alternative to HLG's quantom boards... the supplier!

Edit* page 7/ post #136 for pics of 288's.


Hey guys bumped along a link from Tbone into Alibaba.com and seen that they have the same bin of leds and pretty much the same dame board design as hlg has but for 1/3 the cost directly from the manufacture. has anybody tried this stuff out? if it's legit then why pay so much for something that's never in stock?

one right here you can submit a design and they will build it for you, you can even pick the board color.
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i'll be contacting these suppliers to see what it cost per board, ideally I would like a 4-8 qb288 clones, maybe a couple qb120 clones pending on the price per unit.

and i'll even save on shipping too.... for what ever reason its cheaper to ship from china to cad then it is from usa to cad go figure eh.

 

ohkay dohkay got a quote back from one seller already. a qb288 clone is $23.50 a board plus $60 for tooling and $30 for shipping. seing as i'd like to have my flower room riddled with these i'd pick up 10 in one shot 8 for flower and 2 for veg.

as well you can select which led to put in the board, so as I'm going to order 2700k/4000k split boards alternating rows of leds

so a grand total of $325 bucks to the door with a 5 year warranty... HLG's qb288 board is currently at $150/2pk, so $750 for 10, plus 40 bucks shipping and your looking at close to $800 bucks for the same shit with HLG's logo silk screened on the board. hmmmm sounds like some clarity is coming into focus.... rape!

 

about 14 days from payment to shipping.

 

With the money I'd save I'd go to heatsinks USA. I'm planning on running them on a hlg480h-c2100a. And putting 3 to 4 lights in a 4x8. 16boards 1840 watts total

Or if by the grace of God hlg gets in a shipment of heat sinks I'd buy the slate 6


Albeit I'm not going to buy until end of January mid February, but it is nice knowing that there is cheaper out there for the same quality.

 

Yee bud. I think they use the pics as examples but none the less they do the same shit for 1/3rd the price

 

60 tooling fee, plus $15.56 a board. tooling fee is apparently higher on the qb120 cuase of it "being more technical."

 

yee trolling the roll it up forums and I see another guy has a stronger opinion on post #8030. DIY with Quantum Boards. but pretty much paints it black and white. the board could be had for cheaper and atleast keep them instock so people don't go looking

 

@Ancient3328 I assume so see4 got his boards in and they were the same chips. as he didn't apologies.

i'll be drumming up my order the end of January and if I can get the 288 board design I will post it here to help people save a couple bucks on the tooling fee.

I looked into heat sinks usa and the widest profile they had was 12'' width so that'll still work with how I want to lay the boards, but at a wopping 220 bucks for the heat sink... hmmmm isn't no avoiding that one.

 

I suppose lol how's the mother ship doing convection wise there capt'n?

but sinks and drivers last a life time. I just have to say that every time I look at the price

 

Well now. The one guy I'm talking to about the boards said they'll be troubleshoot the board next week and will have it ready for production short after.

If worse comes to worse I'll buy 6 boards off the hop. And order the rest later pending on quality.

These boards I get will serve my desfrán plants when they go into flower. In the end of January

 

Hit up the other link. Russell said he can make them.