VIVOSUN DWC Hydroponics Grow System with Top Drip Kit, 5-Gallon Deep Water Culture, Recirculating Drip Garden System with Multi-Purpose Air Hose, Air Pump, and Air Stone (4 Buckets + Top Drip Kit)

It's Great! Super easy to set up. I had it up and running with nutrients and plants in a few hours. Works well with some lighting and how things are turning out it stays pretty versatile

Very easy to set-up, and very high quality materials. Vivosun booklet included has valuable grow information. Grow bucket has an external water level tube which also serves as the drain. Since the tube is at floor level, you need to raise the bucket to periodically drain by rotating the tube to floor level. I installed a 1/4 inch by 16 inches long stainless tube and a small water pump (both Amazon) into the lid via a 3/8 hole (using the extra rubber sealing ring Vivosun included) With this setup I can test e.c. and p.h. levels as well as do a periodic drain. Vivosun should incorporate this handy feature.

The product is of decent construction, however I have a few gripes. One of biggest gripes with it are the high level of noise coming from the top drip constantly making gargling sounds which I can hear throughout my house. The air stones are not the best, one of mine didn’t work at all. I confirmed air was coming through the hose and replaced it with one of vivosun’s stones that I bought separately and found that air still isn’t coming through. It seems the pump simply isn’t putting out enough pressure to push air through the air stones since the same pump is pushing air through the top water drips which is a path of least resistance for all of the air. They should have designed the pump to separate the air for the top drips and the air stones Lastly the clay stones that come with it make a ton of dust/mud when wet. Even after rinsing them all off out of the bags they came in, they break each other down too easily IMO. I get that they should be semi porous to hold water, but still. Edit after using for a few months: One flaw of using this air powered siphoning system for recirculation is that the water will spray against plant stems which I’ve found to cause rot and damage due to the liquid plant foods present in the water. I would rebuild this system to use a water pump instead that circulates water in a steady stream rather than using air siphoning causing the water to spurt out to avoid this. Another edit: I’ve been using these now for over a year and I’ve been able to make them work better. One tip would be to bury the rings in the stones. This not only protects the stems of the plants from being damaged by being sprayed with the liquid fertilizers, but also prevents algae and reduced the noise of the system. Since doing this my plants are much happier and thriving.

Take your time put everything together slowly. Works great, zero leaks, 2 months usage so far. Roots look great, top drip beats dwc without it.

Kept reading reviews of people saying the air pump was gonna be super loud and will need to be replaced. When I plugged it in without anything else connected, it was super loud. However, once all the tubing and connections were made, it's actually as silent as all my other aquarium air pumps. So instead of having to replace the air pump, it's sitting happily in my tent pumping doing its job. I did not like that some of the holes for tubing were on the bucket instead of the lid, so i simply drilled 2 holes on the lid for the air pump and water recycle tubes. I then used regular tubing to fill the two unused holes on the bucket so that there wouldnt be any leaks. Very happy with this system. Have everything I need. I did order some extra buckets to help with water changes every so often, as the lids work on any 5 gallon bucket.

This video son DWC hydroponics grow system especially for the beginner is the way to go The system here really showed me how to do things properly maintenance is a simple setting up a simple You get everything you need you know the system here is more than enough buckets considering what states you live in but they do give you six and that is what you exactly want If 5 gallons they're perfect for what I use it for plants I drill growing you know you'll see the difference growing hydro with this system You'll grow half the time if you know what you're doing you can say they got valves you can set your oxygen levels It's a great system self-contained each buck itself contained some guys like it where this one bucket so all water but I think self-contains better that way if water goes bad it's only one it's not everything so this is a great system I still use it today and I bought this a lot a few probably a year and a half ago 2 years ago!

I'll note the title first. I setup the airpump outside my grow tent on a shelf. It's an incredibly large tent so the Included amount of airline was not enough for what I wanted to accomplish, no fault of the kit. Everything is included for success minus nutrients. Absolutely nothing bad to say about the kit. It would have cost me more to purchase everything individually and make it just as nice including the drip ring. Yes the air pump is more then enough to oxygenate the water plus run the included drip ring. I found I needed to turn the flow to the drip ring down that's running the largest 8 bucket kit and included pump. Proof is in the pictures it works for picky vegetables so I can only imagine it will be perfect for cannabis if legal in your country for personal use/growth. I'm going to actually try and grow some genuine wasabi in these kits as the drip ring puts out enough water to mimic a running brook. 5/5 stars it's "expensive" but you get everything you need and it just works. Thank you! 👍

Nicht falsch verstehen der Topf ist in Ordnung, aber bei einem 3-stelligen Preis hätte zwingen auch ein paar Hydroanzuchttöpfe mit Inhalt dazu gehört. So ist es ein teures NICHT direkt nutzbares Set. Meins geht definitiv wieder zurück, für so eine Mogelpackung schmeiß ich kein Geld aus dem Fenster.

Easy to set up and maintain. Everything you need

Took 10-15 mins to set up, with just a pair of scissors as the only tool. Instructions were easy to follow and results are great so far! One cherry tomato and one Fresno chili plant.

Do what is suppose to do.