SNS achieved 2 notable marks,
1. He was the second guy to document on the Internet a complete front to back LED grow. He was the first to do it with a commerical LED unit.
2. He was the first to achieve a comparable yield on a per plant only basis with HIDs. Each of his plants produced an amount comparable to a plant grown under
HID.
No one has yet documented a growth where LEDs have reached a total crop yield of .5 gram/watt/month which is the benchmark for a competent HID grower. Best as been slightly over .3 gram/watt/month by a Dutch guy.

So at this time, there is no evidence that LEDs can outperform HIDs.

The commericial units have to make a bunch of compromises in order for them to be a viable commercial venture. I think the guys making the stuff at home are going to hit the .5 g/w/m mark first.
redline Reviewed by redline on . 'Redline's LED - DiY - Build' aka"GROW LIGHT" Hi everyone I am veggii ;) I have been working on LEDs and have been over in the Led Theory Thread and A little bit ago REDLINE joined up and posted a awesome LED BUILD I thought it deserved it own Thread :thumbsup: I hope to keep working with Redline as his style is good. His builds are simple $ cheap & practical you will like them too. I am going to post a summary of redline's post's from the Theory thread. That should get everyone started and up to speed. Hopefully Redline will get Rating: 5