**ULTIMATE LED TEST** *GLH Spectra 290* VS *Blackstar 500* VS *Hydro Grow LED 336X*

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Looks like the Penetrator tent may be getting a little nute burned, which is quite odd as I have been feeding the same mix to all tents. This next feeding I will be diluting the feed for the Penetrator in half with RO water.


I also wanted to announce that after round 2, I will be ending the comparison grow for a little while.

Everything looks great! Can't wait to use my BS!

Hey Wejuana everything is coming along nicely...

Taking a break is a good idea....These comparison grows look exhausting to me.......

I just signed up for the growers feed back for the solar storm so hopefully it doesnt exhaust me!

Thanks guys.

Yeah it's not the easiest, but mostly due the the lack of space in the current location. I will hopefully be back online in not too long from the next spot once the second round is harvested and numbers are reported.

so i got my 900 watt full white spectrum led in today and also another 900 watt red white n blue led. im waiting for the solar storm. but im going to compare the solar storm to all the diff lights i have which will be 3 different 900 should be interesting!! how do you post pics on this site?

dickkhead said:

so i got my 900 watt full white spectrum led in today and also another 900 watt red white n blue led. im waiting for the solar storm. but im going to compare the solar storm to all the diff lights i have which will be 3 different 900 should be interesting!! how do you post pics on this site?

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Awesome, sounds good like a good comparison you'll be doing. What is the brand of the full white spectrum led? To upload pics, click on "Go Advanced" and then click on the paperclip icon to manage attachments (pics).

WeJuana said:

Thanks guys.

Yeah it's not the easiest, but mostly due the the lack of space in the current location. I will hopefully be back online in not too long from the next spot once the second round is harvested and numbers are reported.

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All your hard work is/has been much appreciated. There will be always be a place for you here if you decide to come back and do another journal. Looking forward to your second round results.

WOW, so I just finish reading this whole thread start to finish. Great information. I want to thank you immensely Wejuana for putting this together and continuing the journey with round 2. I will be following this thread still. Your thread convinced me to go with the Spectra GLH. Also instead of getting one massive light, I will go with a bunch of small ones for the foot print. The 5 year warranty is what got me. But, the build quality on the light I shouldn't have to worry about a warranty. Thanks again Wejuana

That was awesome... You put up with a lot of bullshit, but we need more people like you in here. I was wondering if maybe next time you could include one of the 357Mag LED lights? I originally planned on buying the penetrator-x pro lights, but I went with the new 357s instead because they have a switch for vegetative and flowering spectrums which I havn't seen on the others, although it may be useless. I'm totally new to this. Your hard work is appreciated!

Swiftowl11 said:

WOW, so I just finish reading this whole thread start to finish. Great information. I want to thank you immensely Wejuana for putting this together and continuing the journey with round 2. I will be following this thread still. Your thread convinced me to go with the Spectra GLH. Also instead of getting one massive light, I will go with a bunch of small ones for the foot print. The 5 year warranty is what got me. But, the build quality on the light I shouldn't have to worry about a warranty. Thanks again Wejuana

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It sounds like a good warranty if he would pick up his phone. I get a hold of him maybe every 5th time I call. I've been trying to get new power supply's for my 290's for a while now. I sent him emails and calls about it months ago and nothing. Just this december is when I finally talked to him. A couple times he told me to call back due to his supplier not getting him the power supply's. A few calls and messages later... nothing.

Heretic said:

It sounds like a good warranty if he would pick up his phone. I get a hold of him maybe every 5th time I call. I've been trying to get new power supply's for my 290's for a while now. I sent him emails and calls about it months ago and nothing. Just this december is when I finally talked to him. A couple times he told me to call back due to his supplier not getting him the power supply's. A few calls and messages later... nothing.

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That totally blows

i agree with heretic. he lost my business. i had a spectra 500 that had a row of leds go out. its practically impossible to reach him by email. several phone calls and many messages later i finally got ahold of him. he honored the warranty and even paid for all shipping so i will credit him for that. i ended up selling the light to go with smaller units from a different company. the glh website is out of date, and its difficult to get in touch with anybody. no offense to those that love his lights but the performance of the company as a whole is terrible. a 5 year warranty isnt worth anything if the company isnt around... just my 2 cents

From what I've heard I think I'll eventually get my lights fixed, but I also won't be buying anything else from him. Seems like a poorly run company, like he needs to hire someone else to take care of customers or the website... But what do I know? lol. For now I have $1300 in spectra paperweights. If I don't get new supply's soon, I'll have to go to the local shop to get an hps setup to keep my thing going. :/

Well I took the plunge, I purchased 10 of his Spectra 100 140w power draw. I will be running a journal as soon as I get the lights. Already have seeds germinating, and seedlings under cfl. Cant wait to get rid of these 600w. Start to end with my grow. See how these led grow with a hydro set-up. Im so excited.

you just plunged in and bought 10 of the guys lights they are talking about?

I still am not sold on LED, Does anyone have a speed test? yea they can pull 1.4GPW but how long from start to finish?
Under a 600W MH vegging for 3 weeks from seed, and then Flowered under a 1000W HPS for 7 weeks, So thats 10 weeks start to finish, on ten plants per room I pull 1.5-2.5lbs, does anyone have a complete LED grow that can side by side with that? Im not saying it cant, just saying I have yet to see it and honestly I would like to know it can be done cause it would save me alot of money on electricity.

Heretic said:

It sounds like a good warranty if he would pick up his phone. I get a hold of him maybe every 5th time I call. I've been trying to get new power supply's for my 290's for a while now. I sent him emails and calls about it months ago and nothing. Just this december is when I finally talked to him. A couple times he told me to call back due to his supplier not getting him the power supply's. A few calls and messages later... nothing.

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I was thinking the same thing about the black dog leds he says he has a life time warranty what good is it if he goes under esp in this economy!

I just fired a full white spectrum led i got on a grower feed back program thats not even on the market yet the fuckin thing is bright! im excited to compare 4 leds that I have.

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Well I took the plunge, I purchased 10 of his Spectra 100 140w power draw. I will be running a journal as soon as I get the lights. Already have seeds germinating, and seedlings under cfl. Cant wait to get rid of these 600w. Start to end with my grow. See how these led grow with a hydro set-up. Im so excited.

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your kidding me right!? what did you pay for 10 of those?

I have a hard time trusting claim about LEDs when someone has less than 20 post