Please Critique This Light Feit Electric 20" 175 Watt LED

[obedoobie]

Please look at this light and it's specs and give your opinion on using 4 of these in a 4x4 or 5x5
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Feit-Electric-20-in-175-Watt-Integrated-Full-Spectrum-LED-Non-Dimmable-Indoor-High-Bay-Plant-Grow-Light-Fixture-Daylight-GLP20FS-HB-175W-LED/308721260

They are about to go on Sale for much cheaper than $299

 

[obedoobie]

Manufacturers page
https://www.feit.com/product/315-par-value-20-led-grow-light/

 

[SuperBadGrower]

Buying that product means paying top dollar for a low efficacy fixture with a spectrum from 2012 which you can't even see plants properly under. Not even worth $1 per watt. edit: disregard& scroll down

 

[obedoobie]

169 watts

 

[obedoobie]

$75 Each

 

[obedoobie]

44 cents per watt

 

[hyposomniac]

It's not blurple, it's white with supplemental reds. It's not cutting edge but PPE of 1.8 is equal to a de 1kw.
at $75 I'd like to try one against my 140ish watt QB. At 300$ forget about it.

 

[SuperBadGrower]

Indeed. Red and blue spike in the PDF and that picture didn't really help .. didnt notice the hump. is it 6500K with reds again?
Anyway, for $75 that doesn't seem like a bad deal then

169 watts

Lol, that picture you posted actually makes it look 10x better than the official one. The picture on the website shows blue and red diodes to my eyes. That's really stupid of them to make it look like a chinese toy and have such a lacking PDF. I could sell this light better than they could

 

[obedoobie]

Yes, it went on clearance at most homedepot stores this week for $75.03 and it's very bright

 

[Koondense]

They seem ok, if the price is 75$ it's a decent deal.
However they are lower quality(1.8umol/J)compared to Mars which is the entry level led in my opinion. Good for veg, not so good for bloom.



Cheers

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

They seem ok, if the price is 75$ it's a decent deal.
However they are lower quality(1.8umol/J)compared to Mars which is the entry level led in my opinion. Good for veg, not so good for bloom.



Cheers

There will be more red and IR chips for flowering.

 

[hyposomniac]

Yes, it went on clearance at most homedepot stores this week for $75.03 and it's very bright

Is that like in store only? Web still shows 300..

 

[White Beard]

Feit LED products have been highly recommended to me by electricians: apparently, they have the best quality control, best compatibility, best tech/engineering, longest life/best dependability, etc. it was a “hands-down“ assessment across the board, though not a very large board, and we we were speaking about the companies in the market, and household lighting. We didn’t discuss horticultural use.

With that recommendation, though, and a 75% price cut, I’d be sore pressed NOT to check ‘em out...have to see if I can find $75

 

[PetFlora]

It should be good for growing herbs indoors, but meds, I don't think so

 

[Douglas.Curtis]

They seem ok, if the price is 75$ it's a decent deal.
However they are lower quality(1.8umol/J)compared to Mars which is the entry level led in my opinion. Good for veg, not so good for bloom.

Cheers

I agree, and we'll most likely see a number of side by side comparison grows the next few years. Definitely looks decent for veg.