The best part of these light is the spectrum. It is the closest to the sun. I personally don't know,if i agree with the shortening of flower cycle. Flowering time is genetics. But if that same plant has a quicker flower out doors I would expect these lights to be around the same time. I find in harder to believe when manufactures of light make these types of claims.
My room is abot 24x18. In that room I have a mix of mh and hps all in sealed air cooled hoods. This room has a 2 ton a/c. I am able to fully control my environment. To replace my 12 600w bulbs I would need about 18 open cmh bulbs. That same 2 ton a/c I don't think will be able to cool that room. Yeah I could put these ($400 lights ) in air cooled hood at an added cost. It also takes away from the light by doing this. Not only will these highly efficient light in air cooled hoods cost more they are now even less efficient. So in this room I could upgrade to air cooled cmh for around $11k. I think I'm over stating but let's say they save me $500 a month on electricity. And it will save me a bulb change so that $600 for a year. It would take 21 month for that return. That's not worth it Every 6 months to a yeah something new is popping out plus the political eviornment is heating up against cannabis. I think I will stick to my current setup the I know what I can expect from it. Now if I was starting out and building a room I would consider these
These are great lights but not a game changer like some make it seem. If it was a game changer it would make a lot more sense to replace my current setup with them
A manufacturer didn't make the claim. We did. And we are telling you that the lamps have proven to shorten flowering time. I harvest a seed plant or clone plant per week. I can see clearly by my nute notes.
I am still not saying it is the right thing for you. I don't want to replace anything. I am going 1 to 1 with my 600's likely when I build my next room. I am out of space now.
And I haven't even tried led yet so what do I know?
But you are still defending your position pretty hard so I think you must want them. I would just replace the mh lamps from what you say. Just for the way longer bulb life. Performance has been proven already. We are just adding what we see in our gardens.
Just to add. I only had hps in flower before the last few months. I am comparing flowering time of established clones before and after adding 1 cmh to 2 600 hps. It was so apparent they were finishing I had tapered feed a week early and lost 20% yield on those plants. However. I can re learn their cycle and make up for the loss I'm sure and also fit one more in my system as I will have a space early. So basically more yield at the higher quality of fuller spectrum. Win win for me.
