. Anybody care to interject?
 
What Neil, you don't want your stuff secure??

I had to install 4 cameras in my house due to my daughter's boyfriend stealing stuff of mine and my wife's beauty shop cash. We can't prove it but he is the only one who know where everything was. My Grow Room is in the back yard up against my house. So I wanted a security camera in my Grow Room. You might be able to trust everyone that comes to your house. But I can't.
So my spectrum is to be safe and not sorry...

Neil74 said:
Will be interesting to see where it goes, on a scale of one to 10 we are on complete opposite ends of the spectrum.Really looking foward to seeing what happens when someone researches and applies instead of researching and saying.... maybe next time:)
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CatfishKnight said:
What Neil, you don't want your stuff secure??

I had to install 4 cameras in my house due to my daughter's boyfriend stealing stuff of mine and my wife's beauty shop cash. We can't prove it but he is the only one who know where everything was. My Grow Room is in the back yard up against my house. So I wanted a security camera in my Grow Room. You might be able to trust everyone that comes to your house. But I can't.
So my spectrum is to be safe and not sorry...
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Sad to say but with todays class of legal pain meds there are many in your shoes.
 
Neil74 said:
Sad to say but with todays class of legal pain meds there are many in your shoes.
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He was stealing my Oxycodone here and there also. So I even had to buy a heavy safe to install in my wife Beauty Shop to keep her money safe and etc. So one of the Nest Cams are in her shop too.
 
Got the new led
Ricky Bobby said:
Who wants a little strip tease?

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I went ahead and picked it up at lunch time.

Now, the disapointing part. Partially disappointment in Mars and partially UPS.
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Anyone that wanted to know now would know exactly what that is and what it's for. I was assured that the packing list/label and box would off no indicatio of its contents. Obviously that's not true. Go to Google and type mh-480-96led. You will get hit in the face with a cannabis branch. Then if you poke a hole in the side like was done you can see the nice green casing to confirm your f
Google search and label description. Then play hockey with the box.
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supergroomer said:
The old style 300 are actually 130w. So you are really looking at 260 vs 240. :peace:
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Umm the 48x5 draws around 115w with an output of 240w
The 60x5 draws 130 with an output of 300w
so it would be 240 vs 300 and x2 for 600 eh ? and they flower very well thats all I use them for, I veg with another led system at 5000k only.
 
Bummer Ricky. I think my three boxes had no holes in them. I was too anxious to open them.
Now when I go home I will check for holes and see what really was on the Shipping Labels...
Ricky Bobby said:
Got the new led
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flexy123 said:
What they DRAW on power is really irrelevant, I dont care how many claim this ain't so. It's a totally silly metric "how much they draw" because different lights can be more/less efficient. My 4W LED here in the kitchen is as bright as a 45W Halogen. It's not 10x darker...according to that logic :)

The 48x5 is called so because it has 48 LEDs at 5W each, the 300W "old style" each have 60 LEDs. Alone from that logic it's clear the 60 LEDs are "brighter". While the reflector and the switch are "nice" I'd rather take the light with the more LEDs, especially if he can get TWO of them. (I assume the LEDs itself are the same, 5W Epistar)

Old-style: 140W-150W power usage, 300W theoretical from the LEDs (60x5), although the LEDs are driven at less than 5V
Small reflector: 105W power usage, 48 Leds = 240W. So we're looking at a theoretical 240W vs. 300W "light" output.

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The old style 300 are actually 130w. So you are really looking at 260 vs 240
>>

Nope, you're looking at the actual power draw of the old-style (130W) vs the 240W LED ourput of the small reflector. You cannot compare those two things.
Even ONE old-style (in my opinion) is better than one small reflector, let alone if he can get two old-style for cheap/the same price. I really don't think that the added reflector "makes good" for the fact it has less LEDs.
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Ya what he said LoL
 
Tris420

Her's 1 of the few picks I've taken of one bud 3wks into flower
Using 2x 60x5 mars hydro they work well.

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