The new Trolmaster Tent X (TCS-1) Grow Tent controller test and review

[@circle4922]

I believe this makes their "Hydro-X HCS-1" model/unit completely obsolete, now. This does the same stuff, plus it does the stuff that I, and others have been asking TrolMaster to implement into the HCS-1. So...I guess it's..good. Once you start adding components to make this a controller, it's very expensive. Without buying the extras, it's just a monitor, nothing more. Shane, If you did a series on Home Assistant, that'd be legendary. These companies aren't doing anything special (trolmaster). Thanks for the overview, Shane.

[@normagee]

Interesting as my local grow store are promoting this & I replied & said AC Infinity / Pulse ...good to have some competition but the price needs to be more competitive if this is for a home grower

[@turbosnail395]

can you offset the leaf temp to get accurate vpd on this one?

[@timturk1899]

Thanks Shane. It seems to be doing a very consistent job of controlling the environment, when showing all the levels from the previous week. Very impressive, indeed!👍💯✌️🙏

[@mattwernecke2342]

Thanks! You always do a nice job on these reviews!

[@zandermacdonald77]

Good vibes brother AWSOME looking controller needin myself similar product lol keep AWSOME info goin migro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💚🌱🍄👊👍💯✌️😎🔥😉

[@scaccu]

Does it also clean the kitchen?

[@cuznclive2236]

I'll clean the kitchen if it cleans windows!

[@KeyserSoze685]

Automate, automate and automate...great review. Thanks ✌️😎

[@sebmichaluk2573]

Can I set up this if I got too much co2 fan start works & change air ?

[@GigiRuffa]

Stoked when I saw this email come through

[@TheJeffro42069]

This was nice! I'm very interested in this device!

[@VladimirRarik]

hi my friend please i have a question . i want use a trolmaster camera please i need a a trolmaster hcs controler or can i use only mobile app ? thanks.Vladimir

[@413TomaccoRoad]

Will you be having a chart, in the near future, with specs of multiple crontrol systems similar to your grow light charts in the past?

[@MIGROLIGHT]

I will review the lighting controllers available on the market soon and go through the pros and cons of each one. This is a system controller though. Overkill for just controlling lighting.

[@413TomaccoRoad]

@@MIGROLIGHT I meant the chart format, similar to your lighting comparison charts comparing specs. In this case, specs relative to enviroment control. How many devices and what parameters can be controlled etc...anything pertinent to know about in environment controllers.

[@tomfoley443]

Could you review the Vevor grow lights?

[@EtherealGrows]

What is the difference with the HCS-1?

[@single_cam9199]

Link for the tent x. And info on what fans for this

[@GeofryMasters]

Man these companies really know how to squeeze every penny out of the enthusiast home growers. A tent controller? All these gadgets for small tent grow?? LOL. This is pure overkill and a complete rip off. An ideal micro climate and all the other variables are easily achieved in a tent, even the biggest problems can be solved with some cheap, basic and intuitive solutions. THIS IS NOT NEEDED AT ALL for a tent grow. Lmfao this is such a fkn cash grab its makes me sick... Preying on people who like gadgets, talk about redundant...

[@trga2568]

LOL @ the weed you grow

[@JeemsJustJeems]

As expected, all this kit is INSANELY overpriced. For the price of the controller alone you can set yourself up with a thin-client running controller and datalogger software, several RH/temp/CO2 sensors, a couple TDR sensors, ppfd sensor, and a host of switches/relays to control every aspect of an entire grow. Some folks and I are working on free open source logic for crop steering using home assistant, node red, and directly with esp32 hardware. All this stuff is running on $3 microcontrollers and $30 AT MOST sensors. We see arroya, growlink, trolmaster, and various others, FAR overcharging for cheap cheap microcontrollers and relays and acting like they invented the wheel. The canna tax is insane. Home assistant, node red, mycodo, grafana are all free and far more expandable than running someone elses' closed software that might go the way of so many of the fly-by-night canna companies have. I'd say wait a few months for vivosun/mars hydro to come out with similar products for a fraction of the price, or DIY it with home assistant and inexpensive TDR sensors like a lot of us have been. Don't pay the canna tax.

[@Grasscentral4705]

Well said man. Aroya makes me so mad bro... greedy ass company

[@kingfishphill4120]

Awesome product 👍

[@turbosnail395]

also can u change the deadband on the app?

[@sromanski]

The CO2 sensor alone is over $200! The base station is over $300!! Definitely not inexpensive. I wonder if there are any subscription charges?

[@GeofryMasters]

All of these gadgets for a 4x4 tent grow are so ridiculous. You can get the same if not better results with the bare essentials

[@donaldforeman4010]

For what it all does it's cheap. You can use this system for a 20 x 20 grow now for a 4x4 tent I would not get anything and just don't all by hand other than a 10 dollar light timer

[@truthhurts361]

Would love to know the price of all the stuff used in this grow.

[@PeterKKraus]

The link to their site is in the description.

[@Hansen710]

gaviatas light controller i 3 times cheaper and does the same... so you can get good quality cheaper

[@benc1978]

All comes from Ali so just start there. Send them the product and they will find it for you

[@daluxnutz]

@@Hansen710 lol this guy must work for gavita? Same price and more functionality is what he means

[@daluxnutz]

It looks like a AC cloud knock off. Good to see more options and hopefully cheaper prices, that are universal for all equipment . It’s basic hardware that I have been waiting for. These companies like Pulse and AC infinity need to look at the price they think they can charge

[@Hansen710]

3 times more expensiove then gavitas controller that does the same 🤣 the company deffently knows what they want from their costumers

[@timturk1899]

​@@Hansen710 Wow, really..?! I've seen some very inexpensive Gavita LED fixtures the last few years. I've wondered if they were bought out (or the Gavita name) from a Chinese company..?! Seems like I saw an ad on Alibaba before, surprisingly..?! I could be totally wrong though..?! Well, I just noticed The Gavita Pro 900e LED bar type fixture for $250 on the top of the page with others for sale I googled another company name that I believe was sold, called "Spydr", First bar type fixture, from over 12 years ago, and made in Austin, TX according to the Hydro store here. Nothing came up now, except Spider Farmer fixtures, and that one Gavita Pro 900e ad. Maybe they have sold out..?!🤔👍💯✌️

[@daluxnutz]

@@Hansen710 duno what your talking bout bro, never heard of gavita in Australia. Just looked them up and they are the same price with less equipment and functionality

[@TheSpeechkiss]

There are some good controllers in the market these days. And afordable.

[@ElGuatequero]

+300€ only the controller and the same for every sensor its not afordable at all, I understand the quality is now bettter but this isnt in any way affordable.

[@TheSpeechkiss]

@@ElGuatequero I must say you are right. I have reviewed the prices and it just doesn't make sense to invest this much for a tent grower.

[@Grasscentral4705]

​@@TheSpeechkissits not like theyre using gold to make it man... there is literally nothing special or advanced enuf to justify this price

[@ElGuatequero]

+300€ the controller +300€ the sensors???? sorry but I dont get it. Times goes by and Lights got cheaper, fans got cheaper, tents got cheaper, but anybody cant do a cheaper grow controller now we have Raspberry Pi, arduinos and that stuff like you do with your lights?? some people only have a 60x60cm grow and this dont justify this price. Thanks a lot for your analisys but can you do this with cheaper setups? Thanks for your videos.

[@markusbalbach7608]

you stole my thoughts man

[@cooller8888]

you can build this yourself... I would not pay for a controller more than a $50, it'S not worth more yet they charge absurd amounts mostly... if you building it yourself you get more functionality

[@danielleekirkpatrick8579]

Please show how

[@encryptdotwav]

love to see how to build better than the controllers on the market…. had to reset trolmaster few times and if the power goes out good luck

[@jimd1617]

thanks!

[@pktrsho6055]

At this point I would just like a sensor that I can put in each of my buckets and view my PH accurately, in real time, on a display in my tent without having to pull out my PH pen all the time.

[@benc1978]

You can buy accurate ph wifi sensors $15 Ali

[@cooller8888]

I'm using a 'fish tank' water meter for that. they cost about $20, way less for a fish tank than for a garden, and show you both, EC and pH values in real-time.

[@benc1978]

@@cooller8888 I’ve found them incredibly inaccurate and don’t last long enough.

[@cooller8888]

​@@benc1978 not my case. I have mine for the third cycle now and I calibrate only once per. With a recirculating drip system which is a live reservoir so I need this data the most accurate possible. I'm using "INVITAL electronic TDS a pH meter", it's an international company so you might be lucky... I also use reverse osmosis for fish tanks from this company, very cheap as well with 2 osmotic membranes and I haven't changed them yet (almost 2 years now with filtering 100l water/week 0,4 innit EC and it returns 0,01-3). I have no clue how long it last working, but for the price, it costs virtually nothing so I don't mind if need a replacement time-to-time, I also think the probe is replaceable with this meter.

[@markusbalbach7608]

@@cooller8888 can this fish thing be integrated with said controller?....myeah thought so

[@byCimk]

Merci

[@cuznclive2236]

More gadgets, more expense, more likely to fail and create more expense. Automation is great, but most companies don't build shite that lasts or is reliable by any means of the word.

[@ssako100]

I'm not even done building this thing in my cart and 8m over 800. Smfh.

[@roywarriner8441]

Information overload, micro managing the environment to that extent isn't necessary. Or desirable imo.

[@413TomaccoRoad]

It's better to have a consistent environment within maybe 10 degree and 10-15% rh spans

[@roywarriner8441]

@@413TomaccoRoad I agree, in a natural environment nights are cooler and humidity varies through the day. Avoid extremes and all is good.

[@Hansen710]

@@413TomaccoRoad nope, and i have also seen plants do fine at higher temps then people normal do.. it all depends on how you treat your plants, cold nights does make the plant grow suger for example and you might live a place with plenty of natural co2 so the plants wont even feel the temp changes and i could keep going plants also come from different temops in nature, and you have the right temp for all of them 🤣 sometimes the expense will also be to high if you try to fight mother nature Decides stress id used for many things create suger, create more flower and so on.. it can be used both for good and bad all proffetional tomato gardners know how to stress plants to grow more fruits, if the weather is against them

[@daluxnutz]

@@Hansen710 imagine this guys gear? Pass

[@daluxnutz]

@@Hansen710 you obviously have a great idea about indoor growing.

[@mossyrock123]

delirahh n extriahhh

[@Hansen710]

oh the company that sell the same controller as gavita but is 3 times more expensive no thanks i will stay with my expesive gavitas 🤣 on top of that you need to buy a adaptor for gavita 🤯 not like you allready have given Trolmaster your life allready 🤑

[@sniklefritzgrows]

To be fair don’t you need an adaptor to use Gavita leds with a gavita controller?

[@daluxnutz]

😂

[@Nigelllllllllllllll]

good gear but WAY too expensive for the average home grower. How many thousands does it cost just for enough substrate moisture sensors to do 5 plants 🤣

[@DETROIT_CANNABIS]

If your going to buy this, just let me grow the plant, flower it and you can finish the last 2 weeks for $100/plant any strain!!!

[@cw2126]

👍🌱🇬🇧

[@DETROIT_CANNABIS]

Nothing like a $300 controller for a $100 tent grow, Wonder why no one can make a profit off growing weed when you spend $2k on a tent grow!!! Lol insane the overpriced super Unnecessary equipment to grow one of the easiest plants there is to grow!!!!!! All I need is a light and a fan, maybe a humidifier tops, open air no tent at all. And my results are above par, from what I see on the internet.

[@markusbalbach7608]

talking to yaself again??🙂🤡