Just how good are LEDs now?

vaporedout · Dec 17, 2013

woodsmaneh said:
check back in a couple years or check out induction lights

off subject but im honored i got a spot in your signature woodsmaneh, thanks

woodsmaneh · Dec 18, 2013

vaporedout said:
off subject but im honored i got a spot in your signature woodsmaneh, thanks

My pleasure, been there since the day you said it, I laughed so hard I almost pissed myself, it just so sounds like a stoner moment in time, classic bro classic I should give you credit, you said it.

It still makes me laugh, thanks and Merry Christmas

Power OG · Dec 18, 2013

this is a nothern light week4 flower under my 400w mars II led light, 1st run with it and i have been very impressed,wit my "chinese ebay bought light. dont eat the cheese.

fractal · Dec 18, 2013

That purple/red light from the LEDs makes me nauseous to look at. No way in hell would I be able to have an LED garden, even looking at the pictures makes me feel sick. And the plants always look way too dark green like they are overfed in every LED grow I have seen. I wouldn't smoke LED grown bud, the whole thing just makes me nauseous and the product will reflect that. Whatever you put in = what you get out. Stick to HPS and MH lights. . . The new Gavita Pro 400v sodium lights are INSANELY good! A 600 watt Gavita Pro system will yield the same as a standard or digital 1000 watt HPS, possibly even outyield it. Way better light spectrum and bulb life.

Not to mention the COST! LED lights are like $1000 for a good quality one that will yield maybe a half P. . . For that price you could get TWO Gavita Pro 600watt lights, a Can Max Fan, a carbon filter and either a grow tent or incidentals like grow media and a flood tray and water pump. Seriously, would you rather have a top quality high yielding Gavita system or some overpriced, experimental technology that puts out light that makes people feel like they wanna throw up? LED is for noobs, the noobiest of noobs. With Plasma lighting becoming affordable and extremely efficient I doubt that LEDs will be around much longer.

All you are gaining from LED lights is low heat. So fuckin what?

Dunge · Dec 18, 2013

fractal said:
I doubt that LEDs will be around much longer.

fractal: you crack me up.
Yeah, that semiconductor thing was is just a parlor trick.

Oh, wait....

Power OG · Dec 18, 2013

lol, some people, full of themselves, you speek as if you were the all and powerful oz, you think u know it all and trash my fellow farmers. you are a joke. some people here needa azz woopin, learn some humility in my opinion, but thats all just an opinion. i would never bash a fellow farmer becuz we all started of noobs! and i think its a joke when well known farmers act like dics. instead of looking down on people,remember you are well known and looked up to. most farmers here are not like you, i give mad respect to all great farmers

fractal · Dec 18, 2013

What would a SMART farmer do? Sink a whole ton of cash into experimental tech that is made in china, or go with time-tested and proven high-quality equipment from the likes of Gavita and Can fans? No contest.

If we were on a space shuttle I'd probably learn to appreciate LED lights. But we're not. I'm not bashing any Farmers on their grow skills. Just expressing how I think LED lights are a gimmick, and the spectrum they put out literally makes me feel sick to my stomach. Much is lacking in the current technology, only a fool would spend that kind of money on a toy.

ken dog · Dec 19, 2013

LED lights, do not make you sick when you look at them... That is a bunch of bull.

lol:) only a fool would say LED lights make them sick. lol:)

vaporedout · Dec 19, 2013

+1 on the dark green, but i like that look. ive always wanted to try LED growing and smoking. just moved to CO and theres a club here that advertises all bud 100% LED grown. thinking bout takin a look. everyone has their own opinion and i love reading all of them. i personally dont like hydro. everytime i look at a hydro plant or bud i just think chemicals, even though thats not always the case. its just a reaction i have.

woodsmaneh said:
My pleasure, been there since the day you said it, I laughed so hard I almost pissed myself, it just so sounds like a stoner moment in time, classic bro classic I should give you credit, you said it.

It still makes me laugh, thanks and Merry Christmas

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very nice pic BTW, did you paint that? ive got a couple mustang pics that i would love turned into a painting :) :writing:

fractal · Dec 19, 2013

ken dog said:
LED lights, do not make you sick when you look at them... That is a bunch of bull.

lol:) only a fool would say LED lights make them sick. lol:)

You're not me and I'm not you (thank GOD)

I'm telling YOU, that when I see a photo of LED grow lights or see an LED light at the grow shop, it makes me instantly queasy and nauseous. Like seasick, happens in a split second. I can't control it, so it's got nothing to do with intelligence ya polesmoker.

Have fun with your toys, that's all they are.

ken dog · Dec 19, 2013

lol... I guess it's easier to call others fools, then be called one yourself.

619ster · Dec 19, 2013

:rolleyes:Boys and their toys. I'll just toke on these sickening newbie grown LED buds to myself and go puke

Power OG · Dec 19, 2013

619ster said:
:rolleyes:Boys and their toys. I'll just toke on these sickening newbie grown LED buds to myself and go puke
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Gamrstwin36 · Dec 19, 2013

Haven't grown with LED. .have smoked it's work and Danky Doodle Dandy i felt. Gotta close pal engineering over at GE. .And he claims they Will make a LED splash soon . Don't know the Gospel but indagro is on my radar .i think max frost has something go check out his thread..

fractal · Dec 19, 2013

Today was a HUGE eye opener with obsoul33t's thread about the 315watt new ceramic halides. These new CMH fixtures and bulbs kick the everloving shit out of anything an LED can do now, and so can the LEP plasma lights that are available and being improved as we speak.

Enjoy your grows whether its LED, LEP, CMH, HID, HIV, HPS, or HPV. lol

I'll stick to light spectrums that make me feel energized and good not lights that give me vertigo and wanna puke.

ryanwilcox03 · Dec 21, 2013

619ster said:
My LED garden with buds the same size that come from my 1000w HPS garden. But this is only -240w of LEDs:
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This looks great. What kind of LED are you using and how much did you yield I watched my friend get over 1lb per 300 watt illumitex neosol, and they claim Yiu get over 600 watts hps equicelant. I had another friend buy 25 of them at $1300 ea. it's really expensive.

Gamrstwin36 · Dec 21, 2013

ryanwilcox03 said:
This looks great. What kind of LED are you using and how much did you yield I watched my friend get over 1lb per 300 watt illumitex neosol, and they claim Yiu get over 600 watts hps equicelant. I had another friend buy 25 of them at $1300 ea. it's really expensive.

Honestly? ? Elbow off 300w?? You led dudes got me considering atleast a try.

ken dog · Dec 21, 2013

age of the plant should have some consideration.

619ster · Dec 22, 2013

ryanwilcox03 said:
This looks great. What kind of LED are you using and how much did you yield I watched my friend get over 1lb per 300 watt illumitex neosol, and they claim Yiu get over 600 watts hps equicelant. I had another friend buy 25 of them at $1300 ea. it's really expensive.

Wow that's really good numbers from a 300w. I've been looking at those Neosol and other panels using Illumitex diodes. They've done well in the gardens I've seen them in so far. Never seen numbers like that though but mostly I've seen them used as supplemental lighting. I have a friend at another site who made his own fixture using the Surexi (Illumitex) modules. He's vegging with about 50w of LEDs (his DIY panel), and will flower with his Neosol 300w. They really are expensive though but I have yet to invest anymore into my 3 year old LEDs past the initial $1500 I spent on them 3 years ago.

BTW I'm showing results from my TBS10's from growevolution.com but I use all kinds of LEDs. I have another grow finishing up now that's under some 2010 Spectra's, and will be starting another grow in the new year using Bud Boss panels. I've hit one pound using 600w of LEDs, and last grow with the TBS10's I hit .7 gpw. My grow skills aren't really up there in pulling good numbers though. I don't think I've ever hit 1 gpw or more using even HPS. I need to start scrogging or something!

fractal · Dec 23, 2013

ryanwilcox03 said:
This looks great. What kind of LED are you using and how much did you yield I watched my friend get over 1lb per 300 watt illumitex neosol, and they claim Yiu get over 600 watts hps equicelant. I had another friend buy 25 of them at $1300 ea. it's really expensive.

When explaining his choice, did he by any chance use the term "carbon footprint" as a reason he was going with LED? I bet he did, I bet he did!:asshat:

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