Sorry Nocturn3, I really just dont care that your that far behind and cant seem to even understand what I am saying or grasp it.
Not trying to be an ass, I just wont go into a debate I cant win simply because you lack the knowledge of LED capabilities....TODAY!
No worries, the general mass will get caught up soon enough on just what LED lighting can do an how they will replace HID lighting...except for the hardhead diehards....hehe
Dont worry Nocturn3, you will be "enlightned'' soon enough.
CUrrently there is only one company I know of that make the true 300W and 600W LED 5 band lights. Each of the 5 bands of colors/spectrums can be controlled seperatly. Like when your in veg you just turn on the blue band and so on.....even has UV and IR that is also computer controlled. These lights are bad to the bone and blow ANY HPS light away. Im telling you its not even a fair comparison.
The UV can be used to increase trichrome production like you have never seen! Literaly must see to understand! I just wish they didnt cost like 3 grand......the only down side to them....unless you happen to be rich..hehe
Hopefully the price will come down maybe after they are pushed on the market. Might be that only "Elite" growers and true hobbiest will be using these type LED's....who knows......
Peace!
Okay, i'll put this another way:
You're saying that paying 3+ grand for a light is a good idea. I could take that 3 grand, use it to setup a decent HPS grow, including fans, CF, nutes, and also cover all the running costs, for many grows.
Then after several years of what amounts to free weed, I could then buy one of these super-duper LED lights, which by then costs just a couple of hundred, because they are now mass produced and affordable. Also, by this point, tweaks have been made, a few extra parts of the spectrum have been added in for completeness, and your original 3 grand prototype is an outdated, inferior model compared to the cheaper, refined version.
Or I could buy the 3 grand light now, just to be part of "the future", and still have to cover all the other setup and running costs of any grows I undertake, only to be gutted in a few years time when my expensive light is worth fuck all by comparison, and I have to upgrade anyway.
I have a very good idea of how technology advances, moreso than you by the sounds of it. I get the feeling that you have made some retarded purchase of an inferior light, and now are trying to desperately justify it by making yourself out to be some kind of visionary who is ahead of your time.
What light do you currently use, just out of curiosity?