Buddies are a flexible plant grow lighting system for use as side lighting, under canopy lighting or supplementary top lighting, and will enhance almost any existing grow light setup.
Designed and made by Australian company LED TEKNIK, these tough and handy LED string lights can be mounted almost anywhere with their 3M sticky backs and are sealed in water resistant moulded plastic housings. The individual LEDs use the same Epistar chips found in brand name LEDs such as Cree, Samsung, Osram and others, and have special diffuser lenses that provide an almost 180 degree spread of light.
Buddies are available in different colour spectra and can be used to augment an existing grow light's output spectra with the addition of blue, red, or far red, for enhancing the quality of plant growth, or can be wired together for full spectrum lighting themselves. They fill the canopy and spectrum gaps that other LEDs can’t reach. The diffuser lenses mean plants can grow right into these LEDs, suffering only minor spots on leaves that come in contact for long periods. Other close proximity growth will not be affected.
This is the all-rounder for side lighting and under canopy lighting. The high CRI white phosphor LED provides balanced, full spectrum light that can be used throughout the grow and bloom stages. They can even be mounted inside cloning boxes and used as LED cloners, providing a small amount of warmth inside the cloner that replaces a heat pad.
20 Buddies per string
2.5m length – 100mm between each LED (1.9m) and 300mm connector wires on each end
24V, 30mA x 20 Buddies = 14.4W
Wired in parallel
Can be matched to 24V constant voltage drivers, as well as constant current drivers
Can be cut to length or wired together with other Buddies of different colours
Recommended for side lighting, under canopy lighting, cloning. Works well when blended with PC Red.
These Buddies are suited to side lighting and under canopy lighting in flowering rooms where extra red is needed. The “PC Red” is a broad-spectrum red peaking at 660nm but covering a wide range from 600nm all the way into the Far Red 700-800nm spectrum. The PC Red is not as powerful as the hyper red monochromatic 660nm Buddies (below), which are designed as supplementary top lighting.
20 Buddies per string
2.5m length – 100mm between each LED (1.9m) and 300mm connector wires on each end
24V, 30mA x 20 Buddies = 14.4W
Wired in parallel
Can be matched to 24V constant voltage drivers, as well as constant current drivers
Can be cut to length or wired together with other Buddies of different colours
Recommended for side lighting and under canopy lighting. Works well when blended with 4000K White.
These Far Red Buddies are perfect for adding photosynthetically active Far Red light during growth and bloom, enhancing the “Emerson Effect”, as well as for flowering initiators that stay on for 15 minutes before and after each dark period to promote faster flowering. Though they do not look as bright as other LEDs, they produce very powerful Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR) that spreads far and wide, and are therefore recommended as supplementary top lighting and not as side lighting.
12 Buddies per string
1.7m length – 125mm between each LED (140mm) with one 300mm connector wire (other end terminated)
2V, 350mA x 12 Buddies = 8.4W
Wired in series
Can be matched to 24V constant voltage drivers, as well as constant current drivers
Cannot be cut to length!
Can be wired together with other Buddies of different colours
Recommended for supplementary top lighting during growth and bloom (Emerson Effect) as well as flowering initiators.
These are the “Big Guns”. Powerful and efficient Deep Red 660nm Buddies that give flowering rooms a serious red boost! Unlike other Buddies, it is advisable not to look directly at these LEDs, as they produce a very strong light, even with the special diffusers. Due to their strength, they recommended as supplementary top-lighting and not as side-lighting.
12 Buddies per string
1.7m length – 125mm between each LED (140mm) with one 300mm connector wire (other end terminated)
2V, 350mA x 12 Buddies = 8.4W
Wired in series
Can be matched to 24V constant voltage drivers, as well as constant current drivers
Cannot be cut to length!
Can be wired together with other Buddies of different colours
Recommended for supplementary top lighting during growth and bloom.
