Congrats dank.frank, anxious to see what you pull with this light.
Come on unc
, the lights aren’t THAT expensive 
Come on unc
, the lights aren’t THAT expensive 
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Giveaway MarsHydro SP3000 giveaway
- Thread starter Mars Hydro Led
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Even though dank.frank is showing some amazing stuff, and I know I can't compete, I wanna show you how good 100w of Mars Hydro light can do.
I bought 2 months ago a TS600 to veg 5 autoflowers and planned to move them outdoor for flowering.
But then I decided it was safer to keep them indoor for the whole cycle and here I am with:
- 2 Auto Critical from RQS
- 3 Auto Northern Light from RQS
I defoliated a lot during the cycle for space concerns.
Cycle is not complete, but I will cut down the quickest one in 10 days or so.
Day 54
No ph/ec/humidity/temp/whatever control. Just some ferts and a good light soil mix...
Remember guys, 100w can do this, guess what more can do! Ty Mars Hydro Led for this cheap awesome light.
Bye!
I bought 2 months ago a TS600 to veg 5 autoflowers and planned to move them outdoor for flowering.
But then I decided it was safer to keep them indoor for the whole cycle and here I am with:
- 2 Auto Critical from RQS
- 3 Auto Northern Light from RQS
I defoliated a lot during the cycle for space concerns.
Cycle is not complete, but I will cut down the quickest one in 10 days or so.
Day 54
No ph/ec/humidity/temp/whatever control. Just some ferts and a good light soil mix...
Remember guys, 100w can do this, guess what more can do! Ty Mars Hydro Led for this cheap awesome light.
Bye!
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welcome, buddy.
The SP3000 will use samsung lm305b chips and 660nm osram chips. We added more red chips. So the spectrum will be more balance. We believe the performance could be better than present SP250. More, the dimmer function can control the brightness easier.
For the old mars300, we did sell it for a few years. But now it cannot catch the flow. The burnt out problem has been solve by the new QB design light.
Welcome eyesdownchronic
some real tasty buds
Maybe you should have a try for our new light. It is much better than old ones.
Congrats dank.frank, anxious to see what you pull with this light.
Come on unc
Others still have a chance to win. There are two days left. Everything is possible.
clearheaded
Active member
who reads whole threads of entries?
def would be weird if same vendor/ sponsor always wins.. putting on tinfoil hat
def would be weird if same vendor/ sponsor always wins.. putting on tinfoil hat
The rule is fair to every participant, mate.
dank.Frank has been working on getting his grow game back on point. Got a new camera a while back so pics will be better.
I'll take photos from unboxing until finish of flower. The clones for the next flower run are already under the dome and waiting to root - so there will be zero down time.
I will need to veg the clone in the soil bed - so it's a perfect opportunity to see how well the SP3000 works in veg and in flower.
I was already in the process of expanding my flowering area so I'd have double the space. With the addition of this light, if I win, I'll be adding two new flowering areas, not just one - and I'll be more than tripling my veg space and adding a true drying / lung room as well.
The timing for this give away is absolutely perfect for my schedule. Mono-crop of The Boz - a pheno of Chem Sister x Topanga Pure Kush - a plant that has produced over 4oz per plant in my room previously - which means it is capable of 2# per cycle if dialed.
That is the goal I am chasing - to find the right lighting/genetic combination, that will help me achieve 2# per cycle in 12.5 sq ft of space. It's been a fun personal challenge thus far and I've come the closest with 2 x 315w of CMH.
I'm truly not convinced that a LED, from any company - is capable of matching CMH performance. That is the main reason I sign up for these test threads.
There is no conspiracy, @clearheaded.
I saw the thread. I contacted my buddies and asked for some support - because otherwise, the cost barrier for entry, to try these crazy new lighting technologies, is far beyond my budget.
I really appreciate the show of support and the trust that people place in me to put out useful, unbiased information that helps others answer their own internal skeptic in terms of LED. I'm still sitting on a light meter that I borrowed from a friend. I'll be sure to post data of all my various lighting options at some point when I have a clear squared space to get accurate data.
Anyway - I'm just another person on the site trying to score a light - just like all the rest of you. Good luck to everyone else. I know several of you, if the effort is put forth, could easily surpass me. I'm just crossing my fingers the next couple of days pass quickly!!!
dank.Frank
I'll take photos from unboxing until finish of flower. The clones for the next flower run are already under the dome and waiting to root - so there will be zero down time.
I will need to veg the clone in the soil bed - so it's a perfect opportunity to see how well the SP3000 works in veg and in flower.
I was already in the process of expanding my flowering area so I'd have double the space. With the addition of this light, if I win, I'll be adding two new flowering areas, not just one - and I'll be more than tripling my veg space and adding a true drying / lung room as well.
The timing for this give away is absolutely perfect for my schedule. Mono-crop of The Boz - a pheno of Chem Sister x Topanga Pure Kush - a plant that has produced over 4oz per plant in my room previously - which means it is capable of 2# per cycle if dialed.
That is the goal I am chasing - to find the right lighting/genetic combination, that will help me achieve 2# per cycle in 12.5 sq ft of space. It's been a fun personal challenge thus far and I've come the closest with 2 x 315w of CMH.
I'm truly not convinced that a LED, from any company - is capable of matching CMH performance. That is the main reason I sign up for these test threads.
There is no conspiracy, @clearheaded.
I saw the thread. I contacted my buddies and asked for some support - because otherwise, the cost barrier for entry, to try these crazy new lighting technologies, is far beyond my budget.
I really appreciate the show of support and the trust that people place in me to put out useful, unbiased information that helps others answer their own internal skeptic in terms of LED. I'm still sitting on a light meter that I borrowed from a friend. I'll be sure to post data of all my various lighting options at some point when I have a clear squared space to get accurate data.
Anyway - I'm just another person on the site trying to score a light - just like all the rest of you. Good luck to everyone else. I know several of you, if the effort is put forth, could easily surpass me. I'm just crossing my fingers the next couple of days pass quickly!!!
dank.Frank
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
Definitely looking forward to it, Dank.Frank. You're one of the most consistent and intelligent growers on here, and I greatly appreciate your contributions.
It is the fairest way to do it, it’s a members vote in a way.
Happy to see dank.frank in the lead, he does run an informative thread.
Good luck everyone
Thanks for the clarification. Frank.Really expectant for the comparasion with CHM 315 if you win the light.
Definitely looking forward to it, Dank.Frank. You're one of the most consistent and intelligent growers on here, and I greatly appreciate your contributions.
You are also one of the consistent and intelligent growers here.
Here i will make some posts to introduce the upgradations for the SP3000 compared to SP250.
- Chips: Mars SP 250 uses around 720pcs high end Epistar chips. While Mars SP 3000 uses 960pcs samsung lm301b and osram 660nm chips. It is already a big upgration if just upgrade the chip to sumsung and osram, not to mention we add over 200pcs chips on the boards. You can put the two lights together and show the difference. The chips on the SP 3000 are even closer than SP 250. Which makes the penetration better.
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- Why we make so many chips on the boards? We can make each chip higher wattage so that the total wattage the same, and less chips, and cost will be less like most of the other companies. But we do put so many, because before we decide the final number, we tested the chips, and found out when the chips are around 0.3w/pc, they are at their highest light efficiency rate. Which means, even though our light is 300w, it can replace much higher HPS than normal lights, saving more energy than other lights. The current light PPFD is tested around 2.7umol/j. replace at least 600w HPS. Also at this wattage rate, the chip can barely have problem, it will lengthen the lifespan of the light.
- The new chip will releasing less heat as well, so even now it is 50w more than SP 250, the heat actually not increase.
- The new chip will releasing less heat as well, so even now it is 50w more than SP 250, the heat actually not increase.
- the Spectrum: SP 250 spectrum is great enough, but we still have clients mentioned lacked red and flowering not that good. so this time, we add more red in, We do studied several high end line's spectrum and make our final one as below, you can show growers the spectrum difference. The light also contains uv and ir inside already.
First is Sp250 and the second is SP3000.
First is Sp250 and the second is SP3000.
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