Awesome, thanks for checking. Hope some people snag it while it’s available at this price. The Amazon reviews mostly seems really good, and couldn’t find too many videos but the ones I did find said they were happy with it.
420 watts for $150 with Samsung diodes is an amazing deal. Hopefully some folks do jump on this, not a deal one will see very often. Thanks for sharing man, really cool.
I’ll give it a go. My wife’s 3x3 vegetable tent needs a better light and I can run it under power. Driver is probably the weak point, so hopefully it lasts.
There is nothing saying that driver is not good and reliable. If I were looking for a light I would defiantly check it out, for the money and power it seems like it’s worth it IMO.
my biggest hesitation when I saw this was that there’s not a lot of spec info on it. Unless I missed the info it doesn’t even say which Samsung diodes it uses. But like you said:
Yeah, I would agree but as someone who has grown nice plants with blurples and seen great plants grown with led light bulbs with the covers broken off I would not worry too much about it. For that money and wattage I would take the chance. Folks do get pretty caught up on brands but it’s amazing what can actually work well.
If it is what they say it is, it is a very good deal.
They do claim Samsung LEDs in the description amongst other claims. The efficacy they note is a bit on the lower end relatively but not bad at 2.3. Wtih current generation Samsungs I would expect that to be higher. The PPFD claim of 2312 for 12" is a bit ludicrous but I really don’t have much background on such square form factor panels, I’d guess subtract 1K from that. If it’s true then it’s a really hot center spot that would roll off quickly. Consumes 420W true output is odd. I presume 420W wall plug consumption is what they meant.
I bought one and will perform a couple of quick and simple measurements. I don’t have the information needed to verify LED die markings so it is always a bit of a risk regarding counterfeit LEDs coming out of some countries. But, can never have enough fixtures and could be a win.
If the picture is acurate to the driver it doesnt look good.
Pictured is a x1-100-56 driver. I could only find one reference document bout it but its the right logo/company. Looks like might only be rated for around 100 watts. Assuming the picture is correct is a big assumption though. Maybe 168 watts.