Small grow tent off eBay - need advice

[indi420]

Hey there, can i suggest this

 

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/INDOOR-ELEMENTS-MYLAR-GROW-TENT-1M-X-1M-X-1-8M-/181136798099?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D7765969966342272246%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D3%26sd%3D330781164722%26

 

I have no experience or first hand information about the tent, I am however thinking about buying it for myself for a first grow. 

I have heard Growlush was shit from my recent research through the forums.

Good luck, Stay high

Edited May 19, 2013 by indi420

[clonal]

after lurking around here for a while for indoor grow info i have got myself a lumatek 400/600 ballast. its real good man

but im gonna get myself a tent to as my cubboard cant handle the heat. checking the links on your thread cheers

[DoctorWho]

Indoor Elements tents are really good for the price.  There are better out there but they tend to cost considerably more, sometimes 2-3x as much, than Indoor Elements tents of the same size.  There are similar ones on ebay that look almost as good as the IE range for a lot less, but I can't really comment on them as I've never used them.

 

Word of advice though make sure the tent you buy has at least a 4 inch hole for power plugs at the top and preferably one down the bottom as well.  The last thing you want is to buy a growlush tent and have to run all your power through an 8 inch hole that can never close properly due to poor design

[pegz]

http://www.homebox-growlab.net/product_GL80.html

 

That's the one I've settled on, as part of a complete package deal, tent is $200 standalone, I think, not cheap...

[DoctorWho]

That tent looks like its really good quality but 80cm x 80cm is extremely small.  If you're growing for one person or a couple of people who don't smoke that much it would be alright, but it would still be a very tight squeeze in there once you put in a fan, ventilation, etc.

[pegz]

Decided to go bigger http://www.homebox-growlab.net/product_GL80L.html is what I'm looking at now. At 80x150x200, the recommended lighting is 250 or 400 watt HPS or T5 fluorescent system... I have two options, 400W HPS or 600 for $50 more, I'm thinking I should go with a 600, what'd you guys think?

 

The complete deal can be seen here in its standard combo: http://glandorehydro.com/Grow-Tent-All-you-need.html

[DoctorWho]

Go a 600w digital light so you can run it at 400w during summer to keep the temps down and 600w during the cooler months to pump up your yield

[nici]

Indoor Elements tents are really good for the price.  There are better out there but they tend to cost considerably more, sometimes 2-3x as much, than Indoor Elements tents of the same size.  There are similar ones on ebay that look almost as good as the IE range for a lot less, but I can't really comment on them as I've never used them.

 

Word of advice though make sure the tent you buy has at least a 4 inch hole for power plugs at the top and preferably one down the bottom as well.  The last thing you want is to buy a growlush tent and have to run all your power through an 8 inch hole that can never close properly due to poor design

I have one of the IE knock offs and I'm really happy with it. Mines 90x50x1600 with 2 x 6" ports, 2 x 4" ports and 1 x 8" port. Only pin holes around the zipper but that's common. Pretty good for $120 delivered!

[pegz]

Found some other offers on eBay, anyone have opinions on some of these brands?:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WHITE-HOMEBOX-XL-1M-GROW-TENT-COMBO-/181104951962?pt=AU_Seed_Starting_Hydroponics&hash=item2a2ab2429a

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WHITE-HOMEBOX-COMBO-GROW-TENT-1-2M-X-1-2M-X-2M-/190805294584?pt=AU_Seed_Starting_Hydroponics&hash=item2c6ce1bdf8

[java22]

P.S. I'm inclined to go with a 400w light... or should I grab the 600?

Id go with the 400w, a 600w would burn the plants in a smaller tent!