It’s time to check out the 2020 version
of the Spider Farmer SF-2000 grow light!
Welcome to The Hippie Geeks, lets dig into
this grow light review sponsored by Spider
Farmer.
The SF-2000 is the first Spider Farmer light
we ever used, and there were two things that
we wished they had done.
One was to add an on/off switch and the other
was to make the dimmer more accessible.
Well, with the 2020 refresh they have fixed
both of those problems and added a new twist.
First though, lets get this thing out of the
box and check it out.
As per usual, the packaging is great.
The light came secured in cardboard and foam,
along with the usual hanging hardware and
the new communication cable.
Now, if you watched last weeks video where
we reviewed the SF-1000, we mentioned the
new ability to chain these lights together.
This is something that we will definitely
be digging into later in the video.
The dimensions of the light are the same at
25.5” by 10.5” and 2.5” tall with no
fans.
It is still pulling just over 200 watts of
power at full brightness, which goes down
to 10 watts at the minimum dim setting.
First up let’s look at the SF-2000 by itself.
The numbers are fairly similar to the 2019
version, but just a little higher.
At a 12” height, the center of the light
is pushing 1151 PAR, fading out as expected
around the edges down to a low of 108.
Rising the light up to 18” brings the center
levels to 627 with lower levels going out
from there down to a low of 121.
At 24” height, the center of the light is
showing 422, which drops to a low of 142 on
one side.
When we rise it to 36” the center measurement
goes to 275, with the lowest reading on the
outside being 154.
So those are much the same, but as they also
just sent us the new SF-1000 I ran some tests
with them linked together in the Spider Farmer
2’x4’ grow tent.
When you use the communication cable between
the two lights, it allows you to control them
both from the first light.
In this case adjusting the dimmer on the SF-2000
will change them both, as will using the on/off
switch.
Lets take a look at the numbers with them
combined to see what we get.
With this test the SF-2000 is on the right
side of the tent, with the SF-1000 sitting
on the left side with a space between them.
At 12” the highest measurement is 1212 PAR.
However the lowest number is 211 on the left
side, with the majority of the numbers being
higher overall.
Raising the light up to 18” brings the highest
number to 750, with the low number on the
left side hitting 267.
At a 24” height, the center is showing 525
with the a low of 230 on the left side.
When we raise it to 36”, the high number
is 387 with a low of 147 on the left.
The lights work incredibly well together,
and using them both really spreads the light
out to the corners of the tent much better
than a single light on its own.
With the updated 2020 version of the Spider
Farmer SF-2000, they kept everything that
we liked about the light in the first place
and added in everything that we wished it
had.
If you want to see how the light works in
a grow with a 2’x4’ grow tent, we recently
finished a grow with the 2019 version, and
you can see how that went.
Spoiler alert, it was great!
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