Are the spider farmer sf4000 a good led grow light

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PhatNuggz

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Powertech said:
Spider Farmers are way overpriced now as well so you didn't help your argument any lol. That is nice that you can separate it out, I always thought these lights meant for a big area but all grouped in the center was stupid

Yes i have 4 SF1000's, but i got them before they jacked the price up
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I was not aware that they kicked up the price. According to HLG, SFs are MADE by Mars. That makes no sens to me since Mars has always sold crap lights, but if true, maybe they realized no one was buying their crap lights as both were too close in MSRP. Other than that possibility, it's not uncommon for a new product to start at entry level price point to build their name/brand

I will look it up, but how much did they raise their prices percentage wise?
 
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BigSsecrets

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PhatNuggz said:
I was not aware that they kicked up the price. According to HLG, SFs are MADE by Mars. That makes no sens to me since Mars has always sold crap lights, but if true, maybe they realized no one was buying their crap lights as both were too close in MSRP. Other than that possibility, it's not uncommon for a new product to start at entry level price point to build their name/brand

I will look it up, but how much did they raise their prices percentage wise?
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I’m not sure what they used to cost (noob) but I paid like 315 for an sf2k month ago
 
Moldy

Moldy

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BigSsecrets said:
I’m not sure what they used to cost (noob) but I paid like 315 for an sf2k month ago
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I'm still shopping, looking at the SF2000, now @ 329 USD from Amazon. Saw some on Alibaba for a lot cheaper but didn't take my CC so chose not to buy from them. It seemed to good to be true, like 245 USD for a SF4000??
 
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BigSsecrets

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Moldy said:
I'm still shopping, looking at the SF2000, now @ 329 USD from Amazon. Saw some on Alibaba for a lot cheaper but didn't take my CC so chose not to buy from them. It seemed to good to be true, like 245 USD for a SF4000??
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I like them so do my girls
 
Powertech

Powertech

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PhatNuggz said:
I was not aware that they kicked up the price. According to HLG, SFs are MADE by Mars. That makes no sens to me since Mars has always sold crap lights, but if true, maybe they realized no one was buying their crap lights as both were too close in MSRP. Other than that possibility, it's not uncommon for a new product to start at entry level price point to build their name/brand

I will look it up, but how much did they raise their prices percentage wise?
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I got them for $129 US back in I think August of last year. I understand raising your price a little due to popularity, but not that much
 
Darknes01

Darknes01

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im getting ready to do a 6 light setup and i was thinking of either getting the sf 4000 (currently $589 on amazon) , HLG 550 V2 RSPEC ($850) or HLG-600H ( $759).
I am trying to figure out which one these would be able to give about 2lb per light( in a 4x4 area)
from the looks of it, if the LED's are the same then more watts should equal more yield in that case the clear winner is the HLG-600H which is rated at pulling 620 watts. I do not have any of these and could not find a concrete test on them to say xyz is better.
What do you guys think?
which one should i go for?
*** Side Note - i currently have 2 fluence spydr 2p's that pull about 680watts each but they are super expensive at about $1400 each so i was looking for a more affordable setup but comparable outcome.
Few photos of my 4x8 tent running the spydr lights

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Bbc5272

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Silentvirtue said:
I'm running 2 Sf2000 and 1 SF1000 9 days in (Inc seed soaking) and I have to say I'm impressed with build packaging and brightness. They run fairly cool aswell.

So far I'm vegging under the single SF1000 and the seedlings aren't leggy at 24 inches so I'm guessing it's putting out good PAR.

I would of done 2 x 4000 just cost was a factor. ☹

Pictures here are from ,the end of the first week again including day 1 as soaking period.

Spider Farmer And 8 Main Colas Experiment (Mainlining/Manifolding)

For anyone who is interested I will be posting the observations and results as the weeks go on here. I am normally a strict HPS and MH fan but have decided to see what happens when I use the Spider Farmer lights instead. I have germinated 7 seeds and had 6/7 come through, this will be...
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Good afternoon . I have 2 sf2000 and want to put 2 seedlings 2" tall under them or 1 of the lights . What do you think and how far should I keep the light off of them ? Thanks
 
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