Recent content by mrmoeee

QB LED setups are where I'm headed, having smaller diodes with a greater spread means much less heat generation. I would still target the same watt output, but should see a drastic reduction in tent temps vs COB LEDs. Also, I've seen people successfully run the quantum boards at a constant 12"...

I actually think that LED lights beat HPS watt for watt. That being said, light is basically the plants food source. You cant go from blasting it with 1200watts from an HPS and switch to 600 true watts of LED and expect the same results. You have to at least come close to matching the HPS. LEDs...

Sweet setup! Yeah, we're pretty much on the same page.... you run 600 watts in 16ft2 and I run 2400 (less efficient) watts in 50ft2. I'd say that if you standardize it for bulb efficiency differences we're pretty much putting out the same lumen/ft2 . I like the individual light setup's...

I started off going that direction for a while. Trying to get the most lumens/watt. For this you'll need to look at flood lights and stuff like that, which doesn't really suit you. I was going to go with the lights in white just because they're more powerful for same energy consumption but took...

To be honest, I went through the same phase you're in right now. You know what I settled on, cheap China brand 300W (true watts) COB LED lights. They've been running for about 4 months now and not a single failure. They're about $110/each so if you go for an 8 light setup (see photo of mine...