Thank you so much for your answer. I have a 2x4x6 tent, I think 320w will be more than enough, two 240's would be too much. I've looked into almost every option, this will be the cheapest option to hit 300w mark with the cree leds. If there was an option to get cheaper 301B with the 288 boards I would get that but only option with the cree is 301H leds, I'm not sure if there is that much difference with the B's. There are epistar versions much cheaper but everyone recommends the crees, again not sure if it justifies that much price difference but I'll go with it anyway. Also getting two units I would have to deal with more custom regulations and much more shipping cost, one unit is safer and less headache. I won't change or upgrade for a long while assuming it won't break (hopefully), for that reason I decided to go with 320w options instead of a 240w bar.May want to price out 2 x 240w fixtures. It may be cheaper in the end.
Think to the future, when you may have other requirements. IE another tent, a different sized tent etc.
The 240w fixtures seem to be the best priced and they fit well in any application. Just a thought.
Also maybe think a bit about the red LEDs. Extra red light is only needed for a few weeks in flower. And they take wattage away from your much more efficient white lm301 LEDs.
You can always supplement when you need it. Enabling you to choose when you use red and letting you get the full wattage out of your fixture in the more efficient and needed white light.
Just a couple things to think about before you pull the trigger. There is no wrong answer, any kingbrite you get will blow you away.
I signed up to this site to read all this discussion and I'm glad I did, great place, loving it. So like I said I've read all of it and you seem to like these Geeklights, like a lot, I mean very passionately :) Thanks for the info I'll check them out.
You made me think now, thanks for the info. So is it not beneficial to have that many 108 cree leds? Let's say I got a only white, 288 board, if I get two of these booster strips -they seem to have 20 each- and hang them at the sides of the board making the total number of 40 reds, would it be a better setup? And the price is almost the same, with considerably less reds but more white 301B leds instead of H's. Or get two 660nm 730nm mixed strips with 10+10 each? Would it matter if the reds are on the center or on the sides of the board?No worries.
Red isnt needed during the entire flower cycle. It's not needed for the first 2 or 3 weeks when the plant is going through its growth spurt before it packs on buds, and it's not needed for the last week or 2 of flower when the buds are no longer getting bigger.
It's really only a crucial 4 to 5 week period you benefit from additional red. About the same time you use pk boosters
No worries.
Red isnt needed during the entire flower cycle. It's not needed for the first 2 or 3 weeks when the plant is going through its growth spurt before it packs on buds, and it's not needed for the last week or 2 of flower when the buds are no longer getting bigger.
It's really only a crucial 4 to 5 week period you benefit from additional red. About the same time you use pk boosters
