LED Grow Light Review & Comparison

Which LED light do you think is best?

  • Kind LED

    Votes: 5 7.6%
  • Lush

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Black Dog

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • California Light Works

    Votes: 10 15.2%
  • BML

    Votes: 7 10.6%
  • LumiGrow

    Votes: 3 4.5%
  • Other (Please name in thread)

    Votes: 41 62.1%

  • Total voters
    66

bicit

Well-Known Member
CMH has a very nice spectrum at 4000k and will produce a very resinous plant but there are LEDs that can match it's quality too. 4000k CMH has less red which affects yield and more green than is needed.
However the 942 spec bulbs have a nice little spike in the UV range which is 'supposed' to stimulate resin production.

A lot of people seem to be really enjoying the agro spec bulbs though(3100k), I think it's going to be the new benchmark moving forward.
 

vitamin_green_inc

Well-Known Member
However the 942 spec bulbs have a nice little spike in the UV range which is 'supposed' to stimulate resin production.

A lot of people seem to be really enjoying the agro spec bulbs though(3100k), I think it's going to be the new benchmark moving forward.
Yeah, those are much better than even mid-range LED in my mind. 450~ for 315w that can do better than 1gpw is hard to beat by any company
 

OneHitDone

Well-Known Member
CMH has a very nice spectrum at 4000k and will produce a very resinous plant but there are LEDs that can match it's quality too. 4000k CMH has less red which affects yield and more green than is needed.
So when will be seing CMH with a deep red pontoon attached?
 

captainmorgan

Well-Known Member
However the 942 spec bulbs have a nice little spike in the UV range which is 'supposed' to stimulate resin production.

A lot of people seem to be really enjoying the agro spec bulbs though(3100k), I think it's going to be the new benchmark moving forward.
I almost bought some 315's but LEDs especially the COBs are a better fit for my grow area,growing one large plant scroged in 3x3 tents.

So when will be seing CMH with a deep red pontoon attached?
I would also like to see a 4000k CMH supplemented with 630 and 660 nm LED but I really think it's hard to beat the simplicity and quality you get from high end COBs.
 

bicit

Well-Known Member
I almost bought some 315's but LEDs especially the COBs are a better fit for my grow area,growing one large plant scroged in 3x3 tents.



I would also like to see a 4000k CMH supplemented with 630 and 660 nm LED but I really think it's hard to beat the simplicity and quality you get from high end COBs.
Eh the sunsystem and cycloptics systems are super nice and probably the best bang for the buck.

Depends on how hb and plc set their prices at.
 

Tiggersmokes

Active Member
Don't be hating on @SomeGuy... he's the very reason I got into DIY COB-crafting, which gave way to Heaven Bright. His fence post design was intended to save money, produce quality bud, and was overall brilliant in my eyes.

@bicit - Thank you for the kind mentioning. To add to the conversation, HB is currently open for sale, so Optic isn't the only COB-infused fixture producer out on the market.

If any of you we're wondering why there are hardly any pictures on the website for the Model-V fixtures, it's because I decided it would be best to open early before any name brands steal the show; I'll have photos of some, if not all, the Models uploaded next week, with a video or two!

Stay tuned and keep growing, folks!
Wow, the arrogance of some people due to their own ignorance or dillusions of intelligence. How can you slam such an entrepreneurial venture? And how well is your light company doing, that's right, you don't have one. Hey, keep up the good work and good luck HB.
 

Tiggersmokes

Active Member
Hateraid flows freely I see. It's about choices folks. Just because something is good for you does not make it good for all. And quit with the keyboard cowboy crap.
 

KarmaPaymentPlan

Well-Known Member
Hateraid flows freely I see. It's about choices folks. Just because something is good for you does not make it good for all. And quit with the keyboard cowboy crap.
Ok this thread was dead bygones be bygones don't come in here starting shit and then this last post grow up let it go if you have something useful then share but don't come here kicking up dust simply because you can i think your drinking to much hateraid because both your posts are crap
 

ballist

Well-Known Member
What's more painful, a: heart attack?
B. 5 days after quadruple bypass surgery?
C. Reading this thread in an afternoon?
This cob mob mentality is seriously damaging any useful information you care to present. No science in this thread.
 

Sow to Grow

Well-Known Member
We're hoping to see more manufacturers (and DIYers) reporting their fixture spectrum and output in PPFD (µmol*m-2*s-1). There's a push to establish a horticultural lighting label.

I couldn't find the spectral response of the Sun System PAR quantum sensor or the UPRtek spectrometer. Some sensors don't pick up the full PAR accurately and have to compensate. I typically see a swing of 5-20% in PPFD when I use different quantum sensors.

Also, the fact that the red peaks are lopped off raised a flag for me. They might not have calibrated the UPRtek spectrometer for each light. Those should be smooth peaks in the red.
 

Tiggersmokes

Active Member
So, what do ya want to see, a true side by side, cob vs hps in similar wattages? Well stay tuned, getting it laid out to fire up real soon...till then, keep smoking!
 

Tiggersmokes

Active Member
I always enjoy reading through these KIND of forums.. always the same arguments and regardless of facts, two sides find themselves headbutting one another.

The only thing missing from one side is personal experience, otherwise known as credibility, where as the other side bears this. I don't know how one can argue against something that they haven't themselves experienced or became familiar with. Now there would be valid a argument/discourse if both sides shared credibility pertaining to the topic at hand and one side was guilty of misleading or lying about what they truly knew but that clearly isn't the case here.
 

Tiggersmokes

Active Member
I will help to squash one way or another the hps vs led debate. At least one side of it. Have posted a heads up and will be looking forward to a good Ole fashioned shoot out!
 

HockeyBeard

Well-Known Member
I don't believe it. To many jumping on Blurple threads running down growers to believe. I think their is an agenda here. Don't matter. Don't care. Not gonna do COB. Weed can be grown for dimes a gram. Efficiency is not an issue. Period. It's just another method to pump and sell product to people who don't need it.
You know what the great thing about science is? It's true whether you believe it or not.
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HockeyBeard

Well-Known Member
That's fine. Those are junk lights, and you've got reviews and opinions of people who have bought those in the past. I find it laughable that you'd call 90% of the RIU crowd stupid, as they've probably forgotten more than you'll ever know about this subject. 3W LEDs are a joke. Sorry if you don't grasp how full spectrum lighting is way more efficient than monochromatic diodes. But just because you can't or refuse to grasp the science, doesn't make them wrong or stupid. Quite the opposite, actually. I wish you the best of luck and hope that you're well off enough to be able to afford shooting yourself in the foot like that.

But what you just said there, is akin to walking into NASA and telling them they know nothing about rockets, and then investing in all of their old tech that is essentially obsolete. Have fun, guy.
 
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