its funny how this has turned into another hid vs led thread lol
i have been an avid led user and researcher for a few years and i fully respect those who dont want to take the plunge
personally i consider led tech usefull in applications requiring less than 400w of lighting and unparalleled in applications that needs less than 2ft of penetration
there has been an led on my radar for a while by illumitex ive used thier chips to build lights with great results but connot speak to thier comparability to multiple 1000w systes
however seen as the lec got mention on this thread here is a little vid i came by lately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9gdoTO3_kw
here the grower is using a bml (similar to illumitex-well thats a whole story right there lol)
agian who knows how legit it is but yeah i still dont think that led is cost effective in larger gardens especially when u consider the best sales pitch led companies have is the long term savings- consider what it woudl be like to use 5 year old led tech?
If you check my sig you will find links to my BML SPYDR 600 grow and now Amare Tech grow. Both used on Med- Man Silver Skunk, which is not a particularly high yielder, but a damned fine smoke
The SPYDR would be a lot better if the opaque cover was clear. Also it is passively cooled. The bars get real hot unless a fan is blowing across them, which I did.
I also supplemented with 2 additional BML bars as upper side lighting near the end, so roughly 380w v 260w with near identical yields
Here's one pic taken this morning.
Note the aluminum ball next to the lowest bud which was > 30" below the panel is slightly smaller than a golf ball
Wet trimmed weight > 528gms and at least 10gms still on the plant to facilitate reveg (see pic)
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Not bad for 260w panel. I am awaiting new clusters which are more equatorial oriented, plus IR.
More pics on the scale in my thread