3 Top Grow Tents Tested Out. Heres the Results!

[oldmac]

So Which one is the winner? Secret Jardin. Its my personal favirote. But others may say different.

Hello anbesol,

First let me appologize for the hijacking of the thread, that was inadvertent.

On topic, I was setting up a small system for a cancer group a bunch of months ago and we decided to use a grow tent. I had seen a hydro-hut a few years back and suggested something like that. I had gone to a hydro store (I'm not a fan of them) and this guy had just gotten some Secret Jardin's in stock and was pushing it. I was leery but it was available right then so I bought it. I was very impressed in it's construction, ease of set-up, etc.

I have not seen the other two grow tents you looked at except in advertising, so I have no way of comparing like you did. But I must say your favorite (Secret Jardin) looked like a winner to me. Thanks again for the comparisons and thread.:thumbsup:

[pooneej]

A lot of good information for a noob in this thread - thank you all !! I will probably go with HPS or LED then based on some of the posts here
Now I just need to read up more on ventilation and then soil/nutrients.
I didnt think growing was going to be so precise -- I always thought you could just throw seeds in the ground outside and they'd sprout and grow with no maintenance!!
thanks again

[Rubberbubbler]

I use the grow lab 120 with a 3x3 ebb and flow 2 air cooled 600 watt hps with fantastic resaults. the windows are grate you do ndt have to unzip the tent to see the plants

[FreeDaHerb]

And don't feel stupid about not knowing about "high heat spectral range" that was a new one to me, I feel stupid too.

Yo' irydyum,

You can't go questioning FreeDaTerd's experience, didn't you hear that he's a genius who's just here to help us all. Never mind what your observations are, how the heck could they be right, he's knows it all and then some.

I love this gem, "the higher the Kelvin, the "hotter" the light."-FreeDaTerd

Gentlemen we are truly in the company of greatness. He has the ability to turn color tempertures into thermal tempertures. I am humbled.

Ok oldmac your first post in this thread.....clearly saying this is untrue.

NOW,

The thing I really find really annoying about people like you is thier inability to accept when someone is actually agreeing with thier facts but try to point out there are other factors to consider before drawing conclusions.

At no time do I dispute the physics of light. Listen carefully; I beleive you are right about light energy, various wavelenghts have more energy then others.

I don't think you even know what you post half the time, you have zero consistency my friend. I don't think you can remember maybe?

In the case of MH vs HPS you are overlooking one very important item, MH coverts electrical energy into light energy less efficently then HPS. We see it when we compare lumens/watt of each. The "lost" lumens are not wasted in an inefficent ballast but in the inefficent bulb....as extra heat. Some of this extra heat is in the form of some "non-visable" light like IR and UV, but the MH bulb's glass envelope will be considerably hotter then the HPS.

We all agree the spectrum of the MH light is hotter kelvin wise and photon energy wise. Now, the HPS bulb makes WAY more total light & IR light than the MH bulb and that is very hot because of it's wavelength and properties similiar to a microwave (the IR). I am no light expert by any means but I can do simple math and have ran both types before. My reference point has always been an HPS hortilux bulb and I will bet you money that a 1000 watt HPS hortilux produces more total heat than the 1000 watt MH bulb in equal conditions. Obviously, they are both hot as hell, and really for a specific answer as to which one is actually hotter (not that it matters really anymore) we would have to test specific bulbs in equal set-ups. Bottom line is HID is much hotter than other light sources no doubt. Your examples of fluoro tubes don't really fit into this equation anymore than LED lights do.

All that being said, I'm glad that NOW you understand different light spectrums carry different total energy amounts that account for the temperature differences. i.e. = "high heat spectral range" :thumbsup: :jointsmile:

[FreeDaHerb]

I use the grow lab 120 with a 3x3 ebb and flow 2 air cooled 600 watt hps with fantastic resaults. the windows are grate you do ndt have to unzip the tent to see the plants

Awesome dude, I think those Growlab tents are definitely the best on the market hands down and because of who actually makes them. IR blocking too! :thumbsup: :S3:

[anbesol]

Hello anbesol,

First let me appologize for the hijacking of the thread, that was inadvertent.

On topic, I was setting up a small system for a cancer group a bunch of months ago and we decided to use a grow tent. I had seen a hydro-hut a few years back and suggested something like that. I had gone to a hydro store (I'm not a fan of them) and this guy had just gotten some Secret Jardin's in stock and was pushing it. I was leery but it was available right then so I bought it. I was very impressed in it's construction, ease of set-up, etc.

I have not seen the other two grow tents you looked at except in advertising, so I have no way of comparing like you did. But I must say your favorite (Secret Jardin) looked like a winner to me. Thanks again for the comparisons and thread.:thumbsup:

I forgot all about this thread, woah man, and holy shit with the arguments...deffinitly didnt want to start that hahaha. Im glad everyone enjoyed the write up

[Micsog]

my grandma still has an ol kelvinator fridge and that shits cold! :stoned: