Platinum LED
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grower7155
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The Bridgelux thing is true....I just the general assumtion that the p300 is crap...h
grower7155
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The the general idea that the llight is crap
If platinum would give us a part number, we could confirm.
Are you the owner back with a new account? Mark Sawyer? How many times have you been banned?
alesh
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My opinion is based on the fact they don't disclose (they even make false claims about) the manufacturer of the LEDs/chips. HPS's have proven that light quantity is more important that light quality (aka magic spectrum).
grower7155
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Pretty paranoid arent you? I acually did just purchase two p300s so I´m interrested....Obviously the p300s arent going to have the newest tech...they are only 360dollars but I don´t see why they shouldn´t be decent...I mean from everything ive read the Advanced LED, Calfornia Light works and platinum LED seem to be pretty similiar..are you saying they are all bad?
alesh
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You've bought them already, you're not gonna send them back and neither of us will persuade each other. Maybe we should skip the BS, you can get to growing and see for yourself?
grower7155
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Dude...I´m not trying to persuade anyone....I spent a chunk of dough on these lights so I´m interested in finding out if they are good or not.. You seem to be sure they are not so I´ve been trying to figure out why. You would make a better case if you could produce some data that speaks against the light( like tests of the spectrum and other peoples reports) but noboy does in this entire thread. So I guess I´ll just have to check it out for myself. And no I really dont work for Platinum, if I did I wouldn´t admit that they dont have the newest technology.
Email and ask them the part number for the diodes. Then we can pull some data together
Yodaweed
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They wont release that info, best way to get any info on the chips is to open the case of the light and investigate. Post pictures and findings of the inner workings than we can come to a better conclusion about the light.
Jeeyah
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I had one and returned it. Most LED panels suck. You have to build your own to have something nice. There's are about 3 companies that I like. Return that and get (2) Area 51's. Do a nice grow with the HPS/LED combo. Then, buy two more lights in the summer to replace the HPS. Higher yields with 0 heat issues.
Your setup will definitely work great. But, those (2) lights aren't worth $750. Amazon gives you 30 days no questions asked. His website offers 90 day guarantee. I used Amazon.
Wow. For $750 you could buy (2) HPS 1000 watt setups. Lol
grower7155
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Sent an E-mail to plat LED about the diodes..got this response: "
Hi Steve..
We use a combination of Bridgelux and Epistar diodes. However, the difference is not only in the brand of diodes but in the quality/bin that we use. We only use top bin diodes in each brand which helps lend itself to greater reliability and performance.
Let us know how we can help!"
Hi Steve..
We use a combination of Bridgelux and Epistar diodes. However, the difference is not only in the brand of diodes but in the quality/bin that we use. We only use top bin diodes in each brand which helps lend itself to greater reliability and performance.
Let us know how we can help!"
grower7155
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Yeah....the statement on the website is a little misleading
alesh
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Feel free to investigate the power of the Epistar chips yourself.
grower7155
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I dont really understand the technical specifications....
Which is consistent with a business that rips off the name of another business the way Platinum does AdvancedLED.
You can do better for the money spent on epi-whatever diodes. And, there are better companies to give your money to (who don't have to resort to name-ripoffs to get customers).
grower7155
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What company would you suggest to do better on with the epi diodes?