i spoke online with eshine a lil while back about the new pled case and spectrum. they said they make those custom and that they would not sell them directly to end user.
Its not the fact that advanced and platinum are similar? I am from the mindset that growing high quality meds is hard enough by itself for new growers. It should not give someone a headache trying to sort thru all the led bullshit. A new grower should know that Platinum/Advanced/Blackdog/Kind and couple others are basically hotspot fixtures that cover maybe 50% what they claim for flower. And the price they charge for 2 year old tech! That should keep people away from them. period. For the price these companies charge instead you can have fixtures from Area51 and Optic Lighting. These companies are proven and there people just like us! Do you want old tech? or new tech for same price? There great veg lights though!! The companies that don't follow suit and switch to COB are gonna be long gone in 2 years! So those great warranties will end then also!
, my operation, I will be looking for the best output per $. I recognize that LEDs are the future and with any emerging business/technology/industry there is a lifecycle! We, my friends, are the cutting edge of societal acceptance of this technology. While LEDs have been around for quite some time, it has only been recently where we have been able to harness LEDs for horticultural purposes. There will be a lot of debate for many of the upcoming years over which company/tech is most suitable for cannabis. I for one would like to be a contributing member in determining this decision!
Yes I do regret buying the KIND K5 750! And yes it does take plants from seed to harvest , But heres the thing. I thought I knew everything about LED tech so I bought my Kind and came on here and said look my new K5 series! Its awesome! Certain people basically laughed at me and told me I got suckered! And then couple people said try a A51 or Apache Tech! So I bought 2 RW150s and they are a better than the K5. I will explain it again why I Platinum/Kind/Blackdog/Cali Lightworks and others alike. The technology they use are 2 to 3 years old. Some like the Platinum are not even using 5 watt chips? are you kidding me? A51 and Optic are 2 generations ahead of Platinum!! And the price for Platinums HotSpot fixtures? The coverage area is a lie on Platinums website! Just look at the height rec. at 18 inches! The P450, A 274 watt flower light! They say at 18 inches the coverage is 4 ft x 4.5ft! HA HA HA. The actual coverage area for the P450 is 2x3 ft MAX......You would have to put the P450at 30+ inches to cover 4 x 4.5ft area! Oh by the way Area51 cover a 2x3 area with 155watts with the RW150!! almost 1/2 the wattage.I could go on! PLATINUM LED spectrum has to many Blues and greens for flowering!! Just not a good spectrum! And I have been reading on 420 that there selling old light models instead of the New updated models with 12 band ? Sorry I don't know about you but I don't want Platinums old models_ shit I didn't want there new ones! At this moment the best LED fixture is Optic Lightings BridgeLux Vero29 or Cree CXA3070 COB units until AREA51 Vero29 UPDATED units come out! OR DIY? There is nothing that compares unless a grower wants The Big Guns >Apache tech? THERE IS SO MUCH CONFUSION DURING THIS TIME! The legit companies are trying to stay afloat until the market situates itself! While others companies are scamming uneducated people out there money with excagerated claims and shit componets!,But great warranty! Warranty Isnt shit this business no more! Its all do it yourself servicing! Imagine if the $ going to Platinum and alike was going to the companies that are gonna be around in 2-3 years! Its hurting the advancement of Horticulure LED tech with companies like These!I saw in one of the older threads ( Feb 2015) that you yourself own a Kind LED, and some area51s, so does that mean you regret your purchase of the Kind? Have you been swindled? I have read more than a handful of negative reviews of the Kind and I see you have grouped Kind in with the Plats, so I would like your take on it. Has the Kind been able to take you from start to finish?
Here's the deal: When it comes time later in the year when I need grow,
I haven't looked through all of this site, but is there a site-wide competition against all LEDs? By this I mean all other factors being the same, ie pot size, medium, known stable strain, nutes --- a head to head competition against similar power rated LEDs from this site's members?
Can you do that head to head competition for us Between the Optic CXA3070 3000K 80 CRI 200 watt and the PLATINUM P450? Sucks that P450 will have 74 more watts? Did you know that the optic 200watt cob was same price as P450? And yes I was swindled out of 1150 bucks for my KIND!I saw in one of the older threads ( Feb 2015) that you yourself own a Kind LED, and some area51s, so does that mean you regret your purchase of the Kind? Have you been swindled? I have read more than a handful of negative reviews of the Kind and I see you have grouped Kind in with the Plats, so I would like your take on it. Has the Kind been able to take you from start to finish?
Here's the deal: When it comes time later in the year when I need grow,
I haven't looked through all of this site, but is there a site-wide competition against all LEDs? By this I mean all other factors being the same, ie pot size, medium, known stable strain, nutes --- a head to head competition against similar power rated LEDs from this site's members?
