Hps grow lights use copper, steel, glass, gases.
What makes up the cost of a led?
Why do you think they are dropping in price?
When electronic manufacturers come out with something new what do they do with the models or units that have already been produced?
My point is you can buy a light that you only need to hang and vent for $125us and it will work from seed to bud.
A T5 is more common and more widely used from beginner to pro, it will be easier to ask for help when you are having problems.
It makes it easier to figure out how to advise someone using a T5 because they can read right on the bulb what brand it is. You cannot do that with a led because the chips are sourced from different manufacturers then assembled by the fixture manufacture making it difficult to know what you're actually getting. I'm not talking about nothing more than what is a good light to start out with.
I've seen enough people using LEDs that they paid $500+ dollars on and my back up magnetic ballast and
hortilux bulb w/vented hood blows it out of the game completely. Heat, power consumption, weight of fruit, duration of grow, overall cost.
I'm growing plants not selling lights, I'm biased to money not a light.
