Well pretty clear that the market hasn't brought the price down yet, but i think you hit on a good point about the value of the lamps.

If you have led that is giving you 5 times as long a lifespan and costing a fraction of the cost to operate compared to hps, it is worth the higher cost.site

I came across an interesting calculation of the cost of led versus hps at http://www.growrevolution.com/files/casestudy02.pdf

According to this chart, depending on the cost of electricity, with these lamps you are gonna save 38% to 47% just on the cost of powering the light not counting the additional savings from cooling. So I guess if you have to cooll too you will save well over 50% to run an led versus the same hps.

Probably better to just pay the cost and consider it an investment rather than waiting for the prices to come down to hps -- your still ahead if at the high prices of today.
guapogrower Reviewed by guapogrower on . LED Grow Light Prices - What would be reasonable? I know lots of people still aren't convinced on LED grow lights, despite some pretty good results from members here and elsewhere. It looks like the market price for the Procyon 100 is about $599 and the place to get those is .. Then there is the UFO, which market rate seems to be about $595 and those are mostly available from There are lots of 'knockoffs' of the UFO out there, and some jackass who put a dimmer switch on a squared off procyon... but those haven't brought the price down.. Rating: 5