Light efficiency question
Hey all, looking to jump in the game and get my first setup going. I'm a light user so I'm not looking to ton out of each grow cycle. I'll also use the setup to grow herbs and veggies in between. Right now I'm trying to decide between the Kingbrite 120 and the SF1000.
I was initially leaning toward the Kingbrite due to it being cheaper and more watts but I guess that's where my lack of knowledge started to show. When I used the Coco for Cannabis grow light calculator and plugged in the photon efficiency (μmol) and wattage for each light it shows the SF1000 actually being more efficient with the same coverage footprint. The SF also has a 5 year warranty, as opposed 1, but it looks like it's kinda a pain in the ass to utilize.
I'm going to be using the lights in a 2x2 grow tent, or a 2x4 tent and only utilize half of it for a plant and the rest for herbs/spring seedlings (or is this a bad idea?). Based on this setup is the SF1000 a better setup for $30 more or am I overthinking the efficiencies for only 20w extra power draw?
Posted Nov 12, 2021, 7:16 PM UTC
SF hands down. Even Mars hydro is better than kingbrite imo
Thanks for the reply! Would you recommend looking into Mars Hydro over SF?
Nope, SF is my next purchase but another commenter abides by the kingbrite seeing as my experience may have been skewed by a singular faulty product.
Why is mars hydro better than kb? I have all of the above and imo mars hydro literally has the cheapest and worst lights I’ve ever had- my ts1000 makes a noise when dimmed so I don’t use it and mars won’t do anything about it
I haven't experienced the same issues as you but my kingbrite sucked after a single cycle.
That being said my tsw2000 is on its 6th cycle and isn't great anymore.
I have 2 ts1000s in my back room for peppers and they've been great
Interesting, I think it may come down to which kingbrite you choose. All my old mars hydro are either broken or collect dust, the TS models have weird drivers and I can’t even tell who made the diodes except for the super old lg 660nm on there. I believe the newer mars have changed to Samsung and meanwell drivers
The ones I have are meanwell, so maybe that's it.