Thats the thing though I was using epistar led diodes of a brand knock off and was only barely cheaper. Just looked again, yea theyre not much cheaper even the other knock off brands probably same diodes.
I think theres something to samsung lights growing better girthy buds at a quarter the watts. Comparing buds in full size plant getting 65w or even the 130w one per 2x2 space.
The clear winners are the mars hydro and samsung which essentially both are Im sure. Ive seen the.. freakin whats it called.
LM301B is all I can find that they use amd its on their SP series. I heard theyre only like 3 mfg in the world that make led diodes and all brands use it but some use the latest newest best tech.
Top bin of those at that which I heard of but not sure what means other than it performs the best of that latest tech.
That diode manufacturing theyre not all perfect theres top bin then the rest but thats just what I heard/know atm .
I remember they used to advertize openly what diodes theyre using idk what changed. I had to look hard just to find that. like this diode and compares to other brand and says “fake diodes” lol.
So the bin is basically like the same concept as Intel CPU’s not every board is created equal ,
the best quality LED’s I believe go to tv companies first . I used to run Amazon king LED’s and had good results . high quality smoke and decent yields . I switched to a 4x4 fluence spydr 2i , and my results got much better . Photos yielding 2.5lbs per light . I just recently switched to the kind x750 , and having a switch for reds/IR/Uv should improve upon yields once again , or at least match previous runs ,
if you’re on a budget , I’d run vipraspectra like everyone else recommended , or even the king led . They draw around 530w from the wall , have a veg/bloom switch , and grow quality product for 150 bucks a piece .
I still use my king led/ for clones and mothers in veg
