I'm just posting this thread up to warn people like myself who get tempted by cheap equipment..
Bought my grow tent off ebay for £49.99 (1.2m x1.2m x 1.8/2m).
I'm on my 3rd grow using it, it's done me proud but it's gotta go, Its really REALLY unstable. It seems to be leaning to one side every now and again, the poles are shite, the connectors are shite, the ones that came with my old canvas wardrobe seem stronger.
Anyway, I was just watering my plants which I take out the tent to do anyway, then I just heard a massive crash. The box of random grow equipment and an old reflector + bulbs which were on top of the tent landed slap bang in the middle of where the plants were laid out for feed and the tent was practically on it's side. 5 plants, 1 month into flower were very nearlly killed just then, that was pure luck on my side.
So seriously, when buying a tent, it's best to fork out on the more pricey tents as they will be worth it in the long run, better reflective material, more light proof, better ventilation holes, more solid as well.
I'm gonna have to find a tempory solution until I've got some spare cash for a new tent, but I know which one I'll be getting. The guy in my local grow store who is taller than me and more stocky than me started doing pull ups on the tent frame with the lights on and the plants in the tent to show me how strong it is. Metal connectors and everything. I was absoloute gobsmacked by it, so I'm gonna have to go for it
I always seem to learn the hard way lol
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