ViparSpectra XS 2000 Grow Light Review

[Melville Hobbes]

Hello everyone!
I'll be growing a couple of plants under the @ViparSpectra XS 2000. I'll be posting my thoughts on it's performance here throughout the grow.
But first, some pics of the light, and it's specifications from VS!

Right off the bat I can say it's nice to have such a high par value, since it means I can hang it higher if I need to even out the par map, without having to worry about my plants stretching, and the larger heatsink will really help extend the life of the diodes.

That's pretty much all I have to say so far.
If you have any questions, ask away!
Here's a link to my grow journal with the light if you'd rather follow along!
Hope to see you there!

Mel's ViparSpectra XS 2000 Sponsored Grow - Blueberry & Northern Lights

Hello everyone! I'm proud to have the opportunity to show off the @ViparSpectra XS 2000! This is a board style LED grow light with a full spectrum supplemented by 660 Red, and 730 IR diodes. I'm really looking forward to see what I can do with this light, seed to harvest! To start off here's...

www.420magazine.com

And here's a link to the ViparSpectra website!
XS Series - XS2000

 

[garybo]

Count me in Velville, tag me when you input your data.

Take care my friend.

 

[ViparSpectra]

@Melville Hobbes Thank you for show everyone what XS2000 can do. We hope ViparSpectra XS2000 could help everyone achive better growth.

 

[Thomas M]

I’ve been using this light since it was released a few years ago. Works great. Get very good results. And would upgrade if possible soon. All and all this like is a 10/10.

 

[Melville Hobbes]

Hey everyone!
Apparently I've been doing this thread all wrong, so I'm here to rectify that and give you my thoughts on the XS2000 so far.
I'll start by putting up some pics of what I've been growing under it since December!
Today is a Blueberry!

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 10, 2022
• canuk seeds true north seedbank

Blueberry under #ViparSpectra XS 2000
Day 2

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 14, 2022
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under @ViparSpectra XS 2000
Day 54

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 16, 2022
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra XS 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 18, 2022
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 20, 2022
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 22, 2022
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 25, 2022
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 27, 2022
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 29, 2022
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Dec 31, 2022
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Jan 2, 2023
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Jan 4, 2023
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Jan 6, 2023
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Jan 8, 2023
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Jan 10, 2023
• #viparspectra xs 2000 canuk seeds

Blueberry under the @ViparSpectra xs 2000

She's been under the XS2000 since she sprouted, and she's loving it!
She's been growing quickly right up until the day she was topped, with wide fat leaves and tight nodes even though the light is at 50%, and it's 60cm away from her.
The tent is staying at a steady 25C during lights on which is only 2c warmer than the room it's in, so the light is barely heating the tent up at all.
Overall I'm very impressed so far with how well it's doing, and I can't wait to see how it does in flower.

 

[Melville Hobbes]

Here's what I mean about the light being 60cm away from the plants at 50%, and still producing tight nodes.

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• Melville Hobbes
• Jan 11, 2023
• #viparspectra xs 2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

 

[Melville Hobbes]

From here on out I'll be posting a pic here every Friday.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask!

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• Melville Hobbes
• Jan 20, 2023
• #viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

 

[Melville Hobbes]

Whoops! Let's call this Friday...

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• Melville Hobbes
• Jan 27, 2023
• #viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

 

[Melville Hobbes]

Well, the pic is from Friday...

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• Melville Hobbes
• Feb 3, 2023
• #viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

 

[Melville Hobbes]

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• Melville Hobbes
• Feb 10, 2023
• #viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

 

[Nine Toed Hippie]

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• Melville Hobbes
• Feb 10, 2023
• #viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

Nice tent Compadre.

NTH

 

[Thomas M]

In action. Xs200 vs cmh315. Both at 50%

 

[MindlessCorps]

I placed 4 of the XS-1500 in my tent.
Seems I prefer several smaller lights so that I can move and space them as needed.
Will be interested to watch your progress.

 

[Melville Hobbes]

Nice tent Compadre.

NTH

Thanks NTH!

In action. Xs200 vs cmh315. Both at 50%

I've heard good things about mixing LEDs and HID, but I've never done it myself.
Do you find it gives you better growth than going with just one or the other?

I placed 4 of the XS-1500 in my tent.
Seems I prefer several smaller lights so that I can move and space them as needed.
Will be interested to watch your progress.

I do like the flexibility several smaller lights can give you.
My initial idea was to grow two indica strains with similar backgrounds. Both Blueberry and Northern Lights are Afghani crossed with Thai, so I thought they would have similar growth patterns, but the NL decided not to cooperate.
The plant on the right is Blueberry, and on the left is Zkittlez.

 

[Thomas M]

Thanks NTH!

I've heard good things about mixing LEDs and HID, but I've never done it myself.
Do you find it gives you better growth than going with just one or the other?

I do like the flexibility several smaller lights can give you.
My initial idea was to grow two indica strains with similar backgrounds. Both Blueberry and Northern Lights are Afghani crossed with Thai, so I thought they would have similar growth patterns, but the NL decided not to cooperate.
The plant on the right is Blueberry, and on the left is Zkittlez.

I think it does add a more effective spectrum mix. We will see how these come out.

 

[Melville Hobbes]

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• Melville Hobbes
• Feb 17, 2023
• viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

Zkittlez is flowering, and Blueberry is stretching.

 

[Melville Hobbes]

We've got buds forming on the Blueberry!

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• Melville Hobbes
• Feb 25, 2023
• viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

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• Melville Hobbes
• Feb 25, 2023
• canuk seeds viparspectra xs2000

Blueberry budlet

 

[Melville Hobbes]

We've got trichomes showing up on both plants, but no smell yet.

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• Melville Hobbes
• Mar 3, 2023
• viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

 

[Thomas M]

We've got trichomes showing up on both plants, but no smell yet.

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• Melville Hobbes
• Mar 3, 2023
• viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000

Not far behind you. I’ve been able to identify two males and four females from the 9alarm from jinx. Waiting on the SuperSonic from tiki to show. Then off to the races.

Good job so far.

 

[Melville Hobbes]

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• Melville Hobbes
• Mar 10, 2023
• viparspectra xs2000

@ViparSpectra XS2000