[foxylady]

Hello my lovelies! Hope you're all good!

Curious if anyone has seen these, if you know me, you know I like checking out what's new..

looks like maxibright have just jumped on board the CDM wagon and have come up with their own solution. Check them out!..
Size on the ballast would lead me to believe they are not digital but magnetic ballasts included,
This is the information on the single version (copy and pasted):

"The Daylight 315 ballast system uses an advanced electronic ballast to power the Philips MASTERColour CDM-TMW Elite 315W EL and Philips MASTERColour CDM- TMW Elite Agro 315W EL lamps for excellent PAR output from the lamp per watt of power consumed.
Daylight lamps are extremely efficient Philips ceramic Metal Halide lamps with a spectral output that is close to natural sunlight. As a result, plants form more lateral branches and internodal spacing from day one for strong, healthy growth and high quality yields.
Single Daylight 315 Reflector is designed specifically for, the 315W Philips lamp the arc tube is positioned to ensure the most efficient spread of light over a 1 x 1m area.
How it works

Plants have evolved with the broad spectrum of light wavelengths provided by natural sunlight. With traditional HPS and Metal Halide lighting, red and blue wavelengths are enhanced to promote different growth stages such as vegetative and flowering. Whilst this is beneficial, plants grown under a full spectrum throughout their growth cycle benefit from a more natural quality of light proven to prevent stretching and encourage higher quality growth. Daylight spectrum also allows a more natural formation of branch internodes (less far apart) for increased plant mass.
Kit includes

• Maxibright Daylight 315W Ballast
• Maxibright Single Daylight Reflector
• Philips MASTERColour Daylight Elite Ceramic MH 315W/942 Lamp"

Anyway, let me know what your opinions are, would you give these a whirl? Or stick with the d-papillon, dimlux and sun system? the single was just under 500 and the double around 600

Muchos Respectos brothers and sisters,

Ya Girl

Foxy

[theherbalizor]

I point you in the direction of my thread here

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=296847

I also have 4 of these at a mates in a dr150 running GG4 and they are rocking. By far the best lights ive run yet. And I think I have tried all lights. Plasma, led, Gavita pro, min max 150s, t5s, cfl etc. can't go wrong with these fixtures!

[theherbalizor]

The DPaps are exactly the same. Just different packaging and ballast not remote.

[foxylady]

Wicked! I saw this thread, I loved how short it kept the internode spaces, it prompted me to grab a double d almost immediately along with the a grow bulb.
Mind you make stuff look incredible all the time, regardless of lighting, really looks impeccable always

[rives]

For that price, I think that I would want either the Philips or the GEL ballast. It's possible that they have packaged the Philips in that enclosure, but the venting looks excessive for a ballast that only draws 27 watts for it's own consumption. The other knock-off ballasts reportedly have shorter lamp life and less accurate spectrum rendition.

[foxylady]

Good observation with the vents rives, yep does for sure does seem excessive..
the shades sorta remind me of the old supernova ones, slightly updated to make the Cdm lamp fit accordingly.

[jaded1]

I'm really liking the d-pap,runs so much cooler than my 400 did and is a lot brighter!

[ForTheLove]

Dimlux cdm315's any1?
Thoughts??
Cheers

[Jhhnn]

Originally Posted by rives

For that price, I think that I would want either the Philips or the GEL ballast. It's possible that they have packaged the Philips in that enclosure, but the venting looks excessive for a ballast that only draws 27 watts for it's own consumption. The other knock-off ballasts reportedly have shorter lamp life and less accurate spectrum rendition.

The enclosures look to be the right shape & size for philips ballasts, however. Def not right for Wellthink ballasts which have their own enclosure. More venting than required won't hurt anything.

Or there may be a new entrant into the CDM ballast market. So far, it's just 3, iirc- Philips, GEL, & Wellthink.

[jaded1]

All maxibright ballasts are made by welthink.