Best LED for Veg ONLY

Green Puddin · Apr 18, 2020

Right now I have 2 air cooled 1000 hps that I! able to flower under and 4 ballasts.so the option is there to grow my medicine room .That said my veg light is one the longest at 18 hours a day so!prime up to 24.so what would be the best LED to strictly only veg with .I have about 1000 bucks to play with right now .months time I could have problaly 1500 to play with .I was thinking Bout electric sky 180? Or ttheur 300?what about HLG 550 .I read you can get them refurbished for 600 or less?I am apprentice electrician so a DIY is possible but I just don't see the savings being enough to not be able to open the package and plug it in.Maybe I'm wrong.Any opinions?All are welcome?tanks

Airwalker16 · Apr 18, 2020

Without a doubt any wattage model of HLGs B-Spec boards.

Green Puddin · Apr 18, 2020

Alrighty then

Haricot Vert · Apr 18, 2020

I'm looking into this as well. I have a 1m2 tent and am looking at the Mars 2000. I don't know what your size requirements are, but I'll bet you can find what you need within your budget.

Airwalker16 · Apr 18, 2020

Haricot Vert said:
I'm looking into this as well. I have a 1m2 tent and am looking at the Mars 2000. I don't know what your size requirements are, but I'll bet you can find what you need within your budget.

Wouldn't reccomend Mars for a veg light, unless you're searching around for a full cycle fixture?

Airwalker16 · Apr 18, 2020

There's truly not a better light tailored for Vegetative growth than B Spec. Or if you can build one yourself using strips, cobs or boards, 4000K cct diodes seem to do the absolute best. You'll hear 5000k from lots of people. I agree it's got it's strengths, but better off at least mixed 1:1 with 4000k.

1stdegree · Apr 18, 2020

I’m using a California light works

Airwalker16 · Apr 18, 2020

1stdegree said:
I’m using a California light works

Will do decent for veg. Don't expect great results if you flower with it though.

1stdegree · Apr 18, 2020

Airwalker16 said:
Will do decent for veg. Don't expect great results if you flower with it though.

Nall I plan on going with the California lightworks solarxtreme full spectrum for flower or opticled phantom xl what you suggest

Green Puddin · Apr 18, 2020

Airwalker16 said:
There's truly not a better light tailored for Vegetative growth than B Spec. Or if you can build one yourself using strips, cobs or boards, 4000K cct diodes seem to do the absolute best. You'll hear 5000k from lots of people. I agree it's got it's strengths, but better off at least mixed 1:1 with 4000k.

So is the hlg 550..... BSpec? that's some killer info man exactly what i! Looking for.the light will never see a bud unless implemented as a finishing light or supplemental .which model would u recommend? Are you a DIY'er lol?

SourDeezz · Apr 18, 2020

I was just about to make a similar thread. I figured the best veg light would probably be 4200k CMH.

Barristan Whitebeard · Apr 18, 2020

Green Puddin said:
So is the hlg 550..... BSpec? that's some killer info man exactly what i! Looking for.the light will never see a bud unless implemented as a finishing light or supplemental .which model would u recommend? Are you a DIY'er lol?

Yes the B Spec is one of the current HLG 550 models.

HLG 550 V2 Bspec

High Efficiency Commercial Indoor Horticulture LED grow light designed to replace a single-ended 1000watt HID with just 490 Watts. 1257 PPF @ 2.6PPF/W. Full-spectrum. Reliable passive-cooled design. Powered by Samsung LM301H LED and and Blue 470nm

horticulturelightinggroup.com

The others are the HLG 550 V2 R Spec and the HLG 550 V2 ECO.

PadawanWarrior · Apr 18, 2020

Green Puddin said:
So is the hlg 550..... BSpec? that's some killer info man exactly what i! Looking for.the light will never see a bud unless implemented as a finishing light or supplemental .which model would u recommend? Are you a DIY'er lol?

I gotta agree with @Airwalker16 about the Bspec for veg only. If you wanna flower with it too, get the Rspec or the new Diablo boards.

And if you do use promo code "RIU10" for 10% off.

bigmikey86 · Apr 18, 2020

Any China alibaba 4000k 240w QB style unit w/ Samsung diodes. Whether 301’s or 561’s. I fucking love mine.

bigmikey86 · Apr 18, 2020

Also a 240w can veg an entire 4x4 tent absolutely no problem. I literally just did it a bit ago. Turned out great. Even had it dimmed down to 75%.

jimihendrix1 · Apr 18, 2020

Gavita 1700e though its more than $1000. Its also 1700umol x 645w. Its what we use. From Seed/Clone-Flowering.

end_of_the_tunnel · Apr 19, 2020

Guess it depends on what your chosen flower period and space is, and how many plants per cycle, or if you are running some kind of perpetual. Can work backwards from there to get an idea on how big a space and light needed for veg requirements.

bigmikey86 shows a cool example of energy usage and requirements.

Even a diy strip build can suffice, for the budget conscious. Work out how much veg space you want, and go from there.

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