Unlike you, people actually want to yield shit. You'll be saving more buying COBs than you would anything else. You're the one worried about money. If this is the case, yes, anything other than COB is a waste of time.
Your ignorance is amusing at every turn. If I'm growing for myself alone, which is the case, then I don't need huge yields. As is using a handful of CFL's I'm yielding an ounce per harvest. I don't recall saying I was worried about money. What I said was that I am not going to spend $200+ on something when I don't need to. I do not care about electric costs, which I've explained. My concerns are simple.... I want to yield more than I am with CFL's. I am also concerned with ease and temperatures. I don't know why you can't just read what has been said and offer valuable input with the factors provided. I don't give a flying fuck about what cobs can do or have done. I've stated SEVERAL times that I am not going to invest $200+ nor am I going to fabricate my own light. Yet you continue to shove COB's down mine and everyone else's throat. Every post you have made on this thread and others is a somber reminder that some people are nothing more than pawns of commercialism. Be gone pest.
I think for your space a quantum board type light would be best, they can help with height restricted grows , @robincnn and @Stephenj37826 would know more than me about it. They make prefabricated unit's like a nextlight mini, i think would be perfect for your area.
I can respect your choice, but it isn't the solution for me. I'm already harvesting a few ounces a year. I'm just looking to bump that up some without having to build my own shit or invest so heavily. Like I've said I know there are other options yet I'm still being pressured into something I've said I do not want nor am I comfortable with.
You are probably going to end up with way more than a couple. Probably a few pounds a year, more like.
$535.50
Then you might want to look into cheap options like LED bulbs or save your money for a better light.
Well I'm limited by ambient temps as my box is located in the garage so I'll only do a grow maybe two a year. True though...I'll probably end up with too much and I'll just "gift" it out...lol
Exactly this. Thank you.
I'm not oblivious to the fact that COB are cheaper on the energy aspect and can perform really well. The cost and the DIY aspect of them are determining factors that have closed that door. At least for the foreseeable future. I have seen "COB Panels" on Amazon that on paper look like they would be pretty good for my space and how I grow, I don't know if anyone on these boards has used them or if they are in fact junk. I have seen grow journals for the 300w blurples that give me hope that they would provide what I am looking for. Yet nobody has given input on them beyond "save $50 and get COB"(even after I have flat out rejected the cost and DIY aspect of them.
I understand, but I did give you a suggestion. I said you'll get the results you want from an HPS with a cool tube.
I would like to take just a moment to point out that in July 2016 this guy was able to post objectively about the very same light I mentioned. Now 5 months later is shoving cobs down my throat. It's almost as if people on these boards are being given something of monetary value to endorse these things.
Taken off of Amazon for the 450w panel.
Negligible.
