The KS Series is ViparSpectra’s foray into the bar light game and they got it right. The KS5000 is a sleek, powerful 4×4 light with a very large footprint that provides strong, even full-cycle coverage. Its 6 light bars each sport 204 Samsung LM301H 3000K/5000K diodes and 6 Osram 660nm reds. Its Sosen driver is rated for 500 watts and is dimmable via a knob on the driver, or through an external controller, and is capable of daisy-chaining additional lights for unified control. It’s hinged in the middle, allowing you to fold it up and move it easily, and takes under 10 minutes to assemble since all the bars are permanently attached to the frame.
ViparSpectra suggests a hang height of 16″ at 100% power for flowering a 4×4 and our results suggest 16″ is indeed your best bet. They recommend a height of 30″ at 50% power for seedlings and 28″ at 75% for veg.
This light is priced right and packs a punch in a 4×4 – it’s our current favourite for new 4×4 lights in 2022.
| Dimensions: | 39.4″ x 39.4″ x 1.6″ |
| Driver: | Sosen SS-500VP-56BG |
| Diode Count: | 1,260 (1,224 Samsung 3000K/5000K LM301H, 36x Osram 660nm red) |
| Measured Power Draw @30 Minutes Runtime: | 493 Watts |
| Recommended Flowering Footprint: | 4’x4′ |
| Warranty: | 3 Year Manufacturer |
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4×4 PPFD Results
- Efficiency = Usable PPF / Power Draw.
| Test Height | Usable PPF (µmols/s) | Efficiency (µmols/J) | Highest Reading (µmols/m2/s) | Lowest Reading (µmols/m2/s) | Average PPFD (µmols/m2/s) | Uniformity (Min PPFD/Max PPFD) | % of Canopy >500 µmols/m2/s | % of Canopy >700 µmols/m2/s | % of Canopy >1000 µmols/m2/s | Jump to Chart |
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| 6" | 1280 | 2.60 | 1334 | 254 | 859 | 19.06% | 86.0% | 74.1% | 39.9% | Jump to Chart |
| 8" | 1251 | 2.54 | 1169 | 349 | 839 | 29.87% | 92.4% | 76.4% | 24.4% | Jump to Chart |
| 10" | 1219 | 2.47 | 1053 | 426 | 818 | 40.48% | 97.9% | 76.4% | 7.8% | Jump to Chart |
| 12" | 1185 | 2.40 | 978 | 483 | 795 | 49.36% | 99.6% | 75.2% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 14" | 1161 | 2.36 | 926 | 525 | 780 | 56.72% | 100.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 16" | 1139 | 2.31 | 886 | 548 | 765 | 61.89% | 100.0% | 74.5% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 18" | 1114 | 2.26 | 852 | 580 | 748 | 68.06% | 100.0% | 70.9% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 20" | 1091 | 2.21 | 823 | 593 | 732 | 72.01% | 100.0% | 67.9% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 22" | 1072 | 2.17 | 799 | 589 | 720 | 73.69% | 100.0% | 63.7% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 24" | 1050 | 2.13 | 775 | 601 | 705 | 77.57% | 100.0% | 54.8% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 26" | 1035 | 2.10 | 756 | 612 | 695 | 80.91% | 100.0% | 46.7% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 28" | 1010 | 2.05 | 733 | 596 | 678 | 81.35% | 100.0% | 28.0% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 30" | 999 | 2.03 | 718 | 608 | 671 | 84.66% | 100.0% | 16.3% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 32" | 979 | 1.99 | 698 | 603 | 657 | 86.36% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 34" | 962 | 1.95 | 681 | 599 | 645 | 87.95% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
| 36" | 949 | 1.92 | 669 | 594 | 637 | 88.83% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Jump to Chart |
