Reddit reviews Simple Deluxe HIWKLTCLAMPLIGHTM Clamp Lamp Light with 8.5 Inch Aluminum Reflector up to 150 Watt E26 Socket (no Bulb Included) 6 Feet 18/2 SPT-2 Cord

I find these to work great for the price, you just need to keep them close, 1-3" away.

strip lights

or bulbs in reflector clamp lamps or in a desk lamp

There's been lots of topics about small lights such as decent clamp lights etc. I myself have posted a topic here. Make sure to use the search bar!

Quick answer:

• Simple desk clamp light with a good CFL lightbulb in it.

sure!

the usual method if you dont have a lamp handy is to just buy one of these. can be repositioned all over the place!

for powerful bulbs, 2-4 feet depending on plant size and fragility.

for other kinds of setups, you could look into T5 fixtures, that's like the standard florescent tube you've seen anywhere. these can be kind of ugly though...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01E9IY6US/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1511774078&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=clip+on+shop+lights&dpPl=1&dpID=410mNADp05L&ref=plSrch

you can get away with one of these and a plant led or cfl bulb and they will do fine...put on a timer if you want as well

They need to be relatively close to be effective as far as I've read but it's worth it. It doesn't have to be elaborate just a bulb like this (you want it to be 6500k) and a desk lamp or clamp light .

If you have the money for it, getting each of you a mic like the Samson Q2U or Audio-Technica ATR2100 will go a long way in making the sound better. Another thing is to do some basic acoustic treatment. If you string up a heavy blanket behind each of you, and another on the wall that's in frame, it will cut out a lot of the echos and make you sound a lot better (no matter what mic you're using).

For video, I'm not sure there is much that can be done to the recording quality without spending a bunch of money on a camera, but there are a couple of things you can still do to make it look nicer. First of all, improve your lighting. Everything is well lit, but if you focus the lights more on your faces and have less light in the background, it will add a nice contrast to the scene (clamp style work lights are a cheap solution if you need more lights). The other thing is more audio based, but record the video and audio separately. Audacity is a free software for audio recording/editing, and if you can record it there as well as in OBS, you can have the audio only for a more 'traditional' podcast.

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I know it sounded like a lot of critique there, but overall what you have isn't bad. There's room for improvement, but the only thing I would consider as needed would be some acoustic treatment. I hope this all helped!

Get some 100W LED daylight bulbs.

And one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-Aluminum-Reflector-Included/dp/B01E9IY6US/

And also one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Toplimit-Standard-Splitter-Heat-resistant-86V-240V/dp/B00T5JD2P2

That's if you want super ghetto and super cheap. And/or super easy to say "oh it is not for growing weed, mom and dad. It is for my photography studio. which is a much more expensive hobby than growing weed."

I'm gonna quote what I wrote about my set-up in another thread. Small, cheap, and can clamp anywhere. Good luck!

> Very, very basic. I only got into succulents about two months ago, so keep in mind I'm very much a beginner.
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> Right now, I have three clamp lamps with these bulbs, clipped onto a leaning desk. It's pretty cheap and seems to be working out for me so far, judging by the compact new growth on my light-hungry Echeverias. But I'm running out of grow-light room! I've been debating upgrading to one of these or simply just buying another clamp lamp to cover more surface area (since I know my addiction will eventually lead to me buying more babies).

Amazon! A small clamp light and a light bulb that hopefully matches the best specs for a good grow light! It took me a couple tries to find one small enough to not blind everyone around my desk too, and I went off of suggestions to get one with 30W+, 6500K, and 2000+ lumens.

Okay well I have a few different options for you.

The setup I went with that works really well is to buy two softboxes ($65). This will get you really good lighting and you can add a rear or hair light to do 3 point lighting very easily later if you want to make it slightly better.

Before that I had 2-3 clip lamps ($8 each) which worked alright, but definitely not nearly as good as the softboxes. You will want to put some daylight bulbs in them and then cover the front with some paper to diffuse the light. This is probably your cheapest setup, but the quality difference is worth the extra price for softboxes IMO.

You can also go with LED camera lights ($37 each) but for the price you might as well get the softboxes and be done with it.

Thanks dude!

Yes, the bulb can be a bit heavy. I had good luck with this socket: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-Aluminum-Reflector-Included/dp/B01E9IY6US/ref=mp_s_a_1_12?keywords=light+bulb+socket&qid=1562912646&s=gateway&sprefix=light+bulb+&sr=8-12

It has a clip and it can be used to sort of prop the bulb up. Just have to take the big shade off.

Also, I’ve taken the clip off and just propped its back end up on a pillow.

I used to do professional lighting, and here is my best trick in a pinch:

• Buy one of these
  
• Put this bulb in it
  
• Tape some of this in front of it or mount the light directly in front of you but facing a white wall.
  
• ???
  
• Profit

I’m pretty sure you can use any 100W LED bulb!

With maybe one of these

If you are really trying to keep the budget tight this is what I use

https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-HIWKLTCLAMPLIGHTM-8-5-Inch-Reflector/dp/B01E9IY6US/ref=sr_1_4?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1502802377&sr=1-4&keywords=utility+lamp

Add a true white bulb and either bounce it off the wall or cover it with nylon material to diffuse the light a bit and you are good to go.

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My recommendation is to buy a cheap reflector lamp and a high wattage grow bulb. If you want to go nicer (and more expensive) spring for a nice T5 bulb setup. As a first step, I would just do something like what I post below. It is effective and cheap. I really recommend not getting one of those tiny LED ones because they usually are super low power and help your plant less for your money.

https://www.amazon.com/Full-Spectrum-Hydroponic-Light-60W32/dp/B01L0GV2ZY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1493998601&sr=8-3&keywords=grow+bulbs+60+watt

https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-HIWKLTCLAMPLIGHTM-8-5-Inch-Reflector/dp/B01E9IY6US/ref=sr_1_2?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1493998736&sr=1-2&keywords=reflector+lamp

You could always grab some clamp lamps amd stick em on the side of your tank. You could spray pain them too if you want them to match your decor. You can even put grow lights in if you want to upgrade to a more heavily planted tank.

This is gonna be your absolutely cheapest option.

Yeah, it's clipped on to an old mop handle which I cut down to size and stuck in a box full of stones to hold it steady. I'm getting something along the same lines as this.

If you have access to a power outlet, a simple clamp lamp can work.

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  Light box was constructed using .25" PVC pipes and appropriate joints to create a basic box, then I stretched some plain white tshirt knit fitted sheets over it for diffusion. I'm currently using 3 basic white philips hue LED in clamp/scoop light housings.
  They are pretty handy because you can adjust their dim level via your phone and then save scenes.
  
  The set dressing is just a yard of tapa print fabric draped over a sheet of foam core and some fake leaves. Here's a pic I took when I was testing it out with a mug. It looks less impressive than the final product.

Not sure how expensive the one above is, but something like this generally works pretty well. You can have it sit on top of the mesh. You can find them at Home Depot or a hardware store if you don't want to order from online.

Im in a college dorm with limited space, so here's my set up for my D. Capensis and VFT.

Clamp light

Light bulb

It's been working for me so far. I turn it on when I wake up and turn it off when the sun goes down. (Or if I wake up three hours after the sun goes up, I'll turn it off 3 hours after the sun goes down). My VFT went dormant as planned and my sundew is healthy. I have not been feeding them anything else yet.

I do not dose anything other than providing root tabs in the substrate.

Lights:
Beamswork light

Clamp Light

Grow bulb

These guys with Dimmer Cords will do the trick.

I have a.... Let's say experimental jar going on with hitch hiker snails and such, and I just have one if those cheapo clamp lights on it, with a 6500k led bulb from Amazon

https://imgur.com/a/76tpbgQ

Leson 100 Watt Equivalent A19 LED Light Bulb Standard E26/E27 Base 13W Energy Saving, Daylight Cool White 6500k (6 Pack) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FYGDX3A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Fv9dBbDE0D3FH

Simple Deluxe Clamp Lamp Light with 8.5 Inch Aluminum Reflector up to 60 Watt E26 (no Bulb Included) 6 Feet Cord UL Listed https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E9IY6US/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_7v9dBbN84HXNF

Fluorescent tubes sure have the ideal shape. It's sad they don't have the ideal light output.
I can't really say what intensity is achieved at X distance, but it will be all your plants care about.
The best way to find out is to measure the light intensity with a LUX meter and regulate height of pots and distance to lamp, based on what values you are getting. Peppers will probably like 2-4x intensity compared to what your micros will prefer and that can be regulated by distance. If it's difficult to reach the intensity your pepper(s) will need to thrive, you can always boost with a 9-14w LED household bulb wherever a little extra light is needed. For example, a cheap and simple clamp light, together with a 1500lm LED bulb will provide a good intensity over a 1'x1' area. Those two examples were picked randomly. You can choose whatever brand and kelvin you like.

>It gets direct sun from like 3-6pm, so it has some natural light.

I notice it's developing a lemon rather nicely, so if you've had that plant in the location for half a year or more, then it seems pretty happy. However, if it's a new plant (or was newly moved to that location), additional supplemental lighting could be beneficial.


>I was looking at like 150-300 W bulbs because I had no clue. I was also looking at the blurple ones because I also had no clue

150W Bulbs are definitely overkill unless they're incandescent, and most of the energy from those bulbs radiates out as heat. I personally prefer full spectrum LEDs because I don't want the inside of my house to look like a nightclub (blurple is hard on the eyes) and LEDs are more energy efficient, outputting more light and less heat.

>Does the housing you put the bulb in matter? Do you just use one of those cheap metal ones from Home Depot?

Keep in mind that since you already have a red/blue spectrum grow lamp in that picture in addition to the window, so if you want more supplemental lighting, you probably don't need to go the full 36W that I linked earlier. The 24W version is probably sufficient. It's a pretty big bulb, so just make sure you find a housing that is big enough to fit it and is compatible both with its E26 Socket and its Wattage. I know some folks who use this sort of thing with it, and home depot probably offers something similar.

I didn't know about them either until I saw them on Twitter around Twitchcon 2017 time. I hunted down their booth and managed to snag one before I left :)

As for lighting, I use a cheap clamp reflector light with a soft-white LED Bulb reflected off my wall. It's a little easier and a fair bit cheaper than finding a proper softbox so I don't get washed out from the light.

Clamp lights are great, you can clamp them anywhere (also called can lights in some places Simple Deluxe https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E9IY6US/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_mb8ezb1KVT9QS). So you can stick it onto the tripod. Or if you have the PC on a desk and your webcam is placed on the monitor, pointed toward you, you can attach it to the desk, really anywhere. And if the light is too bright and your picture is blown out, throw on some white, heat resistant oven paper/parchment and attach it with a wood clothespin. This will diffuse the light, softening it and creating less harsh shadows creating a more pleasing look.

If you are going to be playing console games, like your Xbox, you will need a capture card such as the ElGato HD60s, Razer Ripsaw, or Aver Media. These capture the HDMI Out signal, pass it through to the tv, and then by USB takes the signal to your computer. Or if you want to try and play PC games, you will just need OBS. OBS is a good software to have anyway if you are using a capture card, you can add the capture card into an OBS scene, add your webcam, maybe some graphics and twitch alerts as well.

would it be better to just get different lighting frame and use 4 of these and These?

Or do you think the light would be disperce enough without the tubes?

I think they are a waste of money myself. i use these

I have a highlight from a while back where i used some cloth to make some soft boxes.

As a beginner, I did not want to commit to a big expensive unit that I would have to mount or build a rack for. I had limited room and no interest in using tools. I bought the Sansi bulb because it was a cheap way to get started and I felt that it would be a fairly flexible solution. I started with one bulb for a few mason jar kratky plants on a small section of a shelf. As I added more plants and opened up more shelf space, I added 2 more bulbs and can now cover most of a 4' shelf.

I saw some of Jeb Gardener's Kratky videos where he used a sansi bulb with a clamp lamp, and it seemed to work nicely, so that is what I did. I figured that I'd have the flexibility to place the lamp as high or low to the plant as needed, and easily be able to move stuff around.

The clamp lamps are not the easiest things to clamp securely and point where you want them to go. But I made it work. If you wind up using something like that, you should remove the reflector or buy a lamp without a reflector as they should not be used with the Sansi bulbs.

If you're only covering a few square-inches of space, you should just get a tiny LED Grow Light.

By my calculations, a Feit br30 grow light should be sufficient for an 8-inch pot. You gotta make sure that pot gets all the light, you need to put the grow light surprisingly close.

https://www.amazon.com/Feit-Electric-Spectrum-Equivalent-Non-Dimmable/dp/B06ZZDH21B/

Plus a simple clamp: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-Aluminum-Reflector-Included/dp/B01E9IY6US

That's all I use. Good enough for my small herbs. Again, one grow-light per 8-inch pot, these smaller lights don't effectively cover much area at all.

Feit Electric comes with good documentation: https://www.feit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PAR38_GROW_LED_SpecSheet.pdf

This is the one I use: https://www.amazon.com/TaoTronics-Spectrum-Hydroponics-Organic-Wavelengths/dp/B01HPIPM70/

also is great for starting my garden vegetable seedings indoors. I've had mine for 3 yrs now.

You'll need one of these reflector adaptors for it if you don't have something you can put the light bulb in: https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-Aluminum-Reflector-Included/dp/B01E9IY6US/

but don't bother buying one of those online. The grow light is very large so they stick out oddly rendering the reflector-part useless, you only need it for the ability to house a weird shaped light bulb and clamp feature. Once the bulb arrives you should take it to a store that sells hardware to find one that works. They're quite cheap in person, like $5 at Walmart when I got mine.

Grow lights in general will be kinda pricy because what you are looking for is an efficient LED, something that doesn't get hot and burn your plants, and something with the right amount of light spectrum colors to provide consistent growth regulations as if the plant was outside in real sunlight. Some companies cut corners so even if you don't buy the one I got, look out for those specific features.

I had a heated basement in my rig when I camped in cold weather, but still added sewer tape https://smile.amazon.com/HEATIT-40-feet-Heating-Built-Thermostat/dp/B06XG17SZC/ref=sr_1_1 to keep the water feed warm, and added a work light https://smile.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-Aluminum-Reflector-Included/dp/B01E9IY6US/ref=sr_1_8 on an extension cord to the grey/black water tank cabinet and that worked to keep things from freezing up.

If you want to get really cheap, try getting a clamp light or two from Lowes/Home Depot and get some soft bulbs (maybe get bulbs that are daylight balanced so you can mix it with some window light). Then bounce those off the ceiling or walls.

For some closer bounce, try bouncing off of a white tshirt or white sheet, or even through a frosted shower curtain (something I do for interviews).

With a constant source like this, you can see the issues you have with shadows and easily figure out how to get the look you want.

Like one of those industrial, put anywhere, compact clamp like a hinged clamp? NOT screw on?

Like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E9IY6US/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_OvtIDbG22EAKK

Maybe I'm not quite following, but wouldn't you use something like this bulb:
https://www.amazon.com/BYB-Ceramic-Infrared-Emitter-Brooder/dp/B00HFNZ59Q

plugged into this to secure it:
https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-Listed-Aluminum-Reflector/dp/B01E9IY6US

with one of the wires cut and running through this to switch it on and off:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E0NTPP4

Since I currently only have a small collection I dont feel the need for a big T5 tube installation and these type of reflectors from amazon are heavily used and recommended on this sub I thought they would be perfect. But its almost impossible to find similar ones in europe for acceptable prices.

I have found one similar in my local pet shop but then its not a clamp light but hanging on a cord from the roof type. And it was rebranded as a reptile lamp for terrariums and had the premium price of 55 usd :O and compared to the 8 usd from amazon or even the 5 usd from walmart it seems like an awful idea.

Appreciate any help!

You may be able to find cheaper clamp lights, but these are the ones I bought

https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-Aluminum-Reflector-Included/dp/B01E9IY6US

One of these with a 18-23 watt 6500K+ CFL like this will work wonders. I ran that setup on a 3.5 gallon and had tremendous plant growth

I love your triforces! Great choice of shape to complement your subject.

And I feel you re: not having enough hands! Flexible work lights can be a good alternative to a handheld flashlight. Flexible tripods are more versatile; you can screw or tape a lot of things onto them, if you have lights you already use. If you're using light bulbs, clamp work lights are also an option.

Could I get something like this and then use one of those light bulbs I linked in a below comment? They're designed to reflect light so that should help with the CFL issue right?
https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Deluxe-Listed-Aluminum-Reflector/dp/B01E9IY6US/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1519680793&sr=8-5&keywords=heat+lamp+holder

Camera: canon t6 refurbished $350
audio: rode ntg2, an xlr cable, cheap boom pole
You can get the mic used for about $200, spend another $200 for a tascam dr-60

A 5 in 1 reflector kit from neewer for another $20

A few clamp lights and 3200/5600k bulbs


An okay tripod for now

And a cheap shoulder rig

That all should come out to around $1000 and should definitely be enough to get you started. Some of the stuff is a bit cheaper and you’ll need to replace as you move on and understand your needs better but there’s not much quality equipment to be bought if you need a whole package for around $1000