Hi all
I've been following this thread for a little while now, nice to find so many other LED enthusiasts out there.
I have been an LED grower/enthusiast for a few years now. I have bought a few lights from some of the LED grow light companies mentioned, but I have never been that happy with the results considering some of the prices I have paid...
I have been building my own grow lights for the past 2 years and have had some great results.
I have made a couple of "breakthroughs" in regards to spectrum/light intensity etc.
I am now in the process of designing my own type of LED grow light, which will be on the market in January 2012.
I have been designing my light to the following criteria:
-High-Performance in terms of PAR
-Practical
-Optimal spectrum for plant growth (in terms of light used by cannabis, not all green leaved plants like many other grow light companies, the data that alot of them use, is quite old and holds no real bearing to cannabis's preferred spectrum)
And finally affordability (something I have really been working on. Some of the prices I have seen advertised for other grow lights are absurd)
My question to you guys is this....
What do you most want to see in an led grow light, what are the biggest factors that come into play for you, when deciding what grow light you choose?
If this post has no place in this thread, then by all means do not reply or delete if necessary.
I am an honest grower who has a major interest in growing with LED's. I want to build a decent light that hopefully will become popular through how it performs...without using some of the misleading marketing hype that I have seen used all too often.
I would like to see an led with a dilable spectrum (like magnums but more fine tunable)
It should have some UVB leds that you can turn on and off with a switch so during budding u can switch em on to help thc production.
It should have a footprint of at least 4' X 4' and a canopy penetration equal to a 600 watt HPS
It should use less than 450 watts actual power draw.
Should use a mix of lenses, 60 degree along edges, 90 degrees. In middle and 120 degrees in center.
Should be a 7 band spectrum to include cholorphyll a and b peaks, some uvb and some far red to reduce darkness time (730nm)
Use a mix of 1 watt and 3 watt chips.
Have some amber leds too for carotene
Should remain below 85F exhaust air from light.
Lastly, it should have swappable modules and an efficient power driver with built in surge protection
I would pay $1600 or more depending on actual wattage....