The PPF / umols is the most important specification.
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I have a Spydr 2P by Fluence I am currently using that is top of the line! $1,400 though and dimmer is extra. I literally just got the below light today made by Medic Grow to see how it will compare to my Fluence light which is spectacular! I have really high hopes for this light below and it is half the price and comes with a dimmer instead of paying an extra $125 and wiring it in yourself like I had to with the Fluence! They also have a badass controller that is on backorder for another two weeks! It auto dims when temps are too high by your set parameters! Sun up and sun down features too.
They also have this one which is a little lower UMOLS but if you have the dimmer I like having the max PPFD available personally but I'm sure the fold feature is more critical to some!
I wasn't ready to swap out my flower room lights but decided to take the leap into LED's and swap out my entire veg room. After countless amounts of research and weighing in on the pros and cons I decided on the 8 bar 650w Meijiu. I'm very impressed with them and decided to buy 3 more. During this time the 2nd largest shipping port in the world was shut down due to covid and I got the bad news that my lights were going to be delayed a few weeks. During that time my friend placed an order for 3 lights. The rep I was dealing with said they would send me 3 lights express air, shipped for free and my friend could take the 3 sitting at the port delayed as he didn't need them right away. Literally covered the cost for express air shipment because of a port closure they had no control over.
I have heard nothing but good things about meiju, really wish they had a us based warehouse. Hell I have a garage they could use lol. Why just for veg? I would think those 650 are overkill for veg.
Buying HID lights now will be like buying a gas car in 10 or 15 years.. the HID lights are outdated technology that is filling a very niche area right now. HID lighting isn't bad for plants, but all that heat, expensive bulbs, more energy, but to each their own. I get personal preference.
I’ve already got the double ended hps, that’s what I’ve been running. Averaging 3 lbs per fixture, once I got 4, but haven’t been able to do that again yet. So I was thinking since I cover like a 6 ft wide area with the de which is stretching coverage I could just add leds between the lights I already have to make for more even coverage.
Its overkill but I am hanging them a little higher, I can maintain anywhere from 300-700 par over a 6x6 space, and fixtures are fixed, I'm using the meijiu controller to adjust the par levels. When my other 3 come in, I will be using 6 fixtures to cover (3) 4x16 tables.
I'm telling you, I work for a distributor for my day job and service a utility that still buys HID. We sell them but prices are going up on the old tech also means that the industry is dying and can't support itself for much longer. The only people and utilities still buying these are either for grows or because the initial investment to switch cost so much more. But when you add up sending a lineman to change light bulb at $75 an hour, it adds up quick and the extreme longevity and lower maintenance and operating cost is a better option, an LED with 50,000 hours of life for an equivalent price offsets the lower cost of HID. Same is true for us to a lesser extent of course. Medic Grow Fold is $655 and more than enough light for a 5x5. I challenge anyone to touch their specs for that price!
I don’t know much about led chips, but I’ve been looking for fixtures with the 301b/h. I think the chips they use are 301z. Not sure how much difference that would be. I’m not sure what chips the ion 720, GC 720 or loriflux uses. I know a lot of people at my local store been snatching up the loriflux 8 blades and coming back for more with great reviews. But that could mostly be because the price is good and since we are in Michigan and they are local the supply is easier to get than some other fixtures.
This light won't stay at this price once the company gains name recognition I believe. They started last summer and as a person who has made a career out of distribution, this company has their sights set on all the right benchmarks for success. I believe these lights will start going up once a few test grows make it around the internet, there are already stellar technical third party review @OSBuds posted on this thread. I'm telling you, check out the third party review!!! Steal of a deal for this light at $655!!
