It is 35 watts. I bought the same unit from Amazon and tested it last year using different power meters. Ever since I watched Big Clive test LED outdoor units I have become skeptical of purported ratings. I have also purchased other Sansi high powered light bulbs and found them to also not meet the claimed power draws. I contacted them about my experiences and they apologized but never corrected the Amazon ads. As for their indoor line of bulbs I have found they were as represented in the Amazon ad copy. Their products are really made well but their claims have to be taken with a grain of salt.
Great share regarding the use of non-conventional grow lights, the 5700K spectrum should make a perfect seed starter / transplant / leafy greens light. Interesting to see how much SANSI LED differ between actual power draw and advertised wattage. The wide angle spread of light could have an application in a 2' x 2' grow tent, where it could be placed closer to the plant canopy and also reflect off the side walls for under lighting.
Thanks! Yes, it should be fine. I would adjust the height up a little higher, maybe not as high as Sansi recommends for flowers, but at least 20+ inches, then close the gap as they get bigger. I try to keep distance on my plants around 10-12 inches.
Quick preference question: if I wanted to grow a pepper or tomato completely under artificial light (seed to harvest, DWC, only light from the fixture), would you choose this Sansi flood light or go for a higher powered LED option such as a 150w mars hydro ts 1000w (the name is a bit misleading, but the specs say the energy draw is 150w)? The results from your subsequent Sansi LED Flood videos seem quite good, but do you consider the light underpowered or otherwise inadequate? The pricing ($39.99) and the 35w draw sound great, but if the 150w mars hydro actually returns better results, the $150 may be worth it. Just not sure if the mars hydro is three times better than this Sansi Flood for growing peppers. Thanks!
Not sure if you saw the updates on the Sansi floodlight, but I did manage to get two pepper plants to fruit under it, in small DWC containers. I actually got them to fruit multiple times over several months, and I severely pruned them once in between. The plants were relatively small being in small containers. Right now I have a cross of those two plants under it, Malagueta x KS White Thai. If you're growing a larger pepper type, like a chinense, you might need more light. To encourage earlier fruiting, but still get a decent size plant, I'd keep the container on the smaller side, like around 3 gallons. The Sansi floodlight works really well, even though it was never marketed as a grow light. I'm a big fan of the quantum board lights. They are very efficient. You might be interested in the experiment that LED Gardener did between a Viparspectra 300 (130 watt actual) and an HLG-65 (65 watt actual) growing tomato plants. Here's the first video at week 3 th-cam.com/video/k3w1ciyQYDc/w-d-xo.html and one at week 16. th-cam.com/video/idoPOlI7t_s/w-d-xo.html There were several in between. I was very impressed at how well the HLG-65 performed, and only drawing half the electricity as the Viparspectra.
Thanks for all the info and the links to LED Gardner! I'll need to check out those HLG products. That 65w option performed much better than I thought it would in that match-up with the higher powered LED unit.
Thanks for these led reviews. You've answered many questions for me but I'm a little confused about the load readings on this light. Amps x volts = watts so at 120 volts with 0.49 amps load it should be about 58 watts.
@@pepperdactyl It really doesn't matter. The review was great and I thank you for these vids. I may try a dwc this winter after seeing your highly impressive plant growth.
That was my thinking with trying this. In the past, I've always used t8 shop lights, and screw in CFLs for starts and intermediate growing before plant out. With the specs this one has, might be good. A bit pricey though.
I went to to amazon.com and i seen one just like that but it is a color changing party light,, I was thinking can you do a grow test with that one to see if it works better then the other one? I think if you did that you would be the only one on you tube,, put it on the party too so it will chang by it self,,,
Also, my phone had read 5,000 lumens or lux of about 1 foot away from the light. Your kill a watt meter doesn’t read the wattage right and that’s 50 watts.
@@pepperdactyl Sansi claims 5,000 lumens and not 3,500 lumens. Their 35w bulbs are 3,500 lumens. But 50 watts is 5,000 lumens. My iPhone 11 measured the light output from the rear camera.
@@loudspeakertestsmorebyaida3804 You can't equate watts to lumens across the board that doesn't scale. Different lights have different efficiencies based on multiple factors. This is just not true.
@@pepperdactyl how can this light be 5,000 lumens at 35 watts? Never seen that much of an efficient light. Most newer generation lights 50 watt lights are at least 6,000 lumens. This is more likely to be cheaper because it’s using first generation LED chips.
Also, these seem brighter than 3 100 watt equivalent led bulbs. I actually did a comparison which is only a 200 lumen difference (4,800 vs 5,000) lumen and my Sansi light still was significantly brighter. This seems 50w if it’s that bright. No way your meter is accurate. Try leaving the light on over a period of time and would read 50 on the meter.
I think you would be better off with the two 15 watt lights. They are less expensive, and from my PAR readings, seemed to have a more focused beam, better readings at a greater distance.
Wait... Half an amp at 120v is more than 50 watts. 0.5ampsx120v=60w Eve if you do 110v instead you would get 55watts. Why is your meter saying it's 35 watts, but showing half an amp draw?
Can you breed Carolina reaper and Trinidad moruga scorpion pepper , and will not breed it because am in the 9 grade , you'll be the next most hottest pepper record award
Thanks for watching. I am growing a version of that cross already, I did not make the cross myself, but I've been growing it a few years. It's very hot.
Awesome Peter. I have been wanting to try this for some time now.
Thanks, Aaron! I'll let you know how it does.
It is 35 watts. I bought the same unit from Amazon and tested it last year using different power meters. Ever since I watched Big Clive test LED outdoor units I have become skeptical of purported ratings. I have also purchased other Sansi high powered light bulbs and found them to also not meet the claimed power draws. I contacted them about my experiences and they apologized but never corrected the Amazon ads. As for their indoor line of bulbs I have found they were as represented in the Amazon ad copy.
Their products are really made well but their claims have to be taken with a grain of salt.
Great review Peter. Thank you.
Thanks, Jim!
Great share regarding the use of non-conventional grow lights, the 5700K spectrum should make a perfect seed starter / transplant / leafy greens light. Interesting to see how much SANSI LED differ between actual power draw and advertised wattage. The wide angle spread of light could have an application in a 2' x 2' grow tent, where it could be placed closer to the plant canopy and also reflect off the side walls for under lighting.
That's another interesting light. As a shop work light it could be interesting too.
Yes, it puts out a lot of light. If it doesn't work out for growing, I'll put it to use lighting up my basement, lol.
I have a SANSI 75 watt flood light...can I use this for new seedlings? Thanks Peter!! Great video! 🙃🔥
Thanks! Yes, it should be fine. I would adjust the height up a little higher, maybe not as high as Sansi recommends for flowers, but at least 20+ inches, then close the gap as they get bigger. I try to keep distance on my plants around 10-12 inches.
Quick preference question: if I wanted to grow a pepper or tomato completely under artificial light (seed to harvest, DWC, only light from the fixture), would you choose this Sansi flood light or go for a higher powered LED option such as a 150w mars hydro ts 1000w (the name is a bit misleading, but the specs say the energy draw is 150w)? The results from your subsequent Sansi LED Flood videos seem quite good, but do you consider the light underpowered or otherwise inadequate? The pricing ($39.99) and the 35w draw sound great, but if the 150w mars hydro actually returns better results, the $150 may be worth it. Just not sure if the mars hydro is three times better than this Sansi Flood for growing peppers. Thanks!
Not sure if you saw the updates on the Sansi floodlight, but I did manage to get two pepper plants to fruit under it, in small DWC containers. I actually got them to fruit multiple times over several months, and I severely pruned them once in between. The plants were relatively small being in small containers. Right now I have a cross of those two plants under it, Malagueta x KS White Thai.
If you're growing a larger pepper type, like a chinense, you might need more light. To encourage earlier fruiting, but still get a decent size plant, I'd keep the container on the smaller side, like around 3 gallons. The Sansi floodlight works really well, even though it was never marketed as a grow light.
I'm a big fan of the quantum board lights. They are very efficient. You might be interested in the experiment that LED Gardener did between a Viparspectra 300 (130 watt actual) and an HLG-65 (65 watt actual) growing tomato plants. Here's the first video at week 3 th-cam.com/video/k3w1ciyQYDc/w-d-xo.html and one at week 16. th-cam.com/video/idoPOlI7t_s/w-d-xo.html There were several in between. I was very impressed at how well the HLG-65 performed, and only drawing half the electricity as the Viparspectra.
Thanks for all the info and the links to LED Gardner! I'll need to check out those HLG products. That 65w option performed much better than I thought it would in that match-up with the higher powered LED unit.
Thanks for these led reviews. You've answered many questions for me but I'm a little confused about the load readings on this light. Amps x volts = watts so at 120 volts with 0.49 amps load it should be about 58 watts.
Yes, that formula for watts is correct, but I don't know what the voltage used was, would have to go back and test that.
@@pepperdactyl 120 volts on your killawatt in the video
It's possible the voltage reading on the killawatt was wrong.
@@pepperdactyl It really doesn't matter. The review was great and I thank you for these vids. I may try a dwc this winter after seeing your highly impressive plant growth.
@@mastertek383 Thanks. I hope everything works well for you!
I use household daylight led bulbs for all my growing needs even for me to see with.
That was my thinking with trying this. In the past, I've always used t8 shop lights, and screw in CFLs for starts and intermediate growing before plant out. With the specs this one has, might be good. A bit pricey though.
i used the LED T8 and removed the ballasts, every other bulb in house is LED
I went to to amazon.com and i seen one just like that but it is a color changing party light,, I was thinking can you do a grow test with that one to see if it works better then the other one? I think if you did that you would be the only one on you tube,, put it on the party too so it will chang by it self,,,
Also, my phone had read 5,000 lumens or lux of about 1 foot away from the light. Your kill a watt meter doesn’t read the wattage right and that’s 50 watts.
So how is it not reading the watts right, because it doesn't match what the product says?
@@pepperdactyl Sansi claims 5,000 lumens and not 3,500 lumens. Their 35w bulbs are 3,500 lumens. But 50 watts is 5,000 lumens. My iPhone 11 measured the light output from the rear camera.
@@loudspeakertestsmorebyaida3804 You can't equate watts to lumens across the board that doesn't scale. Different lights have different efficiencies based on multiple factors. This is just not true.
@@pepperdactyl how can this light be 5,000 lumens at 35 watts? Never seen that much of an efficient light. Most newer generation lights 50 watt lights are at least 6,000 lumens. This is more likely to be cheaper because it’s using first generation LED chips.
Also, these seem brighter than 3 100 watt equivalent led bulbs. I actually did a comparison which is only a 200 lumen difference (4,800 vs 5,000) lumen and my Sansi light still was significantly brighter. This seems 50w if it’s that bright. No way your meter is accurate. Try leaving the light on over a period of time and would read 50 on the meter.
Would i still be better off with my 2 - 15 watt sansi , is the spectrums or light quality very different between the lights
I think you would be better off with the two 15 watt lights. They are less expensive, and from my PAR readings, seemed to have a more focused beam, better readings at a greater distance.
The problem is they rate them at comparable light output as apposed to actual wattage.
I need that
Thanks, I'll probably post an update on this one soon, as I'm still using it, and have plants fruiting under it.
Wait... Half an amp at 120v is more than 50 watts.
0.5ampsx120v=60w
Eve if you do 110v instead you would get 55watts.
Why is your meter saying it's 35 watts, but showing half an amp draw?
Can you breed Carolina reaper and Trinidad moruga scorpion pepper , and will not breed it because am in the 9 grade , you'll be the next most hottest pepper record award
Thanks for watching. I am growing a version of that cross already, I did not make the cross myself, but I've been growing it a few years. It's very hot.