Wow.... $1100 on sale for 350 actual watts on that lowest priced Aeon? Simply amazing how people like to piss money away. You say its the best LED you have ever used so what have you used? You also state that you would stay away from PLED, Kind, and others yet you buy an Aeon? What is the difference? Aeon does not go into detail AT ALL about what they use in their lights. Seems like more overpriced garbage to me. For $1100, I could have about 800w of COB lighting that I know will be beast mode.
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JimmyIndica
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I do use a kind K5 and was 1st unit I bought. Got smart quick
JimmyIndica
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Kind does suck! RW150s are my best! What u got?
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bongspipesplants
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I have heard great things about the RW150's . Im using 2 AG-1500's from aeongrow.com. They are really freaking bright and giving me good growth. I might try some from Area 51 on my next grow as well to see how they do.
JimmyIndica
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A51 are very good units. I wanna try me some Apache Tech AT600! And some CXBs!
bongspipesplants
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My buddy has used Apache Tech and ill tell ya dont wast your money. Not impressive at all
JimmyIndica
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your jokin right? Right?
grower7155
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I've heard that the 120w Apache Tech units are indeed way overpriced....the AT600 is supposed to be really good though
JimmyIndica
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If your not jokin? check out Greengenes AT600 thread
JimmyIndica
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The AT600 in my opinion is a true 1000watt hps equal! AT600 will most likely be my next buy? I don't know though? I might grab 2 or 3 RW150s before there gone, but most likely the AT600! Apache tech is the best in the business!
bongspipesplants
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No im not really. He didnt get great results with them. Now im not sure how good of a grower he is so that could be in part some of the reason. I just didnt like them either but hey you might love them. What strains are you growing?
JimmyIndica
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ok! everything!
BeerShnob
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Yo yo yo! And you thought this thread was dead! Well I am all finished with my grow under the Plats. I should have some numbers here soon. Will most likely be upgrading the lights soon the next bigger and badder... Any new developments in the world of LEDs since March?
Yeah, everyone who wants the best lighting for the best value is building their own and saying fuck PLED, ALED, MarsHydro, Lush, ect, ect.
JimmyIndica
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Anything vero or cxa/cxb based! Opticlighting,Area51 is coming out next month I think?
cherokee420
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Not to bring alive old bones but, is there a better light out there than the Platinum p1200 and p600, in the same price range (if not cheaper)?
Some things I look for in a company are responsiveness, relatively local (Like anywhere in the USA, I don't wanna wait 12 hrs to hear back from someone and I don't want a lengthy warranty process). Also, one good marketing factor is they have 1 or 2 cup winners who use their lights (per facebook/other forums). I've looked heavenbright, optic (thanks for the links in your post Jimmy) etc but not knowing a ton about LEDs i'm not sure what to get just by looking at the websites. I'm liking the 5 year warranty as well. I don't wanna piss $15k away if there are better out there, and I wanna do plenty of research. I'm not into building my own, I'll be traveling while trying to build out these two 9x9s and a veg room so need something turn key. Any recommendations from anyone out there in the LED know? tia
Some things I look for in a company are responsiveness, relatively local (Like anywhere in the USA, I don't wanna wait 12 hrs to hear back from someone and I don't want a lengthy warranty process). Also, one good marketing factor is they have 1 or 2 cup winners who use their lights (per facebook/other forums). I've looked heavenbright, optic (thanks for the links in your post Jimmy) etc but not knowing a ton about LEDs i'm not sure what to get just by looking at the websites. I'm liking the 5 year warranty as well. I don't wanna piss $15k away if there are better out there, and I wanna do plenty of research. I'm not into building my own, I'll be traveling while trying to build out these two 9x9s and a veg room so need something turn key. Any recommendations from anyone out there in the LED know? tia
frica
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opticgrowlights and advancedledlights.
Platinum is a cheap knockoff of Advancedled their diamond series. (with less quality)
cherokee420
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Thanks Frica, I'm checking with them on pricing.
You have any favorite grow journals or vids featuring Optic or Advanced lights?
You have any favorite grow journals or vids featuring Optic or Advanced lights?
frica
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I like Realstyles his stuff, his diy growlights use the same chips featured in the lights from OpticGrowlights
The 3070 and 3590, the Vero 29 is almost efficient as the Cree chips.
Basically any grow journal featuring Vero 29 / and 3070/3590 chips is applicable to the Optic growlights since they use the same leds.
Advancedledlights probably has a lot of grow journals on the other site.
cherokee420
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LOL that's badass! I don't have the time to build my own and save money, I know that sounds bad but real talk man I'm busy as hell with work, but just out of curiosity, how much could I save if I did build my own? Where do I source the chips for veg vs flower? What about the board, circuitry etc? Is it really worth it if I'm not buying my the container load? I have computer fans sitting around lol that's a start I guess.