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"I saw through equivalent the crap.. read adv. straight to wattage usage"
Its not that I thought the bulbs were consuming more than 75W, its that they tell you the equivalent in performance and they lie, when I started with LEDs I thought, like they said, that 150W were gonna perform like 1000W or so in terms of efficiency compared to HPS based on what they tell you but its not the case at all. When I bought the x2 130W panels that I have now I already knew. The coating is something usual but for that price having nano coating is great tbh. What I dont like about yours is that they dont tell you the energy efficiency, the brand of the leds and the PPFD chart whichs shows how many umols/s you get, that info is a must for me, but judging by the price you have more or less the same that I have, just a different shape. For the price we paid theyre great dont get me wrong, its just nothing impressive and it wont give you the massive buds you see in the most popular scrog pictures on google but if you grow for yourself like me is more than enough. I bought mine when they were priced at 60 euros, I know every month they put them on sale:
In mine you get more information, the only thing they dont say is the brand of the LED diodes and thats because they are not samsung diodes, which are the best diodes in the market right now. Theyre probably from a chinese brand.
You probably wonder why some 100-200W panels are so expensive compared to yours, thats why, everything mentioned before.
" but to me the lumen (1st unit) output at 6 inches was close to the maximum cannabis can use.."
6 inches is gonna scorch your plants, I keep mine close cause its only 130W but not that close, they would burn. Check the output at 12" which is the closest you can get them without causing heat issues to the plant with these kind of panels when its not summer. In the PPFD chart of my panel you can see how just 4 inches is a massive difference in light recieved by the plants, in your case its the same, from 6 inches to 12 inches youre gonna lose more than half of what you meassured.
There's way too many strains for me to remember from the top of my head which ones are worth going for in SCROG, but this page can help you, if you see a strain youre interested in but the bank doesnt give you much info check the strain here:
I can also recommend you a couple if you tell me what are you looking for in terms of flavor and effects.
Its not that I thought the bulbs were consuming more than 75W, its that they tell you the equivalent in performance and they lie, when I started with LEDs I thought, like they said, that 150W were gonna perform like 1000W or so in terms of efficiency compared to HPS based on what they tell you but its not the case at all. When I bought the x2 130W panels that I have now I already knew. The coating is something usual but for that price having nano coating is great tbh. What I dont like about yours is that they dont tell you the energy efficiency, the brand of the leds and the PPFD chart whichs shows how many umols/s you get, that info is a must for me, but judging by the price you have more or less the same that I have, just a different shape. For the price we paid theyre great dont get me wrong, its just nothing impressive and it wont give you the massive buds you see in the most popular scrog pictures on google but if you grow for yourself like me is more than enough. I bought mine when they were priced at 60 euros, I know every month they put them on sale:
In mine you get more information, the only thing they dont say is the brand of the LED diodes and thats because they are not samsung diodes, which are the best diodes in the market right now. Theyre probably from a chinese brand.
You probably wonder why some 100-200W panels are so expensive compared to yours, thats why, everything mentioned before.
" but to me the lumen (1st unit) output at 6 inches was close to the maximum cannabis can use.."
6 inches is gonna scorch your plants, I keep mine close cause its only 130W but not that close, they would burn. Check the output at 12" which is the closest you can get them without causing heat issues to the plant with these kind of panels when its not summer. In the PPFD chart of my panel you can see how just 4 inches is a massive difference in light recieved by the plants, in your case its the same, from 6 inches to 12 inches youre gonna lose more than half of what you meassured.
There's way too many strains for me to remember from the top of my head which ones are worth going for in SCROG, but this page can help you, if you see a strain youre interested in but the bank doesnt give you much info check the strain here:
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