LED Grow Light Review & Comparison

Which LED light do you think is best?

  • Kind LED

    Votes: 5 7.6%

  • Lush

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Black Dog

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • California Light Works

    Votes: 10 15.2%

  • BML

    Votes: 7 10.6%

  • LumiGrow

    Votes: 3 4.5%

  • Other (Please name in thread)

    Votes: 41 62.1%
  • Total voters
    66
Smoke-A-Cola

Smoke-A-Cola

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Kind LED posted this comparison of all the major LED lights.

I've been wanting to get my hands on a K5 after my results with the K3.

What do you guys think? I would guess the results are legit, because anyone could reproduce this test.
 
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smowstack

Active Member
Smoke-A-Cola said:

Kind LED posted this comparison of all the major LED lights.

I've been wanting to get my hands on a K5 after my results with the K3.

What do you guys think? I would guess the results are legit, because anyone could reproduce this test.
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I don't know, I voted clw because I have one. I want to buy another led for another closet and I've been looking around and can't find another light for the price that looks better to me.
 
KarmaPaymentPlan

KarmaPaymentPlan

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you can pretty much look at every other thread in this subsection on see people using/making them really easy you just got to do some reading
 
Smoke-A-Cola

Smoke-A-Cola

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smowstack said:
I've asked the same question, but they always say DIY. I'm only trying to cover one plant in a 2x2. How do you like your kind 300?
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I love it! I have the Kind K3 L600. You can check out my grow threads, I'm about to update/harvest my current grow and I expect to get around 1lb from my L600.

I can't stand all these people that only say DIY. I'm not an electrician. I wouldn't build my own light of any kind. I have a full time job that pays well. I dont have the time to build my own shit. I don't mind paying a little extra for a quality light from a reputable company with a great warranty. No headache, no time, no worries.
 
bicit

bicit

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Smoke-A-Cola said:
Do you have any examples bicit? Why do you think they are better?
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Optic grow lights is currently the only company that offers cob panels. Area-51 is going to be releasing a modular COB panel in the next few months(don't quote me on the time frame). Plus there is the companies @Greengenes707 started recently(pacific lighting concepts) and @AquariusPanta (heavens bright) that will be utilizing cob panels. I'm starting a company as well for large scale legal growers in my state.

AS for why they're better, that would be raw efficiency. I think the blue chips used in bridgelux and cree cobs are around 80% efficient, and the phosphor coating in the LES does a great job of effeciently creating a very broad spectrum of light. This allows you to either get the same job done with less power, or get even more done with the same power displacement. Not to mention that cob based panels are simpler and cheaper to assemble than a comparable power level blurple panel.

smowstack said:
I've asked the same question, but they always say DIY. I'm only trying to cover one plant in a 2x2. How do you like your kind 300?
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You would get awesome results with one of optics panels. This one would fit you space very nicely.
http://opticgrowlights.com/120-watt-vero29-led-grow-light.html

The reason we always harp on DIY is because you can do it for a lot less money.
 
bicit

bicit

Well-Known Member
Smoke-A-Cola said:
I love it! I have the Kind K3 L600. You can check out my grow threads, I'm about to update/harvest my current grow and I expect to get around 1lb from my L600.

I can't stand all these people that only say DIY. I'm not an electrician. I wouldn't build my own light of any kind. I have a full time job that pays well. I dont have the time to build my own shit. I don't mind paying a little extra for a quality light from a reputable company with a great warranty. No headache, no time, no worries.
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What if I told you that building a light was easier than setting up a home computer... Or easier than setting up a grow room in the first place.
 
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GrowUrOwnDank

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Smoke-A-Cola said:
I love it! I have the Kind K3 L600. You can check out my grow threads, I'm about to update/harvest my current grow and I expect to get around 1lb from my L600.

I can't stand all these people that only say DIY. I'm not an electrician. I wouldn't build my own light of any kind. I have a full time job that pays well. I dont have the time to build my own shit. I don't mind paying a little extra for a quality light from a reputable company with a great warranty. No headache, no time, no worries.
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Yeah man. I think a lot of this COB hype are just noobs touting build your own because they ain't got nothing else going on in life. They are really really proud of their jacked up COB. They cut up a plastic fence post from Home Depot and put it together. Or its hanging by wires from a plug or something. I think there is plenty of time before a real engineer puts together a light that is designed for MJ. I'm not buying all this "full spectrum" either. Plus I am yet to see a grow that's inspiring. Most seem like any other grow using any other light which is cool. It works. I am not believing the BS noob hype though.

Anyway, like I said. I'm not gonna be a guinea pig. I may someday build one just cause I got an electrical background. But, I want a light truly designed and tested by engineers before I shell out any real dough. Why? Cause like you. I got a job and can afford to pay someone else to build some legit and safe stuff.

Not a Home Depot fence post.

Furthermore. It seems like I'm already getting hella dank with what I got. LED, HPS and CFL. Why am I even chasing lights still?
 
Smoke-A-Cola

Smoke-A-Cola

Well-Known Member
bicit said:
Optic grow lights is currently the only company that offers cob panels. Area-51 is going to be releasing a modular COB panel in the next few months(don't quote me on the time frame). Plus there is the companies @Greengenes707 started recently(pacific lighting concepts) and @AquariusPanta (heavens bright) that will be utilizing cob panels. I'm starting a company as well for large scale legal growers in my state.

AS for why they're better, that would be raw efficiency. I think the blue chips used in bridgelux and cree cobs are around 80% efficient, and the phosphor coated in the LES does a great job of effeciently creating a very broad spectrum of light. This allows you to either get the same job done with less power, or get even more done with the same power displacement. Not to mention that cob based panels are simpler and cheaper to assemble than a comparable power level blurple panel.



You would get awesome results with one of optics panels. This one would fit you space very nicely.
http://opticgrowlights.com/120-watt-vero29-led-grow-light.html

The reason we always harp on DIY is because you can do it for a lot less money.
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So you've got a horse in the race. Makes perfect sense now.

I'm not drinking that kool-aid yet. I'll keep an eye out, if there really are some decent ones coming out.
 
Milovan

Milovan

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A new LED technology emerged in agricultural
lighting-- the remote phosphor uses high energy LED lights to excite a phosphorescent
coating. The coating then emits light at various color frequencies.
Remote phosphor LED agricultural light promise a higher fixture efficiency of up to
2.4 pmoles per joule.
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KarmaPaymentPlan

KarmaPaymentPlan

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GrowUrOwnDank said:
Yeah man. I think a lot of this COB hype are just noobs touting build your own because they ain't got nothing else going on in life. They are really really proud of their jacked up COB. They cut up a plastic fence post from Home Depot and put it together. Or its hanging by wires from a plug or something. I think there is plenty of time before a real engineer puts together a light that is designed for MJ. I'm not buying all this "full spectrum" either. Plus I am yet to see a grow that's inspiring. Most seem like any other grow using any other light which is cool. It works. I am not believing the BS noob hype though.

Anyway, like I said. I'm not gonna be a guinea pig. I may someday build one just cause I got an electrical background. But, I want a light truly designed and tested by engineers before I shell out any real dough. Why? Cause like you. I got a job and can afford to pay someone else to build some legit and safe stuff.

Not a Home Depot fence post.

Furthermore. It seems like I'm already getting hella dank with what I got. LED, HPS and CFL. Why am I even chasing lights still?
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your coming off very knowledgeable your mom/brother must be proud lols
 
bicit

bicit

Well-Known Member
GrowUrOwnDank said:
Yeah man. I think a lot of this COB hype are just noobs touting build your own because they ain't got nothing else going on in life. They are really really proud of their jacked up COB. They cut up a plastic fence post from Home Depot and put it together. Or its hanging by wires from a plug or something. I think there is plenty of time before a real engineer puts together a light that is designed for MJ. I'm not buying all this "full spectrum" either. Plus I am yet to see a grow that's inspiring. Most seem like any other grow using any other light which is cool. It works. I am not believing the BS noob hype though.

Anyway, like I said. I'm not gonna be a guinea pig. I may someday build one just cause I got an electrical background. But, I want a light truly designed and tested by engineers before I shell out any real dough. Why? Cause like you. I got a job and can afford to pay someone else to build some legit and safe stuff.

Not a Home Depot fence post.

Furthermore. It seems like I'm already getting hella dank with what I got. LED, HPS and CFL. Why am I even chasing lights still?
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Only one member on here cut up a fence post and his grow turned out very nicely. You on the other hand, have pictures of nothing, just hating on someone elses hard work while adding nothing of value in the community. Just showing off your crappy 5mm led lights you paid some china man entirely too much for.

The cobs members on here use are of superior quality to the chips found in most production panels. The engineers at cree and bridgelux ensure that. The members who build DIY do the same thing all the production companies do minus a cheap shit housing. The drivers most on here are using are HIGHER quality than most found in a typical LED panel and most have FAR superior heatsinks that reduce temp droop.

Do some more reading jr, there are a lot of DIY lights in these parts.
 
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