Lighting Mars II LED Criticism Question

[The Elvis]

I have to say when I got my 2 mars hydro 192x3 reflectors and opened the box I was very impressed with how it was made the quality is there and I have not finished a grow with them yet but have to give credit to mars hydro for making a quality lamp at a great cost..

 

[DarthMaul]

Well i wanted to confirm that the guy is talking BS my plants are doing really well!!!

https://www.autoflower.org/index.ph...-day-22-grow-journal.41729/page-2#post-827805

 

[pop22]

I don't have the Mars II but I have three other Mars Hydro lights and I'm telling you that they give great bang for the buck. I'm growing 1 Blue Dragon right now under a 192 x 3 Reflector Series and I'm estimating I'll get 8oz when she's done. Not too shabby for a $300 light! Look at all the successful grows on here.

People love to talk shit and pretend to be experts. Lets see his documented tests and his test equipment. And he's right about one thing, ignorance IS bliss for those who think they know it all, when they really know nothing...........

Hi,

I recently had a discussion on a different forum where someone asked which LED lights are good and I said that I advice the Mars Hydro website since I bought them recently.

There was this guy who claimed to be the LED expert who basically called me ignorant for buying those lights and told me that I made a huge mistake for buying them and that I have no idea about LED basically... I do not believe this guy since I have the lights and I'm doing pretty well (except Cal/Mag issues and some dots on leafs)

I'm quoting what he wrote and would like to know if there is truth in the par data and the thing he wrote about 700 umol? Did anyone do a Par test for the Mars II

"No they are not, Mars II suck the big one. My buddy has two that his roommate bought and they do not produce like a high quality fixture can.

If you google/youtube the Par data for it you will see that it no longer flowers cannabis (@700 umol minimum) after 12 inches. your at best going to get a 2'x2' area with penetration no more than 12" away from the fixture, and dim sides. And their inclusion of 120 degree lenses and 2.25w "5w" diodes make the thing a piece of marketing junk. Whats that--your "400" model uses how many watts--180?

So four in a 4x4 tent would cost ~800 and barely have enough light to maybe do a SOG. $800 for 1-3 year warranty (depending on vendor). They are the cheapest Chinese fixtures you can buy these days, I feel sorry for anyone who buys one and thinks that its great. Ignorance is bliss, but sometimes you just want to smack it out of someone."
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[Stinkycookies]

I know this is about mars
Ive been flowering a blue cheese photo. Under a 145 ufo
I was kind ofe impressed over cfls i had. and just made a bigger cab n got her under a. X2 Apollo hort gl 100. 300 chinees watts min my price. Looked at sum nice grow journals. They do . look like. Mars II. 3weeks in flow looks better than i thougt sice she was stressed right out tomstart Because of where n who takes care of me i had no option cfl or led You mention hid. Hps And pple freack over fire hazerds Im going autos next run i in the big cab This is my first led grow ans will be same with autos.
Not sure if im right but i got by actual wats used. Non this 170= 300w Do they also over size the foot print ie 4x3. But in reality does 2x2? Pple do it with meven hid. They expect it to have a larger foot print than it should And do the pot dance to get plants Out of the drop off area

 

[NobodyUKnow]

Mine works really well too, no complaints, would definately buy again!

 

[Rhyce Saroni]

I get nothing but consistently high yields of nothing but large dense tops... Mars II 400 veg 1200 flower... rocks!

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