Best and Worst buys

[stump]

my mars ts 3000 and infinity cloudline t-6 inline duct fan. I cant believe how great my plants are growing under that mars light. worse buy are those 50 dollar loud ass fans.

 

[D.A.A.S.69]

Best buy, HLG QBoard,
Worst buys, 2-3 cheap ass, chinese, led lights.

 

[Sledrock]

I love my Vipar 450's too! SoOrbudgal Probably, IMO one of my better choices,alng with my Triplet Jeweler's Loupe that @Allatup recommended!]

My worst choices? I bought 3 different (Chinese-made) digital microscopes. I sent All 3 back to Amazon. (The install instructions were confusing to say the least! One even had a Virus on the "Install" disk from the factory :-( Junk - all 3 of them. (Gong back to my Jeweler's Loupe - now that I have a good one!

 

[dudeQuixote]

I haven't been in this very long, but my worst purchase was a Topolite 315CMH. It was a full 25$ less than the Vivosun version and in my thrift and haste, I failed to notice its lack of warranty. It ran for a little over 2 weeks and when it quit, it was out of its 30 day return period. I've got a Vivosun in there now, with a 3 year warranty on it.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

I'm super pleased with my lights the more I grow with them the more I learn about them and the distances to challenge the plants.

 

[SoOrbudgal]

That's so messed up thumbs down to Topolite in this instance.

 

[Guest]

Best:

Viparspectra TC1350
It’s a great value for a “cheap” blurple light for a 4x4 tent.
Con: Has poor canopy penetration.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078B4VJ35...p_mob_ap_share

Gorilla Original 4x4x8 tent
Built to last. Good zippers. Roof holds 300lbs. Pretty much light proof.
Con: Doors are a serious pain in the ass after awhile. 5 zippers to open. 5 zippers to close.
https://www.gorillagrowtent.com/products/4x4-grow-tent

Tripp Lite 6 Outlet Waber power strip.
Has a covered switch so my cats can’t turn it off. Solid, metal construction.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000V58T0C...p_mob_ap_share

Vacmaster, VJC507P, 5 Gallon wet/dry vac
I love this thing. Well made, quiet and powerful. Makes removing runoff really easy.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WSZL04K...p_mob_ap_share

WORST:

VIVOSUN Oscillating pole fans.
Mine made it 2/3 weeks. These are fantastic till they break. I wanted these to work so bad.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QW4YK9S...p_mob_ap_share

 

[Farmall]

I had waited 3 months for the option to buy and 2 months for the arrival and all for an experiment and in these days of 2 day amazon type deliveries, was annoying as hell but.... the pacific light concepts photoboost strips have proven to be exceptional performers that have produced remarkable plants and the worst is probably the grey plastic Carson microscope.

additionally, that Cloudline ac infinity t-6 is so awesome, I had to get a 2nd one

 

[stump]

I added four side poles in my tent. With the extractor fan on the sides of my tent get sucked in. Those fans hit the side of the tent and where them out quicker. Now there working great and not getting in a bind by the tent. Took me 2 fans to figure that one out lol.

 

[stump]

yea the cloudline are awesome.

 

[Dieselgrower]

bummer I just got one of those fans. hope it last longer.

 

[Dieselgrower]

nice I have the cloudline t4 with the controller on they way.

 

[Guest]

stump. I have 3 sets of horizontal high cfm poles on mine. The fans weren’t touching the sides. They would oscillate to one side and then just die

 

[duckman]

BEST: plant elevators (see photo), they keep the fabric pots out of the runoff and make sure the bottom of the pot is getting air as well. I love them!

WORST: VIVOSUN oscillating clip fan, worked great for a month then died. to be fair, when I reviewed it on Amazon VIVOSUN gave me a full refund. Great customer service!

 

[Drekthar]

Best Buy - Optic Slim 600H LED Grow light

Worst - too many to speak of to be sure

 

[FunkyButtLovin]

Best - Secret Jardin Daisy 100 HID reflector (I recommend these to anyone using HID and square tents, especially sog & scrog) https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Jardin-Daisy-CUS-1000W/dp/B07GQTRM6N

Worst - Vivosun 5 mode adjust 315w CMH (this light is powerful but has a crappy footprint and can't change reflector or move ballast outside of tent because it's all in one) In case anyone else would like to spend about $200 and be disappointed, here's the link! https://www.amazon.com/VIVOSUN-5-Mode-Adjust-High-Reflectivity-Aluminum-Upgraded/dp/B07RPKT58L/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=vivosun+315+cmh+adjust&qid=1585668150&sr=8-4

 

[Jordann]

Yes. Too many bad buys in my last 8 year venture into cannibal cultivation.

 

[Gingerbeard]

Farmall your PLC lights. I can't figure out to figure out how many of those types of strips I need for a 3x3x6.

 

[9fingerleafs]

check greengenes channel on youtube, hes the owner of PLC and has tons of videos explaining their lights, to my understandind you can make 2x4 or 4x4 but you may be able to make a shorter one

 

[Jordann]

Cannabis **********