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They claim these equal HID with better quality at half the power. Any thoughts?
can you link the vids - thanks
Looks like the more natural spectrum of light wins.
totally agree about the osrams..if I was gonna build a diy panel,think it would be cobs,like 5000k or similar,and reds and far red osrams...The range in quality in regards to LED emitters is extremely important when comparing an LED. In my opinion outside of COBs and Quantum boards which I don't have much knowledge on, Osram and Cree make incredibly nice emitters but you really need to get the right lamps and in the right color. You pay for quality. Don't believe shit like TOP BIN if they are not willing to tell you what emitters they use......ie blackdog...cough cough cough.
Best on the market IMO for 1w,3w,5w
Osram Oslon SSL Deep blue, hyper red, far red in 80 degree angles
and
Cree XTE royal blue, XP-E HE Photo red, Xp-G 4000k
vs
Chinese cheap diodes that are 1996 tech
My point is that you hear people say LED sucks because of this and that, but it is never as simple as that.
any pics bro?Well, I wouldn't say that!
The test method was a little flaky, and he was not growing Cannabis. He was growing cherry tomatoes.
I don't know if he researched the spectral peaks for Tomato plants because he make a few ignorant sounding statements about red frequencies.
What I found when researching Cannabis was that most strands have a major red peak at 657 nm. That's when I switched to 660 nm. from the 635's in spite of lower photons/Watt.
What's puzzling about this is the simple fact that I've been rocking the LEDs for a long time now, and have never had a Cannabis plant get all weak in the stem under 2 color LEDs.
In fact, the only floppy plants I've ever experienced were growing in tropical sunshine.
Hard to find a more "natural" spectrum than that, yah?
Still going to play with the white led lamp again just for gits and shiggles.
It was a disappointment in the first trial, with 'lings.
I'll do a side by side with some 3' tall ladies and see if there is any difference in growth.
I'll get back to y'all if I remember. :)
Aloha,
Weeze