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New Sunlight Supply Sun Hut (best tent on the market)

40AmpstoFreedom

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First off I don't work for any company. I grow weed check my threads. I started with tents and I still use tents. This report is written to tell people about the superior quality of this product over any other currently on the market. This is my own hands on experience. I see all the time people asking which tent to buy and threads that are endless with old information. So here is a new one.

When they say steel frame they mean it.


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I recently bought the new Sun Huts and they are simply fantastic screw the growlabs and anything else. Quality is unsurpassed and I have seen every tent now in person to date. Those Growlabs are not made of good materials just like their first go at it the Dark Rooms.

The stitching and thickness of the material is awesome quality! Its easily 4-5 times thicker if not more than the growlab/dr150 and metals on this version are also much stronger. I have a DR150 and an old sun hut now, even the old sun hut is better just no windows on that version. I went to the hydro shop and the grow labs were set up and I wasn't pleased at all. I don't think they were much of an improvement as far as materials go over the original dark room, better zippers... I was really hoping they used better materials on the new one, but I think its only marginally better and still doesn't touch the Sun Hut as far as quality on a single piece of materials. I've now scoured both tents in person!

Now here are some pictures:

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This is my DR150. Wanna know how I took it down? I simply broke all the corners trying to get the top off and then I bent all the garbage (most likely aluminum) poles in half with relative ease and I am no body builder my girl friend could do it...I can't believe those plastic corner pieces were holding all that weight up. The center poll holding the ballast and fan was bent from that weight alone. Also, the back support poll holding up just the Eco-Plus filter was bent. Thank God I did not order the 6 inch Eco-Plus or the thing would've collapsed at the weight (I had the 4 inch). In my opinion this thing was waiting to collapse on its own weight and start a fire.

The poles on the floor were all rusted after a little over 9 months use at the connecting spots. My old Sun Hut did not do any of this.

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After I snapped all of the corners I simply ripped with my bear hands the tent apart into smaller pieces and threw it in a trash bag. You couldn't dream of doing that with even the old sun hut of which didn't need new material updates...All it needed was a better design and they accomplished that.

The new growlabs material is barely thicker than dark rooms. I am positive I could rip it open and into smaller pieces just the same. The poles were updated in it with a coat of paint so they don't rust at the connections and like the old version.

The Growlabs are a little sturdier than the old DR version, but barely and they are still weak where the poles connect like the Dark Rooms are. The Sun Hut doesn't sag or move at all. When you push it the things doesn't budge.

If you want proof on how the materials are way stronger and better made all you have to do is look up the weight differences of tents. It's all in the weight guys. There is a reason the Sun Hut weighs a lot more...

The fabric the DR and Grow labs are made with is garbage. Tinfoil thin compared to the Sun Huts. Sun Huts are thick as hell and I had 0 pin holes or scratches in my Sun Hut where as the DR's fabric was so weak and garbage I had to tape the damn thing all over with Gorrilla Glue tape to cover all the light leaks. Look at peoples pics of the DR's almost all of them have them taped up like damn Frankenstein for a reason. You can scratch a hole in one so easy its not funny. I don't even think I could rip apart the the sun hut material if tried.

The zippers don't wear out on the Sun hut and once again are way better Quality than DR's although the new version they call the Grow Lab the zippers are better, but not as good as Sun huts. I've seen this in person there is no denying it.Not to mention the new Sun Huts have windows and all sorts of neat stuff. Easier to vent in them too.

An extremely important difference for us tent growers is height!!!!!!!!!!
The extra height in the Sun Huts is extremely useful compared to the DR's and Growlabs. Good luck growing any real sativas in a DR and getting full effectiveness from your light.

The bottom piece in the DR (The extra ground layer for the floor) is garbage in the DR. They have velcro to keep that in place? Give me a break lol. The Sun Hut has holes in the corners of the extra floor layer so you can zip tie the damn thing so it doesn't move or come undone when you are moving your plants around in the tent.

My DR would not have survived being put up a second time and I didn't even want to use it again with all the tape everywhere. What good are windows when the damn thing leaks light through the zippers?

Last but not least the stitching is far superior on the entire thing. YOU CANNOT RIP THIS THING APART BY HAND. I can not find the new Sun Hut on the internet. I only see people selling the old version probably trying to dump stock or maybe they did not change the advertisement on their websites and just ship you the new one instead of the old one that is pictured. Ask before you order!
 

love?

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Nice to see there's some progress in these tents. My old Homebox still does the trick though don't feel any need to upgrade.
 

Lifebreather

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Fuck yeah, those look sick.

I bought a DR150 after hearing someone rant and rave about them on these boards...when it finally came and I got it set up...it leaked light like a sieve. It felt like I had a $300+, 5x5x7 nightlight in my room. The 1kw actually made the fucker glow. The material rips easy and the velcro came apart in 4 different places just while putting it together. That, and the joints are plastic and are subject to fail along with the support bars sagging up top...

I'm glad someone is stepping it up, even the 'upgraded' GrowLabs turn me off because if they are in any way like the Darkroom, they are gonna suck.
 
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NOYB

Did you get the 4' x 4' model? How many vents are actually in those? Got a DR120 recently and will do the job I needed it to but yeah some weaknesses and don't see it working for me long term. Didn't see you comment on the light leak thing. For sure the DR leaks at the zippers and corner stitching. I can use the thing for vegging but for flowering I think may be a bit different.
 

40AmpstoFreedom

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Did you get the 4' x 4' model? How many vents are actually in those? Got a DR120 recently and will do the job I needed it to but yeah some weaknesses and don't see it working for me long term. Didn't see you comment on the light leak thing. For sure the DR leaks at the zippers and corner stitching. I can use the thing for vegging but for flowering I think may be a bit different.

Yea two 4x4's. Two vents at the top in opposite corner and 2 vents on each wall, one high and one low. Basically 6 vent spots a tent. They also have several places for cords to go out in different areas.

The awesome thing about the vents in the new tent is they are one way socks;
the sock is only on the inside and it is made of such thick material you can open it up and it will just hang straight out no problem. On the outside to cover hole where these socks are is a flap with very durable velcro. 0 light leaks.

And if you have a DR it will definitely work for you, but I wouldn't keep it for more than a year and surely would not try to take them down and put them up again. I flowered in my DR150 for a year and just taped all the light leaks I found to the best of my ability. Pretty much covered one side with a sheet lol...wasn't paying that much for gorilla glue tape.
 

40AmpstoFreedom

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Thanx for the reply on the other stuff but how light tight is it especially the zippers and seams?

Reread it and only found where I said 0 pinholes. I should have said both of my new ones as well as the old Sun Hut had 0 light leaks anywhere.
 
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NOYB

Reread it and only found where I said 0 pinholes. I should have said both of my new ones as well as the old Sun Hut had 0 light leaks anywhere.
Cool man...thanx. After you mentioned the pinhole thing before I checked out the fabric on mine and also read where someone said run a 1000 w and you can see light coming through the fabric. Does seem the zipper construction on the Sun Hut is much better than the DR.
 
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mrdizzle

im with you 40amps, people sold me on the dark room , bought it, piece of shit its under my bed and i use it for drying.

then the growlab, which was better but still a pile of light leaking shit.

sunhut silver is incredible

P.S. all you tards that were on the darkrooms dick without trying another brand to compare too, you owe me $400 bucks
 

growMEDS

Member
You guys make the DRs sound so bad. From all the bad reviews I've seen most are about bigger tents. 4x4 and bigger.

My 60 and 80 are very strong with everything hanging from the top.
I have no light leaks in the 60 but about 2-3 pin holes on the 80.

Mine seem like I could throw another 20lbs on top without issue.

My next tent will be a Sun Hut for sure though. :)
 
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NOYB

You guys make the DRs sound so bad. From all the bad reviews I've seen most are about bigger tents. 4x4 and bigger.

My 60 and 80 are very strong with everything hanging from the top.
I have no light leaks in the 60 but about 2-3 pin holes on the 80.

Mine seem like I could throw another 20lbs on top without issue.

My next tent will be a Sun Hut for sure though. :)
This is the first tent I've ever got and out of necessity. The DR120 leaks pretty bad at the zippers and even some on the vertical seams running up the poles. To me the construction seems OK but only thing I have hanging in the tent is an air cooled type aluminum hood with no glass but yeah it could hold more weight...easily. All my fans are outside the tent and it will not have a carbon filter as that will be in the lung room the tent sits in. It's fitting the bill just fine for me right now and can use it down the road no problem but next tent, if I need another, will be a 4' x 4' Sun Hut.
 
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Deaner

Nice to see there's some progress in these tents. My old Homebox still does the trick though don't feel any need to upgrade.
Does your Homebox have any light leaks? Any reported problems or concerns?
 

geopolitical

Vladimir Demikhov Fanboy
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Wow, double taped & turned seams. Just by the photos it's better put together than 90% of the tents I've seen to date. Nice review.
 

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