You won't be happy with Mars LEDs. They're one of those companies making ridiculous claims while using low quality/efficiency LEDs. TBH no commercial LED light is more than slightly more effective than 1000W Gavita, if even so.
DIY LED lamps are different story but I can see using them over Gavita only if you have some issue with excessive heat. Or for enthusiasts like I am. Or if Gavita is simply too big. Otherwise LEDs don't make - IMO - much sense economically. Yet.
alesh TBO i don't think there is a LED presently on the market that can compete with Gavita least not yet and most importantly at the same cost its crazy to think otherwise
Any LED 's that yield decent also produces Heat so in reality where are the gains led rooms still have fans venting etc ..
What were talking about really and what LED companies are using is efficiency / electrical savings WTF is saving 20 bucks a month and yielding less does that really spell a win win ??? seriously now if a grower is worried about 20 - 40 bucks a month in electrical cost that grower has problems serious problems .
Now if a grower is growing 1 - 2 plants in his closet then instead of a fire hazard having ( 10 female ends going into maze of wiring hahaha and CFL's )
yes
I 100 percent agree LED unit might be a better choice Safety wise but it also will radiate heat not so much as a HPS but heat is heat
smart growers use heat to there advantage least i do
Lighting is only one aspect of a grow room there are many other important things for a successful grow i put Environment on top of anything . with out it.
You can have all the light power, you want , them plants will not grow .
You dial in a room running in perfect order and yields double plant growth doubles its amazing really
As or my self i use Sun blaster T5 Ho's for clones and beginning of veg then they go into veg room 1150 watters and 300 LEP (5 room set up ) 15 k set up mini split ( 2 flower rooms ) the growth rates are incredible node structure is incredible and most importantly my numbers
I have been watching LED progress over the last 10 years and thinking its soon time to give them a try and use them as supplemental lighting and this is why i was thinking for the price going with Mars again there not stand alone fixtures
PS: people got to get away from its Chinese junk blah blah the pc or phone your are typing on was made in china
When a US led company says its all made in he good ole USA they point blank telling you a lie owe they may have put it together in USA but the parts came from china
When Seymour Duncan was making his super computer he had to order his chips and you know it From china lol