LIGHT SHOPPING FOR A 4X4

Is this a decent light for a 4x4 indoor tent

Post link. Can't read any details. Coverage map looks great

It appears to be good.
800 watts is overkill........do they have a 600 watt version?

that light is for a 6 x 6 grow area, not a 4 x 4 tent

thats alot of big numbers

Take any and all “ par “ charts with a grain of salt.
Sometimes a bucket of salt.

Factor the appropriate power for your square foot of space - minimum 30-32 watts per. ( or better )

I would lurk grow journals and see what growers are using - maybe the one you are looking at. That way you can see how well they work before shelling out some dough .

GL

Appreciate all the input, they do have one for a 4x4 grow tent it's 600 watts. I always figured go stronger with a dimmer, that way if you need it, it's there, and price wise, not a big difference. I'm posting the 4x4 600 watt

If it fits in the tent, id say go for it. As you said you can always dim it. Both of the lights in my 3x3's are advertised for 4x4'. I have another 500w light in a 3x3' closet space that i am replacing with something stronger soon for another example.

And my tent is actually a 4x5, it was a 2-in-1 that I opened up

Budzbuddha said:

Take any and all “ par “ charts with a grain of salt.
Sometimes a bucket of salt.

Factor the appropriate power for your square foot of space - minimum 30-32 watts per. ( or better )

I would lurk grow journals and see what growers are using - maybe the one you are looking at. That way you can see how well they work before shelling out some dough .

GL

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Good eye, that PAR chart is clearly not based on real-world measurements and it's easy to spot.
At the 20" height it claims ~2400 PAR, at 40" it claims ~1800 PAR, or a mere 25% reduction with a doubling of distance.
Similar shenanigans between the 20" and 12" PAR numbers
In reality, light falls off with the square of the distance; i.e. double the distance, 1/4 the intensity.

That chart is blatantly fraudulent.

Spectrum looks good, that bump in the far ir will give it a bit more of a heat signature(worth it) 20lbs is a brick(wouldn't bother me much)
Looks like it would be cheaper to get 2 of the 400w model(budget light assume cost is a concern)

UpNorthGrow1021 said:

And my tent is actually a 4x5, it was a 2-in-1 that I opened up

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I did the same thing with my 3x4. The velcro is impossible to get fully closed

Lol, exactly

VaSmile said:

Spectrum looks good, that bump in the far ir will give it a bit more of a heat signature(worth it) 20lbs is a brick(wouldn't bother me much)
Looks like it would be cheaper to get 2 of the 400w model(budget light assume cost is a concern)

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I have a bar light that fills the tent and would much rather have two so I can separately control distance and intensity.

Check out HLG's Scorpion Diablo and Scorpion Diablo X.

I've got the Diablo and it's the best light I've ever had.

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Hobbes said:

Check out HLG's Scorpion Diablo and Scorpion Diablo X.

I've got the Diablo and it's the best light I've ever had.

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I have the Diablo X and I bought a second one it was so very good. I've never had a better light.

I love to build my own stuff using HLG quality panels and I don't recommend the cheapest amz lights!
With over 4500 LEDs there's no place in this 4*8 to hide!

I got to say, I'm firmly on team HLG. They are the leaders in R&D they change the game and everyone else copys them, customer service is impeccable, supposedly their lights last for ever(haven't grown long enough to say first hand). But they are costly. OP is asking about a light that is around $0.4/w so I assume either budget is an issue or he has not grown long enough to be ready to invest in top end shit. I'm absolutely stocked with my adiding, they don't even have their grow lights on their web page since about a week after I ordered mine. At the end of the day light is light as long as you got the right spectrum you will grow perfectly good bud

Check the dimensions, my 2x 600w bar lights are almost wall to wall in 4x8.

I agree 800w is unnecessary and I agree that par map is way off being accurate and that would have me questioning everything else they say, from spectrum, to parts used..

There are sooo many options these days but be suspicious of claims made

This light is no joke you should check it out