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quistes wrote:

Dr GreenThumb wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 8:49 pm Those cheap blurple lights I don't think are ever any good. Mars Hydro have some nice "cheap" pro grow lights available. I say cheap for what they are, I have the TS1000 and have been super happy with it, as they are wider you get much more growing space also to put more plants and they are full spectrum.

I never thought I needed one but now I have it I don't know what id do without it, so handy.

Do you think the TS600 will be sufficient? https://marshydro.eu/collections/ts-ser ... cts/ts-600

Yeah looks like a nice light to me for the price tag

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The main difference is that it doesn't have the dimmer. It works well for tropical drosera and sarracenia. It might be too much for some neps unless you have decent cooling and can raise the light up quite a bit.

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Ok guys, thank you so much, I think I'll pull the trigger on that

WELL WELL WELL

After almost 3 months of endless battles with Mars Hydro, I just quit on them. I live in a region of Spain where they don't ship anything, but they don't say it in their page. So I purchased it, they didn't sent it and then refused to give me my money back.

It did end well and got a refund, but the TS600/TS1000 got out of the equation, so I insted got this https://saltonverde.com/producto/bombil ... 00k-solux/

Power: 65W
Nominal voltage: 85-265V
Luminous Flux Lumens: 6500Lm
Rendering Index: 95Ra
Color temperature: 4000K
Dimensions: 105x305mm
Number of LED lights: 6
CFL to LED equivalence: 200-250 W (CFL) equals 65W (LED)

I think its quite nice and suitable for my needs, but I dont know close to the plants it must be. Between 25/30 cm (9/11 inches) should be good?

Not sure if you are still following but I am currently using the two piece/head one. I believe it is the same manufacturer.

Right now the plants seem ok though I have only had them for about a week and a half. Maybe I got lucky who knows.

Can I get a short summary on some of the issues people were seeing with using these lights? Genuinely curious as I was thinking about getting something else with a bit more punch

Are you talking about the red and blue ones of the original post?

Btw, I can't be more happy with the Solux of my last post. My aliciae and capensis are in great condition and soon I'll try to propagate some of them through leaf cuttings in soil.

Yes, to the original post.

Good to hear the Solux worked out

h3r0 wrote:Yes, to the original post.

Good to hear the Solux worked out

Oh, that's nice, if you get results with the blurple ones of the OP in a while, give us an update please!

Sorry for the late response but right now the plants looks pretty healthy. The VFT are being little finicky brats but I think that is due to my watering schedule. The capes are doing quite well and right now it is flowering (haven't decided what to do with that yet). Overall healthy plants with new sprouts regularly every 4 days (though it has slowed down a little probably due to the flowering). Responding well with foliage feeding 2x a week.

The reviews complain mainly about the timer not working for some but mine is working at 12hr interval.