LED VS HPS, What's the best route for lighting

[conor c]

Why would you need to spend a couple grand on lights?

Well what cheaper good led lights would you reccomend to a beginner grower looking for one that would be equivalent to a 600hps or a 1000watt cos i know you Americans tended to prefer those you maybe have better knowledge about leds prices etc its been ages since i looked into them tbh ?

 

[xtsho]

I'm using LED, HID, T5's, and the sun. If I could get my hands on a quantity of the Halogen-IR bulbs I'd run 100% with those but they're hard to find these days. It must be due to overwhelming demand.

I'm thinking of running 20 of these 100 watt incandescent bulbs. That would give me 2000 watts of light in the 4x4. Imagine the dense colas that much light would produces. I'd supplement that with some red lights for the far red spectrum as well.

 

[bk78]

Well what cheaper good led lights would you reccomend to a beginner grower looking for one that would be equivalent to a 600hps or a 1000watt cos i know you Americans tended to prefer those you maybe have better knowledge about leds prices etc its been ages since i looked into them tbh ?

First off I’m not American I take great offence to even being grouped as one.

Any 480 qb or strip light will destroy a 600 HPS in every way. There is many options with varying prices for LED, the more you spend will not give you a better harvest, I’ve proved that over numerous times in my journal. I bought my cheap Chinese flower room lights 4 years ago now and they are still going strong like day 1

If you are serious about getting lights I can find you some whatever your budget may be I’m sure.

 

[conor c]

First off I’m not American I take great offence to even being grouped as one.

Any 480 qb or strip light will destroy a 600 HPS in every way. There is many options with varying prices for LED, the more you spend will not give you a better harvest, I’ve proved that over numerous times in my journal. I bought my cheap Chinese flower room lights 4 years ago now and they are still going strong like day 1

If you are serious about getting lights I can find you some whatever your budget may be I’m sure.

Lol sorry my bad man just as u know its mainly north Americans on here so my mistake for assuming and nah im all good its more just so its up here for folks thats new to see than for myself mate hps suits me as i need the heat lol

 

[bk78]

Lol sorry my bad man just as u know its mainly north Americans on here so my mistake for assuming and nah im all good its more just so its up here for folks thats new to see than for myself mate hps suits me as i need the heat lol

I have snow on the ground 8 months a year here too man, I know the struggles lol

 

[conor c]

I have snow on the ground 8 months a year here too man, I know the struggles lol

I aint as bad as you guys in canada you guys get real snow the bit i stay in rarely gets snow its just cold alot in winter and rains any season alot pretty much

 

[bk78]

I aint as bad as you guys in canada you guys get real snow the bit i stay in rarely gets snow its just cold alot in winter and rains any season alot pretty much

It should be full blown summertime here right now

my furnace turned on this morning

 

[xtsho]

First off I’m not American I take great offence to even being grouped as one.

Any 480 qb or strip light will destroy a 600 HPS in every way. There is many options with varying prices for LED, the more you spend will not give you a better harvest, I’ve proved that over numerous times in my journal. I bought my cheap Chinese flower room lights 4 years ago now and they are still going strong like day 1

If you are serious about getting lights I can find you some whatever your budget may be I’m sure.

Hey now. You Canadians have problems of your own. Some of your elected officials act like they're smoking crack? What the hell is going on up there?

 

[conor c]

It should be full blown summertime here right now

my furnace turned on this morning

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Same its summer and its 12 c lol grey mostly

 

[bk78]

Hey now. You Canadians have problems of your own. Some of your elected officials act like they're smoking crack? What the hell is going on up there?

Died 6 years ago, cool story bro

 

[xtsho]

Died 6 years ago, cool story bro

Seemed like people liked the guy. He was reelected to the Toronto City Council even after being caught smoking crack.

 

[conor c]

Seemed like people liked the guy. He was reelected to the Toronto City Council even after being caught smoking crack.

Ok next time i talk to my two cousins in toronto i gonna have questions lol i know politicians are scum regardless where you are but re elected after being outed as a crackhead well that suprises me dont get me wrong ours are assholes too

 

[PadawanWarrior]

First off I’m not American I take great offence to even being grouped as one.

Any 480 qb or strip light will destroy a 600 HPS in every way. There is many options with varying prices for LED, the more you spend will not give you a better harvest, I’ve proved that over numerous times in my journal. I bought my cheap Chinese flower room lights 4 years ago now and they are still going strong like day 1

If you are serious about getting lights I can find you some whatever your budget may be I’m sure.

I'd take great offense if you were from America, so it's a draw,

 

[bk78]

I'd take great offense if you were from America, so it's a draw,

Hour 15 and counting I see?

Time for a snooze soon, just one more hit bro.

 

[Wattzzup]

Hour 15 and counting I see?

Time for a snooze soon, just one more hit bro.

 

[xox]

i think the biggest thing about leds is the savings on hydro in a sealed room where you rely on a mini split for cooling. this time last year with hps my bill for the month was $1000 this year my bill was $180. i thought it would be harder to see the savings but its really not if your running a/c. if your able to do an air cooled room where you dont rely on an air conditioner i wouldn't expect such a difference in hydro bills.

 

[thumper60]

I replaced my 1 k SE bulbs with 700 watt leds after many yrs of growing, Never looking back 30% less electric 30% more yield.

 

[Lenin1917]

Led easily, you can grow great weed with either but more efficiency, less power consumption, less heat generated and easier to see in. You get prettier colors with the cooler spectrum in most leds too. Your standard 600w hps puts out around 800umol, even a $300 480w bar light puts out ~1300umol and has a multi harvest lifespan. It’s really a no brainer these days.

 

[jondamon]

I use hps myself but led is better if you gonna spend a couple of grand on a good set up the cheap ones aint the same from all i seen so if you dont wanna spend lots hps is still a good way to go

Marshydro - 480w - 700w
Spider farmer - 480w - 700w
Meiju- 480w - 700w
Kindbrite- 480w - 700w


I replaced a 400w HPS setup with a 300w Marshydro Panel that utilises bridgelux diodes.

never been happier.

 

[jondamon]

Hey now. You Canadians have problems of your own. Some of your elected officials act like they're smoking crack? What the hell is going on up there?

While others who have no right to be in office, act like they are dictators. Justin Trudeau!

Even Claus Schwab likes Justin - that would be enough of a reason to get him out of the PM position lol.