P.L. HortiLED Top - time for LED to grow up?

[Muleskinner]

we have a price - around $1,000 here:

https://www.ledgrowlightsdepot.com/products/p-l-light-systems-hortled-top

 

[BOBBY_G]

$3/W sounds about right for a commercial fixture with that efficiency

 

[Limeygreen]

What I have seen for umols from the sun on par sensors in the summer around the border and Canada and usa is 1200-1400 from summer sun, 800 umols and above is quite intense light.

 

[Muleskinner]

the price at the above link has gone to $1500, way out my league unfortunately

 

[Muleskinner]

detailed spectrum info - thinking the full spectrum would be good for veg, red/white/mb for flower?

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0...ls_HORTILED_Toplight.pdf?11961024764824744670

 

[PetFlora]

detailed spectrum info - thinking the full spectrum would be good for veg, red/white/mb for flower?

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0...ls_HORTILED_Toplight.pdf?11961024764824744670

Looking at the charts, they do not seem to understand the spectrum cannabis prefers, or, it was not designed for cannabis

Check out Amare Technologies (designed by a grower for growers) P3, which is 300w MSRP $695, but you can still get holiday 25% discount
http://www.amaretechnology.com/product-page/f612e1c5-2458-ebed-37d5-7c6e9aa052fb

 

[zachrockbadenof]

1595 bucks.. I'm sure they are flying off the shelf...

 

[Muleskinner]

The Amare looks cool! No doubt it will get the job done.

So the spectrum on the bottom of the PL chart "EBloom" is probaby the cannabis-designed spectrum also referred to as "Cannablüm" at 2.7 umol/J. Still I'd go for the red/white/medium blue one for a little more white light and 2.6 umol/J efficiency.

I'm going to make some calls this week and see if I can get the price down if I buy 3 of them. Maybe Cannablüm is cheaper, I will find out. Before dissing PL too much over the price compare them to Lumigrow, their lights only do 1.7 umol/J:

http://www.lumigrow.com/products/pro-series-lights/

 

[Muleskinner]

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[Muleskinner]

I heard back from the distributor, the price per fixture is more than a Lumigrow 325 but under $1,000. PL does recommend "ebloom" - Cannablüm - it is specifically designed for sole-source cannabis flower lighting. Very high red/blue ratio - it's 1:1:8 blue/green/red but still full spectrum. Still twice the blue of HPS - it's approximately what you get if you combine a MH with an HPS, except at 2.7 umol/J. Full spectrum recommended for veg. at 2.3 umol/J with 30% blue.

wow, I've never paid this much for lights but I have the money so WTF. It looks like a lot of the cost is the aluminum fixture which is basically an 18-lb heat sink that eliminates the need for fans. I believe they are also PL's first commercial fixture to run on 120v.

Time to celebrate legalization and kick HPS to the curb, hello 2.7 umol/J!!! Two of these babies are going to blast my 4X4 tent with 1700 PPF of light. I will start a new thread when they arrive, hopefully within a couple weeks.

 

[rykus]

So?.... did ya get a few? Price? Should I start extracting an organ now or...?

 

[Muleskinner]

So?.... did ya get a few? Price? Should I start extracting an organ now or...?

I bought two of them - $950 each - very happy customer, they work really well, expensive but worth it, I started another thread with some pics:

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=338823