Modest Grower
Well-Known Member
Happy Friday everyone!!!!
I am so excited to say that I recently won the Mars Hydro FC6500 and it was delivered to me extremely fast to my place in Canada.
I will post more information on the FC6500 throughout this journal but if you are looking for a light for a 4x4 or 5x5 area or multiple for larger spaces, check out the links
I wanted to start with my first impressions: as I said, delivery was extremely fast and the light was definitely packaged well for transport.
The light itself looks to be of very high quality and to be honest just has a really cool sleek look about it. One of my favorite things I noticed right away is the driver is not initially attached to the light (although it can be attached) and comes with a really long cord from the driver to the light for tons of options mounting the driver outside of your tent which is what I am doing.
After running it for 24+ hours both on full blast as a test and maybe 50% for veg as I am easing my plants into it, the light and the driver maintain surprisingly low temps. I'll have more data on that as we go forward but for now it is safe to say this light runs cooler than I expected.
Hanging up the light by myself was fairly easy as their are four mounting points which I attached pulley/ratchets to. Two pulleys are provided with cables but I added two of my own to have full adjustability.
I have the light in a 4x4 which in my opinion, it fits perfectly. Wall to wall coverage without a doubt. One cool feature is the diode spacing. On the edges of the bars the diodes are actually clustered closer to ensure even light distribution even to the edges
My plans for this journal are to run this light through multiple grows and showcase it at all stages of growth. I am starting off with Cherry Pie plants in 7 gallon fabric pots of soil. I am going to let these veg out for a bit to fill in the netting and grow horizontal before switching to flower in maybe a week or two. These ladies were originally started under a very weak light so I am cautiously keeping an eye on the % of power and height of the light early on.
The next grow will be grand daddy purple and somango (from regular seeds). I will try and be patient and start them from seed under this light to show the light at all stages.
I cannot say thank you enough @Mars Hydro and anyone who stops by to check out this light! If anyone has questions, let me know!
Here is the set up as of last night:
I am so excited to say that I recently won the Mars Hydro FC6500 and it was delivered to me extremely fast to my place in Canada.
I will post more information on the FC6500 throughout this journal but if you are looking for a light for a 4x4 or 5x5 area or multiple for larger spaces, check out the links
I wanted to start with my first impressions: as I said, delivery was extremely fast and the light was definitely packaged well for transport.
The light itself looks to be of very high quality and to be honest just has a really cool sleek look about it. One of my favorite things I noticed right away is the driver is not initially attached to the light (although it can be attached) and comes with a really long cord from the driver to the light for tons of options mounting the driver outside of your tent which is what I am doing.
After running it for 24+ hours both on full blast as a test and maybe 50% for veg as I am easing my plants into it, the light and the driver maintain surprisingly low temps. I'll have more data on that as we go forward but for now it is safe to say this light runs cooler than I expected.
Hanging up the light by myself was fairly easy as their are four mounting points which I attached pulley/ratchets to. Two pulleys are provided with cables but I added two of my own to have full adjustability.
I have the light in a 4x4 which in my opinion, it fits perfectly. Wall to wall coverage without a doubt. One cool feature is the diode spacing. On the edges of the bars the diodes are actually clustered closer to ensure even light distribution even to the edges
My plans for this journal are to run this light through multiple grows and showcase it at all stages of growth. I am starting off with Cherry Pie plants in 7 gallon fabric pots of soil. I am going to let these veg out for a bit to fill in the netting and grow horizontal before switching to flower in maybe a week or two. These ladies were originally started under a very weak light so I am cautiously keeping an eye on the % of power and height of the light early on.
The next grow will be grand daddy purple and somango (from regular seeds). I will try and be patient and start them from seed under this light to show the light at all stages.
I cannot say thank you enough @Mars Hydro and anyone who stops by to check out this light! If anyone has questions, let me know!
Here is the set up as of last night: