A spectra 500 for under700$ sounds good to me. Thats almost half off, and near 1$ a watt,which is pretty great in the led world. Be sure to find out what version it is so you can plan accordingly.
I think you were saying Irish owns the company? Not sure really, but i would say no. He seems to report his findings and experiences even when they are bad, which wouldn't make sense if it were his company.
Sorry all for no updates, busy with life, you all know how that goes.
The plants are doing great, finished week 5, getting on the home stretch. Plants have frosted very nicely and look very happy and healthy.
They are putting on their weight, I am eger to see how it ends up. Just speculation, I don't think I have maximized the yield of this light simply due to length of buds I'm seeing, i think i could actually let them stretch more. We'll soon enough