1 Brand Name LED vs 2 Cheap LEDs

spliffyspliff

New Member
I'm going to be growing in a growtent, and I've decided to go with a LED setup to reduce heat and power consumption. I'm looking to spend around $300-400 on lights for a 4x2x5' setup, and I was wondering if I should go with one brand name LED or two cheaper LEDs, if they have the same advertised wattage. These are the ones I'm looking at; this is the one I'd get one of, and these are the ones I could get two of. What does rollitup think? More wattage with a cheaper product, or less wattage but more of a chance of getting whats promised.
 

Galvatron

Well-Known Member
that ufo one will not cover a 4x2x5 tent especially with its round shape. theyre also both made in china, that agromax one looks like a modified version of a cidly product.

http://www.cidly.com/UFO.html

you can see they look almost exactly alike and the cidly one has been out for over a year so its not a copy cat. im pretty sure argomax has cidly oem their product to their specification. for the price you can do better. i bought this from cidly directly http://www.cidly.com/Apollo.html for a little over 300$ shipped and mine is putting out 350 actual watts. personally i would choose the knockoff blackstars panels, but keep in mind they are not putting out 300 watts each, thats is only their led rating. they are actually more like 145-150 watt each panel so combined you'll have around 300 watts.

you might want to look into the led disccusion forums here, theres alot of info and there are newer type panels out now that perform better.
 

PetFlora

Well-Known Member
Both have 50% more red than is desired for vegging.

Go to the RIU LED forums to learn before you buy
 
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