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Bilderberg

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Because I'm gonna be going almost straight to "Flowering (12/12) you guys think one of these 90W UFO Flower Accel lights might be worth a shot?
hi adino!
Adding a led light to your hps would result in better and faster results or do you plan on using only the led?
Try to find out what wavelength and strength the LEDs on the UFO have, 3W LEDs are great, 1W not so much... You want to have the correct wavelength/spectrums for the corresponding state of your plants.
This thread might also help:
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/309037-solving-fatal-flaw-leds-experiment-4.html

pace.
 

adinocr7

Active Member
3 yr warranty is nice but250 buks for 90 watts =no good to me. imo the 280 watt blackstar is a better buy @ 270$ hell it should light 1.5'x2' alone. but over just one plant kick ass. remember when buying leds the advertised wattage is usually around double its actual draw.
Hey Joe M, appreciate the quick reply.

And thank you for not telling me I need a 357 or some other $700 - $1000 light. Just an MJ lover and light smoker who wants to grow a small personal stash.

Looks like I'll be ordering up one of those Blackstars.

Happy smoking man and thx again.
 

joe macclennan

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Hey Joe M, appreciate the quick reply.

And thank you for not telling me I need a 357 or some other $700 - $1000 light. Just an MJ lover and light smoker who wants to grow a small personal stash.

Looks like I'll be ordering up one of those Blackstars.

Happy smoking man and thx again.
i'm sure the other brands are great but to me the price on the blackstars make up for less warranty. i just want to be clear i have never flowered w/leds @ all yet but i love what they do in veg. still savin my dough for some flowering models :) but there are a few guys here who have used leds for entire grows and they have had pretty good luck. for your purpose it sounds like the right fit. i also like the idea of combining w/hid this is what i most likely will do whenever i can afford some flowering models.
btw what bilderberg said is spot on. if you try vegging w/a flowering model i fear you will not be happy and vice-versa
whatever you decide good luck
joe
 

lbezphil2005

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Good call BradyBoe! You hit the nail on the head.

I have heard that it may extend flowering into a long period while using LED's, however, I am not an expert on the subject, so I cannot say for certain.

Thanks for the comment, and thanks for standing up for our right!

-pf-
More bs by the led haters, thats all
 

lbezphil2005

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i'm sure the other brands are great but to me the price on the blackstars make up for less warranty. i just want to be clear i have never flowered w/leds @ all yet but i love what they do in veg. still savin my dough for some flowering models :) but there are a few guys here who have used leds for entire grows and they have had pretty good luck. for your purpose it sounds like the right fit. i also like the idea of combining w/hid this is what i most likely will do whenever i can afford some flowering models.
btw what bilderberg said is spot on. if you try vegging w/a flowering model i fear you will not be happy and vice-versa
whatever you decide good luck
joe
You ever heard of "you get what you pay for?" I have an LED that I veg and flower with, keeps internodes tight, little stretching, etc. Cost me 1600, but I have no need for a chiller, cooltube, etc. etc. which is what I would have to have had to run a 1k hps in my room. It is made for flowering (15 spectrums including uv) but does just great for vegging. Like I said, you get what you pay for. Don't expect a $100.00 panel to do the trick. 65000 lumens at 600 watts, whats not to like.
 

Bilderberg

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Cost me 1600, but I have no need for a chiller, cooltube, etc. etc. which is what I would have to have had to run a 1k hps in my room.
So true!
If you are a bit of a tinkerer you can also put together a led light with the exact spectrum suiting your needs (flower/vegging/both) using high power 3w leds (highest lumen per watt rate). IMO its all about the spectrum and the wattage per LED.
 

TshirtNinja

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i'm sure the other brands are great but to me the price on the blackstars make up for less warranty. i just want to be clear i have never flowered w/leds @ all yet but i love what they do in veg. still savin my dough for some flowering models :) but there are a few guys here who have used leds for entire grows and they have had pretty good luck. for your purpose it sounds like the right fit. i also like the idea of combining w/hid this is what i most likely will do whenever i can afford some flowering models.
btw what bilderberg said is spot on. if you try vegging w/a flowering model i fear you will not be happy and vice-versa
whatever you decide good luck
joe
I can vouch for the blackstar flowering capabilities. ITS SICK! I moved my grow journal to a different forum though so I really can't show yall much from lately as I am not going to repost all that stuff. If you would like to see it just pm me for the link. I had doo doo genetics from nirvana so i had one go super lanky. The proper one's cola is rock hard and COVERED in resin. I put the plants on Nirvana's site to shame with this quality.
 

adinocr7

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You ever heard of "you get what you pay for?" I have an LED that I veg and flower with, keeps internodes tight, little stretching, etc. Cost me 1600, but I have no need for a chiller, cooltube, etc. etc. which is what I would have to have had to run a 1k hps in my room. It is made for flowering (15 spectrums including uv) but does just great for vegging. Like I said, you get what you pay for. Don't expect a $100.00 panel to do the trick. 65000 lumens at 600 watts, whats not to like.
Lbezphil: I have no doubt that your $1600.00 light absolutely rocks. And I also have no doubt that it will smoke the performance of a Blackstar as well. But again I'm literally looking at no more than (2) plants max. And my 150W HPS already has done very well with my one AK-48 so far. So just looking to add a little something extra to increase the yield a tad and help with overall growth. Also I'm not vegging. 14 days under a CFL from seed then straight to flowering.

And as far as a $1600 light vs. a $300 Blackstar? I'd take your light all day long. But for 1/5 the price and only looking to yield an ounce or two ever harvest the Blackstar fits the bill for me at least for now. But down the road? I'm sure I'll be stepping it up over time. Do appreciate your feedback though. And I hope your next grow delivers some serious bud for you!!
 

kush groove

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i'm sure the other brands are great but to me the price on the blackstars make up for less warranty. i just want to be clear i have never flowered w/leds @ all yet but i love what they do in veg. still savin my dough for some flowering models :) but there are a few guys here who have used leds for entire grows and they have had pretty good luck. for your purpose it sounds like the right fit. i also like the idea of combining w/hid this is what i most likely will do whenever i can afford some flowering models.
btw what bilderberg said is spot on. if you try vegging w/a flowering model i fear you will not be happy and vice-versa
whatever you decide good luck
joe
cmon now fellas.....that isnt true at all......i just vegged with my blackstar flowering models and my babies turned out great..........these pics are about 10 day span of vegging....

check out my grow down below
 

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joe macclennan

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You ever heard of "you get what you pay for?" I have an LED that I veg and flower with, keeps internodes tight, little stretching, etc. Cost me 1600, but I have no need for a chiller, cooltube, etc. etc. which is what I would have to have had to run a 1k hps in my room. It is made for flowering (15 spectrums including uv) but does just great for vegging. Like I said, you get what you pay for. Don't expect a $100.00 panel to do the trick. 65000 lumens at 600 watts, whats not to like.
sounds like a top of the line fixture.
congrats!
 

ColoradoLove

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Tshirt - lets see some pics of this plant that put Nirvana's to shame

Guys you can veg with almost anything. Please quit saying your light is awesome because it vegs well. LEDS have ALWAYS vegged well. The flowering is what important and where we're seeing any improvement over the old lights. Please wait til you flower and have some evidence your light is good before you encourage others to go buy your Blackstar
 

kush groove

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Tshirt - lets see some pics of this plant that put Nirvana's to shame

Guys you can veg with almost anything. Please quit saying your light is awesome because it vegs well. LEDS have ALWAYS vegged well. The flowering is what important and where we're seeing any improvement over the old lights. Please wait til you flower and have some evidence your light is good before you encourage others to go buy your Blackstar
Not sure if your referring to me, but i personally have flowered with the blackstar which is why i purchased a second one for my current grow..........
 

budlover909

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3 yr warranty is nice but250 buks for 90 watts =no good to me. imo the 280 watt blackstar is a better buy @ 270$ hell it should light 1.5'x2' alone. but over just one plant kick ass. remember when buying leds the advertised wattage is usually around double its actual draw.
and thats false advertising youre selling me a lower-powered panel and saying its double thats bullshit
 

660nm420

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and thats false advertising youre selling me a lower-powered panel and saying its double thats bullshit
Are people on here using kilowatt testers to test watts?? I have spoken to people who know electronics but do not know LED grow lights regarding this and have been told there is very little accuracy when using kilowatt testers. I spoke to them about LED lights as a whole and not specifically grow lights and what I was told is the larger draw in watts increases the accuracy when moving closer to a kilowatt with kilowatt testers but on anything under 500w is pointless to use these meters on. Don't expect to get an actual draw. This is a quote "what is the point of testing watts when it clearly draws under 200w?? Who even does this?" Far as he knows there is not even a widespread need for devices that accurately test watts because it's so minimal. Kilowatt testers are used to test heavy duty appliances that draw kilowatts not watts. Get an amp tester and see if the amps are rated correctly. If so multiply amps with volts and you get watts. A x V = W and Three different kilowatt testers and the key word here is "kilowatt" will give you a range of different answers on lower watt devices. One guy I spoke to who builds his own really sic guitar pedals brought up a key point of resistance. "Many electronic devices draw increased levels as they warm up and resistance decreases." and asked me to think about it in terms of tube amps that open up as they warm up, or analog pedals that have to be "iced down" with dry ice to decrease the resistance. This "closes" them up after they've heated up so much. Sure we are talking about something different here and a much newer technology where resistance levels remain more constant but as the LED units heat up the resistance will likely decrease. I think that if you are using a kilowatt tester and you get 144 w on a device that claims to be 170, in terms of a 1w-1000w scale that "kilowatt" testers are made to test. 144 is actually pretty accurate. 170 w is only 17% of 1000w and 144 is 14.5% of 1000 so what you are talking about is a 2.5% difference that will likely decrease if you test your device after 12 hours of use rather than the first 5 minutes. I could be way off base here but what if discrepancy in the accuracy of your watt tester?? How scientific is it to just test the accuracy of your lights wattage and not the accuracy of the wattage tester?? Take a t.v. and see how many watts it claims to be. Mine is labeled on the back. Test the t.v. and see what you get. I find it odd that ALL these lights have incorrectly labeled there wattage and seriously doubt that it's a conspiracy to sell LED lights. None of these companies are getting together with each other to deceive LED users, but yet this is a widespread issue so there HAS to be another explanation.
 

660nm420

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cmon now fellas.....that isnt true at all......i just vegged with my blackstar flowering models and my babies turned out great..........these pics are about 10 day span of vegging....check out my grow down below
Vegging panels will never flower but I totally agree Kush grove flowering models will FOR SURE veg.

Let's be clear on this. LED users should really understand what they are shooting for here. The point is to target specific nanometers.
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A strictly veg model will likely have no or very little outside of the 400-500 range which is the nm that BEST provides for what's needed to produce both types of chlorophyll A and B. Flower models have both the 400-500 range and the 600-700 nm range that flowering needs. Both types of chlorophyll are produced using these nanometers as well, just not as efficiently as the 400-500 range, so yes flowering models will veg veg veg. I am loving my ISIS because of the spectrol or the spectral control that allows me to take out the blues or reds.

I still need to pick up a camera but my ISIS-fx1 $399 is flowering way better than three $240 magenta kessils. It's the first week but already all the initial budding under my ISIS are twice the size of those under the 3 magenta kessils. If this continues, I'll likely have to raise the ISIS above all six ladies and just use the the kessils to increase the coverage and penetration of the ISIS. Knowledge is great but harvested product is more tangible and I am only looking to know what increases harvest. To run it through an entire flower cycle to see the full results of this kessil v ISIS test isn't worth it if it decreases the amount of harvest so once a clear winner emerges I am ending the shoot-out.
 

budlover909

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the killawatt is accurate i tested it on my 60w incan and t5ho theyre accurate to within a couple of watts 60w incan read 58 54w t5 read 52

if youre aware of the false advertising why do you fall for it that isnt smart these people are vilating the laws by us law if it states a certain power draw it must draw that within a certain tolerance range accordig to my dad

you just helping the seller sell a lie and you just as guilty as that man
 

660nm420

Active Member
the killawatt is accurate i tested it on my 60w incan and t5ho theyre accurate to within a couple of watts 60w incan read 58 54w t5 read 52

if youre aware of the false advertising why do you fall for it that isnt smart these people are vilating the laws by us law if it states a certain power draw it must draw that within a certain tolerance range accordig to my dad

you just helping the seller sell a lie and you just as guilty as that man
A 60w read 58. A 54w read 52? I don't call that accurate. Are you plug and testing or testing over the course of a couple hours?? Seriously though how is a 60w reading 58 accurate?? I know it's a few points but when you are talking about different wattage testers and all these comparisons based on different wattage testers is far from scientific. Other than a few users on here this thread is getting more and more pointless. The point of LED is to get results from less watts so I could care less if my 170 w ISIS only tests at 144w since I'm trying to reduce my wattage. I tested my t.v. that says 55watts and it's a crappy little t.v. and at the time it said 47 watts so I guess I should make a big deal on some t.v. forum?? NO!! A couple watts is just that a couple watts so if you call a 60w device that tests 58w accurate what's wrong with me saying that a 170w rating is accurate enough for me even if the true wattage is 144w. Seriously!! What's the percent of difference in your rating vs. reading. Let me help out a little with the math. If you show a difference of 2 on a 60w device that's 3.4 % error.
 

jdizzle22

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A 60w read 58. A 54w read 52? I don't call that accurate. Are you plug and testing or testing over the course of a couple hours?? Seriously though how is a 60w reading 58 accurate?? I know it's a few points but when you are talking about different wattage testers and all these comparisons based on different wattage testers is far from scientific. Other than a few users on here this thread is getting more and more pointless. The point of LED is to get results from less watts so I could care less if my 170 w ISIS only tests at 144w since I'm trying to reduce my wattage. I tested my t.v. that says 55watts and it's a crappy little t.v. and at the time it said 47 watts so I guess I should make a big deal on some t.v. forum?? NO!! A couple watts is just that a couple watts so if you call a 60w device that tests 58w accurate what's wrong with me saying that a 170w rating is accurate enough for me even if the true wattage is 144w. Seriously!! What's the percent of difference in your rating vs. reading. Let me help out a little with the math. If you show a difference of 2 on a 60w device that's 3.4 % error.
The difference between 60/58 or 54/52 and 55/47 is a lot less than the difference between 170/144 (the difference won't change that much because of a higher wattage, device should be accurate to within a few watts unless broken). When LED companies label lights say 240w but it only draws 150w thats practically false advertising (they go hey the light has 80 3w LEDs that = 240 right? Well this is misleading because you can't run LEDs at full capacity (because they will put off too much heat and die quickly) and most 3w LEDs only run about 1.5w. So they trick you into buying half the light you think you are getting.

What they should tell people is both, tell them the sum of the max wattage of all the lights and then the true running wattage of the light as well. I tell people they should try to = the true amount of watts with LED as they were using with HID to be safe, but if you buy from a good company you could probably grow as well with a 250-300w LED as a 400w HID or a 400w LED from a good company might grow as well as 600w HID because companies make rediculous claims about their LEDs being 300-400% better watt for watt than HID and thats crap (and that 3-4x ratio is done with that misleading higher wattage rating they usually give, so then they are really saying a 150w light can grow as well as 600w HID? BS!)
 
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