The old question of odor control for the paranoids - Please help

[CoffeShop]

Hi,

I need a little help with odor control. I've been researching a lot around here. I'll be growing in a cabinet. Will have mothers, clones, flowering plants and probably the dry chamber also. In a total of 24 Cubic Feet.

My main concern is odor control. Had problems with a DIY before. I am not that handy.

So I am trying to decide what to buy. I have been looking to buy a foothill filter from e-bay with the fan already mounted, the combo is rated to 240CFM (http://cgi.ebay.com/8-x14-CARBON-FI...CI%2BIA%2BUA%2BFICS%2BUFI&otn=15&po=LVI&ps=54). Also having a Vaportronic (http://www.hidhut.com/catalog/vaportronic-wall-cabinet-system-p-496.html) within the Flowering Area. I'll have between 4 and 6 Nirvana White Widows flowering there. I know those babies can smell...

My questions are:

1 - Anyone has experience with the Foothill filters ??? Are they good ???

2 - The vaportronic is good ??? Can it eliminate odors for a grow like it ???

3 - If the vaportronic is placed in the flowering chamber, is it going to reduce Filter's life ??

4 - If I am that paranoid, should I consider having another vaportronic in the room outside the cabinet ???

Any opinion and advise and experience is more than welcome.

Thank you all in advance.

 

[texsativa]

I am a fan of Can filters, used it, it workds, industry leader. Dutch Breeze and phat filters have also good reviews. I'd choose Dutch Breeze if I had to again, secondary only to size.

 

[GeneticHeirloom]

Hi,

My questions are:

3 - If the vaportronic is placed in the flowering chamber, is it going to reduce Filter's life ??


Any opinion and advise and experience is more than welcome.

Thank you all in advance.

#3 - Any amount of smell or substance in the air that gets removed by the filter will fill the filter, therefore the more smell the filter has to remove, the faster it clogs up and becomes useless..

Activated Carbon at aquarium shops is pretty cheap, you could set up a fan system to blow the flower cab's smell into the activated carbon using dryer Duct and some duct tape...

I've not tried this technique, but if It came down to being ultra paranoid id go get some woman's panty hose, make 30 or 40 small carbon bags, and hang em/put em everywhere.

 

[Mr. Bongjangles]

I've not tried this technique, but if It came down to being ultra paranoid id go get some woman's panty hose, make 30 or 40 small carbon bags, and hang em/put em everywhere.

LOL are you serious? You need to push/pull the air through the carbon for it to do anything.

CoffeShop - Get a premade filter and a fan rated to like 60% of the filter's recommended cfm. You'll be in the safety zone then

Leave the vaportronic thing outside the flowering room/cabinet as secondary odor control.. The filter will be doing the work in there so no need to treat the air before it gets to the carbon.

 

[boo]

you need to look at a carbon scrubber that pulls the air out of the room and pushes it thru a can of activated charcoal...a good one is a few hundred dollars but then again, what's your freedom worth...

 

[FreezerBoy]

a good one is a few hundred dollars but then again, what's your freedom worth...

For a room sized filter, yes. But most of those wouldn't fit in a cab anyway. Here's a cutie for $85 (see posts 33&35)

Coffee,

Sure is a sexy beast. My concerns are: The fan is axial, the least capable design for dealing with the back pressure found in scrubbers. The fans a screamer, 58dB is LOUD! Still, the guys got good feedback ...

 

[cyberwax]

Just make sure to carbon your veg room too, even tho you dont think it smells; it does!

 

[CoffeShop]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for your help...

Freezer you actually made me think about the noise level... I was looking around (based on your link) at the S&P TD series... It seems heavy duty... And I changed my mind. Probably will get the TD-150 and run it on low. The filter I'll get from ebay foothill, but just the filter (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...Category=42225&_trkparms=algo=LVI&its=I&otn=2). My problem is that I do not live in the US. And I have to get everything shipped over seas, which adds a lot of money to the transaction. And the heavier the pricier it gets... These foothill filters seem to weight less than others. And the guys have a lot of good reviews.



Thanks anyway guys...

 

[FreezerBoy]

Have you seen Panasonic Whisperfans

Not sure of availability right of the pond but, Panasonic is a global name. These guys are talking noise levels under 1 sones. That's not quiet, that's DAMN quiet.

 

[CoffeShop]

thanks again freezer,

Can anyone tell the noise level for the S&P ??? Couldn't find it anywhere in the docs...

anyone with experience with both S&P and panasonic whisperline, that could compare the noise levels ???

The S&P is cheaper and prettier...

 

[CoffeShop]

Hi Bongjangles,

Leaving the vaportronic outside the cabinet seems a better idea after all... Thanks...