This LED argument seems to always pop up,lets not even talk price,dont you think if LED was all that and a bag of chips every commercial grower here would be using them?Or are they all too stupid to see the light?One dudes grow on youtube(who probably works for or is sponsored by an LED company) and thats a reason to throw HPS away?lol.How do we know that those are real test results or the buds werent switched?Dont be so naive,LED companies are known for their marketing hype,its all they have at this point.I will go out on a limb here and say its my opinion you have something to do with an LED company too,you have 28 posts on this board and almost EVERY POST is hyping LED lights except one that has to do with sonic stimulation?Arent you interested in anything else besides LEDs? or do you have an agenda? because your posting history sure looks like you do.I apologize if im wrong but you go back and look at your history and tell me im wrong for coming to that conclusion.
Why are you so defensive when it comes to your precious HID? I am not saying to throw away your HID, because LED is to expensive especially for a commercial grower at the moment. Yes, the price for a quality LED fixture is high (just like any new technology), but to say that LED can't compete with HID in every other category is a false statement. Not to mention that LED technology is still advancing year after year and will become cheaper as the tech becomes more prevalent. Yes, there are a lot of led companies that use to and still do oversell and hype their products but. If you pay attention to the details and know what to look for you can usually see a bullshit company for what they truly are. Do you think that just because led wasn't effective in the past it will not be effective in the future? Technology is always advancing, new ways of designing things are always being created and improved upon but. I guess you are just one of those people that gets stuck in their ways and doesn't like change. Otherwise, you would be more accepting of my posts and their content. As far as the comment about me working for the led company and hyping leds is concerned. You obviously glanced at my postings page and didn't read any of the content. If you had you would have seen the posts about plasma and ceramic technology but. I guess that means I am working for Rocket Plasma, Alphalite,
Gavita, Philips, & don't forget Biowave. I am sorry my friend but. That limb you just went out on to say I have something to do with an led company has snapped and you have fallen. Don't be so naive? I believe you should take your own advice and actually read my posts before spouting off like you know my intentions of being here. Your conclusion is wrong. As far as the guy that did the HPS vs. LED thread is concerned. I don't personally know him so I can't vouch for him working for an led company or not (mainly because there is no way for me to prove it either way without knowing him personally and for the record I don't think he does) but after following his grow thread and videos I can tell you that he isn't someone that overstates things. Maybe you should read his grow threads and watch his videos before spouting off about someone you know nothing about.
I am someone that believes in using technology to become more efficient. So I have been reading quite a bit about new lighting technology lately and to be perfectly honest I am probably going to be buying a "Rocket Plasma" and
Gavita plasma fixture for myself. You can read through my previous posts for information on those if you don't know what they are. I posted in this thread because it is a thread about the current state of lighting which is pretty much the topic that I have been focused on lately when on the internet. I posted the HPS vs. LED video because someone in this thread asked for proof that LED can compete with HID. I posted the lab results because we discussed the HPS vs LED video here and thought others in this thread might be interested because it is interesting. Whether you believe the lab results and the video I posted is not my concern but. It is the closest i can get to showing LED can compete (maybe not in price at the moment) without an official study or each of us here in this thread doing our own LED vs HPS grow videos and getting lab results because you obviously don't trust anyone else and their results when you are presented with them on a grow forum. There is another grow forum that I can't mention (bc of thcfamer rules) with an entire section dedicated to LED and other types of lighting besides HID. There you will find many led grow threads (mainly personal grows) with people even building their own fixtures with cutting edge led technology (including the guy that did the HPS vs LED video and lab results).