Live Chat with Mars Hydro Employee

[Zoey]

@Deadinside88

Been using a mars hydro 600w led for a little over a year. It’s not to shabby

Hi, Deadinside88

Thanks for your trust, we have 2 new led lights, Mars SP and Mars TS released on the market, white light, modern style, you can take a look if you are interested.

[Zoey]

@OleReynard

Depending on the timing of the contest, it might be possible I could do a side x side comparison.
A 600w hps hortilux bulb, air cooled, with 1/4" lense compared to your 600w LED.
Same size tents, same everything. Nutes, medium, pots.

Sounds great:grinning:

[Zoey]

@HaRdRoC

@LemonadeJoe

RoC, @neogitus
For your information, in past months we were successful to cover half of the monthly costs by member donations. We definitely don’t want to clutter the site with banners, etc. I hate aggressive marketing, that is why we keep advertisement only in Sponsored section

Ok, my bad for not understanding what you ment in your email, by being solely run by members.

Since there will in fact be companies here, I would like to make a suggestion. We should REALLY try to get Black Dog Led on board here. Imho, they are the best led’s out there. They are growers, that made their led’s and also use them and document their grows on YouTube. They do experiments with all the lights they have and show you it all on you tube. Check 'em out.

Hi, HaRdRoc

Mars hydro can speak for itself, If you search Mars Hydro on YouTube, you will find out there are lots of nice videos related to both our new version or older version, there are still a update like for everyday.

[Zoey]

@Jetdro

@OleReynard

Depending on the timing of the contest, it might be possible I could do a side x side comparison.
A 600w hps hortilux bulb, air cooled, with 1/4" lense compared to your 600w LED.
Same size tents, same everything. Nutes, medium, pots.

Not gonna see, waste of time

Hi, Jetdro

Mars Hydro Pro II Cree is Mars best light, actual power is 570W, the chip is Cree, it can cover 4.54.5 for veg,44 for flower. If you use HPS/MH/HID:700W before, and want to try to try another light, Mars Hydro Pro II Cree 256 is a great option here:wink:

[Zoey]

@OleReynard

I’ve got a half dozen dinosaurs, well they’re adjustable anyway.

Hi, Ole

Yes, both Mars SP and TS series are dimmable, the driver of both can be removed, it can be placed outside your environment.

[Zoey]

@LemonadeJoe

It would be great to see side by side comparison… and also to see other factors besides produced weight like temperature / generated heat, bud density and resin / frostiness … (seems like overkill but does anyone measure terpenes nowadays? )

Hi, Joe

Thanks for asking, we’ve started a comparison under another topic"Mars Hydro latest news"
Go check it out:wink:

[Zoey]

@toastyjakes

What is the lumen output on your SP250?

It’s an interesting light so Id like to know what it runs compared to my current setup

Hi, Toastyjakes

The Lumen output of Mars sp250 is 50729.

[toastyjakes]

Not bad at all… Gets me thinking

[Zoey]

Nice flowers, well done!

[Deadinside88]

both grown from clone to finish under my mars hydro 600w (gotta look and see to give model type/number) trying to find some of my pics of the full plants.

[Zoey]

Hi all,very glad to be here.

Official place to share your advice, question, feedback, or anything related to Mars Hydro.

Mostly importantly, we will be doing a big giveaway in one week later, pls stay tuned!

Leave your favorite lamp name below!!!

[Zoey]

Great thinking:wink:

[Zoey]

Fantastic, very impressive, great job!!!

[ShiskaberrySavior]

TSL 2000 sounds like a nice light!

[HaRdRoC]

I never said you weren’t good, I just said there’s better. Of course your lights will grow weed, but so will a window sill…
For your youtube, I don’t see anywhere, where you test out your gear or even do any grows for that matter. I may be wrong but all I see is you sponcering already established growers. Why not sponcer or send testers to some rookies and let them grow with your lights?

[Daytripr69]

I operate cranes and have watched people die because of Chinese lifting gear,which is why its illegal to use here period. I’m sure not every Chinese company is shit, but first hand experience says most are. Note that some Chinese electronics are pretty damn good so I’d be willing to try you out. Just a question i need to replace a 1000w hps light can be no bigger than 3’x3. What do you have? I noticed that there was a post about a Canada sale for 15% off, what about doing something like this for the us folk. Or offer og members a little more than 3%. The expense is what is keeping me from going led

[Esrgood4u]

The thing about these Chinese companies is they “clone”" Copy" absolutely everything but use sub standard parts and components. One of my other “hobbies” Used to be card sharing satellite and cable encryptions. I’d buy “clone” dreambox 500c in bulk and pass them around all my friends and to be fair I never had one fail on me via hardware. I still to this day run a VU+ solo2 clone satellite STB from china. It’s been running non stop for about 6 years now and it’s still works as good as the day I bought it. My only complaint is the advertising methods these Chinese grow light companies use. There is not a chance in hell these Chinese LED lights will ever be comparable to a decent 600 hps set up or give you the same amount of yield. I’ve been there and done it (not using Mars Hydro lights though to be honest).

[Northern_Loki]

The “newer” models look intriguing and the vendor supplied specs looks decent, so let see how these perform. I’ve purchased an SP250 for evaluation and will run some tests on this unit using a spectrometer, PAR sensor, and various other instrumentation for comparison purposes.

Items Ordered
Product Name Price Qty Subtotal
Subtotal US$259.99
Shipping & Handling US$0.00
Discount (OVERGROW) -US$7.80
Grand Total US$252.19

I will say that I’m not a big fan a shabby products, even if the pricing appears competitive, which in the past, has had me purchasing elsewhere. Although these new units, from what is advertised, appear intriguing and I am optimistic. So, let’s see how these stack up both from an output perspective along with the fit and finish.

The following is what I have captured for comparison purposes.

For reference - specification:
Draw power 120V:1.93A;232W 240V:1.01A;242W
Chip Brand New SMD Epistar

For reference - marketing:
Actual Power: 245W+/-5%@100–277V
Coverage: Veg:3’x5’(90x150cm); Bloom:2’x4’(60x120cm)
PPE:2.35–2.57umol/J (marketing images claims a different PPE of "around 2.7")
IP65 rated (Totally protected against dust ingress. Protected against low pressure water jets from any direction. Limited ingress permitted.).
Three year warranty.

I do not see any information on this particular product regarding the certification authority. Though I’ve seen claims elsewhere that “all” of their products are ETL and CE certified / listed. Would be good to get this verified.

I will post up resulting measurements and impressions in a future thread once the item is received…

[Explorer]

Well I for one am interested in the results.

[LemonadeJoe]

@Northern_Loki

I’ve purchased an SP250 for evaluation and will run some tests on this unit using a spectrometer, PAR sensor, and various other instrumentation for comparison purposes.

Now that is a word of man! I’m looking forward to it! That will be very interesting to watch…