Soo Many Leds.

[lotus710]

Hey guys. Ive been searching threw all the different led grow lights and i can NOT make up my mind. Platinum series, kind led, G8 led and soo many others. Ive went threw all the buying guides and spoke to every company. Everyone mentions something about china. I want to speak to people that have been using leds for years. I wanna know who you trust and why. Thanks a lot in advance!

 

[lotus710]

just btw. ive made a choice and got the platinum led p450. and holy shit! its doing better then my 600w hpsXD

 

[Dion]

sorry i missed this one

i trust no one so i build my own

 

[lotus710]

do you have any grow journals? id love to see your work with your own lights

 

[Dion]

not at the moment sorry
I moved here from another forum that was shut down and won't be growing at my current location due to security issues.

I can show you non medical plants (chilli, lettuce and strawberries) that I use my lights for right now but i don't think its of any interest to you

 

[Mikell]

but i don't think its of any interest to you

Then you'd be wrong I for one would love to see that setup.

 

[floralheart]

not at the moment sorry
I moved here from another forum that was shut down and won't be growing at my current location due to security issues.

I can show you non medical plants (chilli, lettuce and strawberries) that I use my lights for right now but i don't think its of any interest to you

I'd be interested too.

 

[Dion]

k i have chillies in the aquaonics veging now on 30w of surexi f3 chips in a 40x70cm bed
will be adding 2 cobs and fruit them once fans arrive in the mail
ill take a photo now and later when fruit sets-glad there is interest i dont profess to be a master mj grower although i have grown a bit in my day i just know how to build these lights and aprox what the best chips for horticulture are and follow others threads as far as how much to use for flowering mj

 

[lotus710]

yes yes id love to see! i have a trichoceres bridgesii and two lophophora williamsi in my veg room

 

[lotus710]

yes yes id love to see! i have 2 lophophora williamsi and a trichocereus bridgesii in my veg room!

 

[lotus710]

also i wanna make leds for my veg room where do you get your chips? i cant find em on amazon.

 

[Dion]

also i wanna make leds for my veg room where do you get your chips? i cant find em on amazon.

u shoudl read this thread

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=304279

get them from digikey if looking for cree cxb
or amazon if in the usa and looking for surexi

 

[lotus710]

giving that a read im gonna get cree's forsure!

 

[Matt8800]

After looking at a bunch, I think the spyders are the best but mars hydro is the best value. I noticed the plants stay a richer green under LEDs.

 

[Dion]

spyders r not the best for sure( i hope you are talking about bml and not that chinese stupid panel being pushed on here right now)

the bml spyders are ok- but they use 1 watt output chips( 3w chips at 350mA)
id go for a neosol( actual 5w chips) over a bml anyday

but agian both these use tech from last generation the advantage of those lights is they spread chips as you should with led

 

[OldGuyInOregon]

i trust no one so i build my own

me too, but getting one of them prebuilt cree area lights would be ok

 

[Matt8800]

Ive been running cheap Chinese Mars Hydro 1600s for flowering. They have the switch to turn on the red spectrum. Im very happy with them so far. Buds are smaller but tighter...very nice quality. Here is a pic of our Sour Patch Kiss and Blackberry Dream that are being flowered under these LEDs with no supplemental lighting...

 

[Beavinator]

I have heard good things about the Neosol DS