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06-18-2010, 06:34 PM #16
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LED vs. HPS
So after checking out the prices on LED's, I think I will wait for the prices to drop... Not worth it. I see some cheap knock off LED's on eBay you know, the ones that resemble Lite Brite, but I also saw the UFO types (the ones that work good - or so it seems), at least $200 for 90W which compares to 400W HPS, no thanks... I'll pass.. And stick to my 600W HPS that cost $125.00.
There has also been alot of talk on many different boards on how LED is good for vegging, but sucks for flowering. I understand the benefits of using LED, less power consumption, better stealth, less heat emissions, overall costs less than HPS to run. But when it comes to yield, and overall time it takes to get the job done lots of people say that HPS is still the best.
I still have not seen concrete proof that LED's outperform HPS on the same playing field, I would love to see it, but I have not yet, and I am trying to better understand why is it that LED's cost more than HPS... That is something I really cannot understand since they are only pennies on the dollar from manufacturers in China. I am not talking about the cheap LED's either.
And it also seems, you cant grow as many plants under 1 UFO as you can an HPS system that can cover at least 4 plants with a 600W system and still yield big. How many plants can you get under one small UFO without losing light efficiency, 2?










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