Mars or HLG

[Red Eye Hero]

Hey guys I’m new here about to start an indoor grow rdwc just need some help deciding on some lights I wanna go led but can’t decide on what to get if anyone could give their thoughts or opinions on these two lights that would be great

HLG 650R With Diablo Advanced diodes

The Newest and best light from Horticulture Lighting Group. This light will replace a 1000 Watt Double ended HID light with all the newest Samsung diodes and Quantum boards from HLG. Full spectrum so ideal from Veg to End of Flower. Are you serious about your yield and quality? Then this light...

www.quickbloomlights.com.au

Mars Hydro FC 6500 Samsung LM301B Osram Vertical Farm LED Grow Light

Applied as large multi-strip LED grow lights for large-scale commercial cultivation and high-quality home cultivation. FC6500 employs Samsung LM301B chips and a full spectrum light that is rich in red and blue and adopts a uniform photon distribution to maintain an even PPID and optimal PPF...

www.mars-hydro.com

 

[Billygoat]

Mars's adverts are so convincing.. I am leaning towards them. lol

 

[Pikey]

I bought a HLG 260 V2 RED SPEC from Quickbloom last year and I'm very happy with it so far. Great build quality and they were very easy to deal with. If you're looking at the 650R I think there is a forum discount of $75 on that model if that helps make your mind up

As for the Mars, I have no first hand knowledge of their new lights... I'd say they are probably getting better than their old shite, but as a rule I tend to give them a miss... the one thing I can comment on though is they (in my opinion) have some pretty shady business practices and their "sales" are often bullshit, so they get a for me.

I'm sure Porky will chime in soon... he knows boats

 

[Gazza]

Buy a Mars bar, and get the hlg light, better off getting the good gear first time round saves you time and coin.

What size tent/room you thinking?

Welcome along to mate

 

[Red Eye Hero]

Buy a Mars bar, and get the hlg light, better off getting the good gear first time round saves you time and coin.

What size tent/room you thinking?

Welcome along to mate

Lol funny cunt I’ve got a 150x150x200 tent

 

[Pedro de pacas]

1000 w HPS

or get the HLG

 

[Porky]

Hey guys I’m new here about to start an indoor grow rdwc just need some help deciding on some lights I wanna go led but can’t decide on what to get if anyone could give their thoughts or opinions on these two lights that would be great

HLG 650R With Diablo Advanced diodes

The Newest and best light from Horticulture Lighting Group. This light will replace a 1000 Watt Double ended HID light with all the newest Samsung diodes and Quantum boards from HLG. Full spectrum so ideal from Veg to End of Flower. Are you serious about your yield and quality? Then this light...

www.quickbloomlights.com.au

Mars Hydro FC 6500 Samsung LM301B Osram Vertical Farm LED Grow Light

Applied as large multi-strip LED grow lights for large-scale commercial cultivation and high-quality home cultivation. FC6500 employs Samsung LM301B chips and a full spectrum light that is rich in red and blue and adopts a uniform photon distribution to maintain an even PPID and optimal PPF...

www.mars-hydro.com

Get the HLG mate!!

 

[Anoma]

Lol funny cunt I’ve got a 150x150x200 tent

I hope you're talking in centimetres

 

[Porky]

I hope you're talking in centimetres

He will need a few lights if not!!

 

[Red Eye Hero]

I hope you're talking in centimetres

Lol yea mate

 

[Dotts]

1000 w HPS

or get the HLG

Mars's adverts are so convincing.. I am leaning towards them. lol

OK Yolanda....

 

[Red Eye Hero]

Ended up getting theses

 

[Billygoat]

Ended up getting theses View attachment 14696

Nice.. hope you used the forum discount code

 

[Red Eye Hero]

Couldn’t use it because I already got a $150 discount by combining the light with the uva I did try tho

 

[Porky]

Ended up getting theses View attachment 14696

Nice mate!!
Keen to see how the UV light goes for ya. A mate fried his plants under one.

 

[RiverRat]

Where are the opposing kits made?

 

[R3za92]

Where are the opposing kits made?

Hlg are American. Mars are china. If you want something quality and Australian look at grow lights Australia’s highlights boards. I’m using the original boards in my current and previous grow/s and I’ve got one of the new 420 boards in my other cupboard and they both go hard.

 

[Gazza]

Am I delusional thinking the diodes, heat sinks, circuit boards are all manufactured in China and are just assembled in certain region’s?

Or do hlg and agl source all the components locally?

 

[frankreynolds]

Afaik, HLG sources there diodes from samsung and put it together themselves in the USA but may be wrong.

A company like Grow lights Australia gets most of there diodes from a Japanese company called Nichia, puts em together in Australia.

Mars hydro/ spiderfarmer and all the other chinese ebay lights seem to be made by the same companies and just rebranded with different names/ colours etc. that the different companies want (especially with these multi bar designs coming out). Depending on how many they order will depend on the price to the customer not the quality of products it seems.

 

[R3za92]

Am I delusional thinking the diodes, heat sinks, circuit boards are all manufactured in China and are just assembled in certain region’s?

Or do hlg and agl source all the components locally?

The printed boards might be made in China but the diodes aren’t added to the boards until hlg/gla get them. This is what ensures your actually getting the diodes you pay for vs companies that get their diodes layed by Chinese manufactures.

the actual circuit boards hlg and gla also use generally have a thicker copper layer than many other manufactures.

hlg also get diodes directly off Samsung and get essentially first dibs so are able to get better binned diodes so even companies saying they’re using the same diodes as hlg are generally using a much lower bin than what hlg use so aren’t the same