Quote Originally Posted by BasementWarrior
HELL NO! LED TECHNOLOGY WILL NEVER CATCH UP TO HID FOR GROWING CANNABIS! THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT, THE END!
Where do I begin?

You're dead wrong.

LED versus HID in the EXACT SAME WATTAGE, LED wins every time. Proven time and time again.

For example, there's a video on youtube, doing a solid 90w LED versus 400w HPS.

At the end of it all, the 90w LED yielded 31g. The 400w HPS yielded 93g. Assuming yield increases linearly with power increase, a 270w LED would do THE EXACT SAME as 400w HPS.

That's just a bit over 5/8 the power usage for the same amount of product.

Also, for purely visual purposes, there's not a single HID on the market that can compete with Cree's 200+ lumens/watt LEDs.

Any further statements you'd like to make without posting any proof?

Hang on, I'll post a picture as well. Looks like my plants are doing just fine (minus the nute burn on the ones in the back right.) and starting to bud just as well.
khyberkitsune Reviewed by khyberkitsune on . LED vs. HPS are leds better then HPS and do you need differnt lights for each stage does anybody know i think im going to switch for power purpose but i need to know if you need differant lights and which types of leds anything would help and what siz LED will grow the same area as a 600w HPS thanks for any information Rating: 5