A USA manu of ANYTHING will odds are double the cost retail wise, reason why our economy SUCKS and our dollar is dropping, china owns us.... either deal with it OR be happy to pay $1k for something produced here that costs $400 made in china.
Very true... Was going to touch on that, but glad you did for me lol.
many get caught up with the, this led is comparable to this sized hps. What if instead of that there was a benchmark like what has been set for cfl's, cmh, hps, mh lights and go for this.
126's can yield XXX grams
3XX's can yield XXX grams
As you stated, each grower will have their own results depending on their experience, nutrients, strain, CO2, temperature, etc... I've already posted results on the forum of what our lights have done, grams per watt. Two customers have reported 2grams per watt, and I've personally done 1.3+ grams per watt depending on strain, stress, etc... My current round of plants looks like it will topple the 2grams per watt achievement, but we'll have to wait and see (will be posting the thread in a few days). Your average HID grower does .5grams per watt. Good ones do .6-.85, and the BEST ones out there are pulling 1gram per watt, maybe a tiny bit higher. So I find this to be a much more accurate way to state what our lights can do, vs simply saying "our 126W will give you 8 ounces" as I can't guarantee that for everyone.
Our 126's average 8 zips a light, some get less and there MIGHT be others who can hit more. Leave it at that and let the results speak for you versus the diehard hps people jumping down leds and for that matter cfl growers throats.
I've actually posted that already on other threads... You can get up to 8 ounces with a single 126W light, it's been stated before. Just thought I'd throw that out there.