New cob light setup Citizen or vero 29S? looking for best bang for your buck chip

Yodaweed

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Yeah but there's a huge difference between 16 3590 @35w vs 100w.........

Sorry man but to me that's over kill for that area and the cost of that in COB's alone is over kill too, but to each their own.

You could thrown down $800 roughly on two 315 cmh and get close results for a lot less $$$

At today's prices you're at $640 just for LEDs that's if you didn't buy yours long ago and you still haven't said if it's diy or pre built and a pre built 16 cob 3590 light is not cheap.

I do thank you for sharing info in a civil manner despite the differentiating points of view though.
lol , what's you're 4x4 setup? Pretty sure most of us that use LEDs know about the expensive up front costs, what are you trying to say, HID lights are cheaper up front?
 
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dandyrandy

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i should have new chips in next week that are a better value than both citi and vero, stay tuned
Now what! Are the voltages the same? It's like buying seeds. Just kidding. Very interested. I found the 3 k veros my favorite so far. I love the 3590's 3500 but I think I like the 3k better. My problem is I don't want to swap drivers. And one of the new v29's will works with my 4 drivers. I may be stuck with V29's. Not a bad thing. You guys who sell and research all of this have made me self sufficient. I tip my hat. I'll keep watching for info. Sry I hijacked the thread.
 

Evil-Mobo

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Now what! Are the voltages the same? It's like buying seeds. Just kidding. Very interested. I found the 3 k veros my favorite so far. I love the 3590's 3500 but I think I like the 3k better. My problem is I don't want to swap drivers. And one of the new v29's will works with my 4 drivers. I may be stuck with V29's. Not a bad thing. You guys who sell and research all of this have made me self sufficient. I tip my hat. I'll keep watching for info. Sry I hijacked the thread.
I'm running the 3K on my 3590's for flower too and like them also how does the Vero 3K compare to the 3590's?
 

dandyrandy

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I'm running the 3K on my 3590's for flower too and like them also how does the Vero 3K compare to the 3590's?
I have read here that the color temp is a bit better and from my experience the 3k seemed to be a bit less fluff on the mids. I figure at my age the 3590's will last my lifetime driven at 45 watts but I would like to buy 16 3k v29's then pull the lights out and be able to switch between the two. I put 4 3k 3590's in one corner and I believe I like them better than the 3500k 3590's but the cost. So now that it seems other cobs are coming out who knows. It's all good. Some are using 5k cobs and supplementing with far reds, uv etc. but I just keep it simple.
 

Evil-Mobo

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Check the 4K spectrum on the Citi's if you're open to something other than vero's.

But yeah I'm running the 5K in veg and the 3K in Flower with the 3590's
 

HalfBee

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Did someone say Buck Chip...

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They are Vero 13s and Vero 18s (but they are also gen7)
Sorry... spoiler alert on new build...

HalfBee
 

Bubz23

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Hey Guys, fairly new to RIU here been trolling EXTENSIVELY over the past 6 moths and am now on to my first grow. Currently growing in a 4ft x 8 ft x 7 feet grow room i built with 5 plants (Pineapple Express) LST and now currently under a scrog. I am looking to build some flowering lights using citizen/vero cobs passively cooled. as electricity is 23cents/kW where i live (canada) so efficiency is somewhat important to me. After this grow i will be rebuilding by grow room as i no longer have the space for it, my new flower room will be 2 ft x 5 ft x 7 ft. plants will generally be grown grog style. @CobKits, could you help me select some materials for this??

I also have a small 2 ft by 20'' by 8 feet chimney shoot i have opened up for another small grow, could you please recommend some cobs for this area as well?

I am leaning more towards the citizen 1818 then the 1212 however any input is greatly appreciated
 

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CobKits

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just a heads up @bleak ill only have 3000k 80cri in the new chips for now, so if youre looking at other colors, stick with cits
 
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