It's funny as fuck to me that you laugh at off brand cobs in diy builds
example? i never put down chips that have actual specs
i will never put that much thought into a $5 lightbulb that might crack 120 lm/W on a good day
people who are serious, and actually investing hundreds of dollars in a setup, should be using the best cobs they can get (considering decent cobs with photometric data start under $10 its not like im being snobbish)
And no not a typo. My 70 watts of sylvanna with diffusers is beating what that guy built in that recent thread where he built that fire waiting to happen.
not sure what youre talking about, but 70W of one grower in one place, and an entirely different setup by another person somewhere else, how is that even comparable. I'm not sure what "beating" mean in this case. And if you really think your mid-powers are literally 11 times more efficient than his, well id be patenting that! led manufacturers kill each other for a 10% gain and here you are at 1100%. Unless his chips are from 1995 thats probably not very likely
Times have changed and I'm just waiting for you guys to catch on to the fact.
you'll never convince me to base any kind of serious setup around 110 lm/W technology, sorry. good luck with your grow.
Yes, times have changed, and light bulbs sold at home depot that are literally in a race to the bottom on cost because they have no incentive to be more efficent, after achieving the energy star minimum efficiency, is really not the way forward for people looking for solutions north of 2 umol/J. I dont hesitate to recommend these bulbs to new growers in small spaces as they are cost effective, but those are people who would otherwise be using CFLs or garbage blurple lights.
