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Should I get a different Led light?

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I built this fixture using the boards and driver I referenced above for my 2x4 tent. Everything but the aluminum rails, screws, and eye bolts came from Amazon. The nice thing about this build is that it doesn’t require heat sinks for the boards. If you want I can give a parts list.
 

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When trying to fill a space with light I tend to go with more led boards at slightly less watts spread out, instead of one big light that claims to cover a whole space.
 
Thank you all very much. I decided to get the HLG550 V2 R spec. I’m sick of looking at light specs and reviews and I’m just glad to have made a choice. Compared with the Viparspectra TC1350 (608 watts), it uses 20% less power (480 watts) puts out a lot more usable light (verified), puts out less heat, has better canopy penetration (reviews), has no cooling fans so it’s silent, and more. And I think I’ll get at least 20% greater yields with it. When I first got the TC1350 I was really happy with it but the more I read, and after seeing how much heat it puts out I decided to swap. At first it didn’t seem TOO noisy but after hanging out in the same room with it for a couple of days I feel like there’s a freeway outside. One thing I didn’t like about it is the display. It’s really nice but is VERY bright. A bright blue led stays on all the time and I think it puts out enough light to be a problem so you would have to put tape over it. Then I found out that when you interrupt power during the dark period the display comes back on for like a minute or longer and then goes back off. You’d have to put tape over that display too because it’s so bright that I could see it coming through the vents from the outside. I don’t want to pay $500 for a light and have to put tape on it. Don’t get me wrong though, I do think it’s a really good light and is the best light in its price range. I just need something higher performance. Does anyone have any negatives about the HLG?

4x4x8 Gorilla tent
HLG550 V2 R spec
Hydrofarm JetFan 6” in-line fan
Vortex Pro lite 6” carbon filter
2 Vivosun oscillating pole fans
Century 2 outlet digital timer for pole fans
5 gal nursery pots
Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil
Fox Farm nutrient trio
 
I'm glad you made the switch. Can't lie, I have light envy. I almost pulled the trigger on another cheap $50 LED. But decided to wait and save. The TS 1000 is my next mile stone and that's final. I doubt you'll find any cons with that light. The ONLY potential con I've heard is that if you're foolish and keep a really hot grow tent, with very little airflow, and nothing blowing near the driver itself, you MAY experience premature driver failure. Any decent setup and that's completely out of the question.
 
How fancy does it need to be? The most reliable I've used have been the mechanical style, 15 amp ones with half hour intervals. Not fancy but I've used them around the house for years with zero failure.
 
The ones with the displays, and battery backup for holding cycles for power outages work great too, but they are 4-5x the cost, and I have seen them fail from humidity, getting dropped, or simply have strange issues after a while, or forget their cycle.
 
I use to build my own cob style lights from rapidled and growmau5. I get the growmau5 pucks and then get heatsinks on rails and 320watt driver from rapidled. Costs around 400 bucks. I was building them before they offered the 2x4 kits with the growmau5 pucks. I honestly feel like two of their 2x4 kits is more than enough to light a 5x5 space. I still build my own with the bigger rail set than the one offered in the 2x4 kit.
 
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TSW 2000
Its freakin bright fo sure! & so much cooler than T5s!!! If I slept in & didn't open the door flaps when the lT5s came on it would be 90°F in 30min. I had to have them both open to maintain 84F. Now I've had this one goin with the flaps closed for 3hrs & its standing steady at 79 😎
 
I wish they would make a TS 1000 in the long version. The long 2000 would BANG a 4x2 tent. Glad to hear such positive news, I'm saving my canadian beaver belts so I can buy a solid light in April. After a year, the operating cost really starts to make a HUGE difference with these new lights.
 
Btw yes you do deserve one & can grow weed deserving of a light like this! Listen to the good folk here, study GWE & keep track of things that go wrong (AND right!) - how you fix it etc.....
This isn't super fancy- looks like 2 small quantum boards & generic drivers. It says it will flower a 3x3 at 12-18in so I'll have to supplement a little & It was under $300.
The next- & last rainbow I'm gonna chase is a spine & rib deal like Yycannabis & Farmall -among others are using, flowering bars only & big enough to cover the whole 4x6 if I ever need the full tent. I'll put the Mars in the veg tent & never have to upgrade again!!
 
Hey Obi-Wan How much does that light weigh approx? and what kinda heat does it put out? And are there different size panels? lol sorry for the list of questions... Something like that may work well in my tent with a low ceiling. If you dont mind i'd like to have a look at a parts list as well.. Thanks
 
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