The Luxor hood by Sun System

So the above post is probably right about vertical growing not being Vertical hoods. However i've been rocking The OG hoods for a few months and I have to say Im happy With them. I own 8 of them and all have worked without issues. Im running two 4K rooms RDWC. Heres some pics I ran 8" raptors with diffusers until this most recent setup. The proof Will be in the yields I guess. Heres a more recent Kickin off week 6 Flower and week 4 veg

its hardly the wrong section, and nobody had an issue until he came around.
take the forum description as it is. "growing plants vertically" that pretty much covers all forms.
besides, there could be a reflector designed for vert growing, its just not practical.

ive heard the OG gets toasty even with venting. is this true?
also, are you running the same wattage and plant numbers as before?

Looks great, do you have them at the same height above your canopy as you did your last hoods or do they need to be further away?

i cant speak for the OG, but luxors indeed do need to be raised. the light is focused on such a small area compared to your raptors/magnums that it will burn a plant much easier.

Same strain, watts, method, only difference is hoods. And the OG recommends 36" from canopy It is pretty intense light directly under works pretty good with net though. As far as heat goes There is a definite difference The OG does not cool as well as raptors but it hasn't caused any issues yet Im putting in Split ac next month. Figure there is a price to pay for such intense light.

DenverBuckets said:

Same strain, watts, method, only difference is hoods. And the OG recommends 36" from canopy It is pretty intense light directly under works pretty good with net though. As far as heat goes There is a definite difference The OG does not cool as well as raptors but it hasn't caused any issues yet Im putting in Split ac next month. Figure there is a price to pay for such intense light.

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have a link to a journal i can follow for some results.
would help out some customers at the hydro shop i occasionally work for.

Hey Prawn Connery and others...

What you said about light loosing its power because of its "travels through space filled with medium" .. that is not right.

If you look at the physics/math, light from a punctual source is spreading in all directions and this is why it is loosing photons on one spot... less photons are getting there, not "weaker" photons getting there.

Its like doubling the lengt of a side of a square .. its "surface" is more than doubling... actually its four times as big... think of this square as the target for your photons ... move the light source farer away ... all your photons have to spread over a wider area...

If you disagree... look it up in Growing books or better at wikipedia... or just think why a laser, a concentrated beam of light, isnt loosing its power over many meters or miles.... its photons are not spreading around.

Or maybe you want to compare a bulb within a vaccum (no medium) and an identical in the outside of this vaccum .. following your "theory" the one in the vaccum must be much brighter than the one outside the vaccum....

so .. not disrespecting anyone here ... just sticking to the facts ... ^^

And please people ... why would anyone not want to make the most expensive hood in the shelf
looking like the "most efficient" one?

Because "greener" wants to sell?

Gnihihi

(OK, I agree, this cant be proven by facts as long as no one reproduces their test results ...)

http://growershouse.com/blog/8-og-vertical-reflector-vs-8-raptor-reflector-by-hydrofarm/

I think the Luxor and Og would be better suited for a smaller footprint using less wattage. I have an Og hood using 1000 hortilux hps and this is my first grow. It is very intense and as stated if growing trees in a 4x4 I believe it to the best bet. The double raptor looks like a real winner to me with 1000 hps and 4-600 mh. I'm really impressed thus far. This is my first grow and I'm running 4 super lemon haze in 2.2 gallon airpots.