Redoctober
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Totally agree 711. Funnily enough HPS is really the only thing I haven't used, with the exception of an old shitty 400W light. It's from back in the days when the ballast was still attached to the light instead of remote, so the damn thing weighs like 50lbs. Hanging it is a bitch. I've used the older generation Spectra 180's which have given me good results. I've also done T5 and CFL grows...anything to skirt around the heat and annoyance of HPS. I may have to do an exclusively HPS grow just to have a basis for comparison. But then I'm going to have to rig up a cooling and venting system which will be even trickier if I am going to use CO2.
How are you liking those Diamonds? I'm looking into getting either that or the Pro Gro which has IR to trigger flower and UV for trichome production. Apparently IR & UV is the only thing missing from the Diamond Series light, otherwise it'd be perfect. Everything I've heard about them is top quality. They use the Cree diodes which are absolutely the best, and also why the lights are a bit more expensive. Pro-Grow advertises that they use Cree diodes, buuuuut I'm not sure I believe it because the cost of the light is lower compared to most. Not that that's proof or anything, just a suspicion. As you said, it's really tough picking a light because there are so many more manufacturers now, and they keep revising their technology. I think we're pretty much at the point where LEDs can match HIDs, watt for watt anyway. When people use LED, they generally use significantly less watts than they would with an HPS, but if you did equivalent wattage, I bet you'd get an equivalent yield, and probably higher quality too. I've heard some people claim that LEDs make flowering take a little longer but I personally have'nt found this to be the case.
Let me know what your impression of the Diamond lights is, and also how your LED grow is stacking up to your HPS?
How are you liking those Diamonds? I'm looking into getting either that or the Pro Gro which has IR to trigger flower and UV for trichome production. Apparently IR & UV is the only thing missing from the Diamond Series light, otherwise it'd be perfect. Everything I've heard about them is top quality. They use the Cree diodes which are absolutely the best, and also why the lights are a bit more expensive. Pro-Grow advertises that they use Cree diodes, buuuuut I'm not sure I believe it because the cost of the light is lower compared to most. Not that that's proof or anything, just a suspicion. As you said, it's really tough picking a light because there are so many more manufacturers now, and they keep revising their technology. I think we're pretty much at the point where LEDs can match HIDs, watt for watt anyway. When people use LED, they generally use significantly less watts than they would with an HPS, but if you did equivalent wattage, I bet you'd get an equivalent yield, and probably higher quality too. I've heard some people claim that LEDs make flowering take a little longer but I personally have'nt found this to be the case.
Let me know what your impression of the Diamond lights is, and also how your LED grow is stacking up to your HPS?