How does one solve the issue of the tent sucking in because of the exhaust fan? Built a little spacer type thing which seems to prevent such a vacuum. Hate for my plants to be all sucked together once flower rolls around. Thanks.
I've actually got a vent that goes to my crawl space. I use one of the bottom vent holes in my tent and run some 4in from it to the vent. Therefore when I zip my tent up the fan actually draws the cool air from my crawl space. The tent certainly still sucks in some but this seems to relieve a lot of suction having a basically a 4in hole open.
This is the first LED I've ever used soley as my Veg light. Like I was saying I went from a 400W Metal Halide to this. For what I was trying to spend it was between this and a Spider Farmer. The Mars was a bit cheaper with comparable specs. I'm very pleased with the money spent. About 300W less at the plug also.
I suppose one could cut some meter stick like material and place 3 or 4 up the sides behind the bars of your tent frame to help hold the tent out as well. Just popped into my head. Might work.
yeah.. good idea. I have extra pvc as well. Post in my diary later. Thanks for the idea
Yeah man I definitely understand the difference. Considering the size of my tent and what not I was just having more trouble than gain with the MH. I generally only put clones that I've recently transplanted and other youngins in that tent so running it just wasn't ideal for me personally. I certainly know I took a hit on output but am pleased none the less with the LED. Being it is on the lower end just a step above your famous Amazon 50$ blurple set up. I couldn't be happier.
Oh for sure I wouldn't ever wanna mislead anyone. Definitely not the same. More or less my point is if someone is considering buying one of them Amazon special blue and red boys for 50 bucks, do your plants a favor and save up another 50 and get Mars. Good full spectrum light. Can't beat the par rating considering. I flower with 250w hps. A lot of guys flower with the TS1000 and do exceptional. I'd like to one day do a side by side comparison. But to me that LED isn't even close to my HPS. But like I said I knew that when I signed up lol
Hi Tom, thanks for your trust in Mars Hydro, and very glad to hear that you are satisfied with TS1000 performance now.
The TS1000 actual power is 150w, can't compare with a 400w HPS, but can replace a 250w hops. The buds under LED are tighter and delicious, looking forward to the comparison in the future.
Well please enlighten me. What exactly did I miss out on. I'm not sure if u are referring to another company or what. I really only had 100 bucks to spare. And needed the light asap.
I definitely have come across these. Didn't do much digging into it. Completely understand that the Mars doesn't have Samsung LED or a mean well drive. I've watched man comparison between Mars and Spider Farmer which does indeed have both of those. Very similar performance. I personally didn't see a 60 dollar upper hand so I went with what I could afford at the time. If someone could show me a side by side of my light and one of similar power draw with Sam diodes and Mean Well driver and legitimately show me that those diodes and driver will do exceptionally better than mine I'll admit defeat. I'm very happy with the light considering what I've got into it and for what it's used for. I certainly appreciate the input.
Thank you. I draw roughly 150 at the wall. Exactly like you said. I actually flower with HPS but have heard of guys flowering even with the light I have. I'm curious tho could you point me in the direction maybe of what u have. I'd love to do some reading I'm always looking to upgrade at some point. Should I just hit Google with Quantum Boards?
