Spider vs Mars vs Electric Sky LED Grow Lights

[Smokinjzcafe]

"High" all & G'day from SmokinJ, hope all are Covid free & safe from wildfires.

I was glad to see Spider Farmer faired well in journal results (as these are more easily available in my area & price is great). Im currently looking to either replace my 2 315W LEC bulbs (4x4 tent) or investing this cost toward LED's (2 x SF2000 vs 2 x ES180 V3) which may last me up to 10 years.
Id like to reach out to Nebula/Sirius and others as to whether they still feel the Electric Sky (2 x ES 180 V3) is worth the extra cost (almost double) in terms of amount & potency produced and/or other reasons to justify extra costs over the SF2000, after seeing Spider vs Mars journal at this time I'm finding it harder to find compelling reasons to justify ES180 extra costs?

Any help & guidance would be appreciated as I need to decide soon?
Cheers
SmokinJ

[Ckbrew]

I have seen results with sf 2000 and sf 4000. Don't know about the other lights. The 2000 is good for 4x4 veg, the 4000 good for 5x5 bloom. Have been happy with both. Tried the 2000 for bloom, not powerful enough in 4x4. Keeping the light about 18-20 inches away from the plant works better than closer. Less stress on the plant.

[Smokinjzcafe]

Thanks for reply, Are you saying using two, 2 x SF2000 in a 4x4 tent was not powerful enough for bloom as opposed to one, 1 x SF4000?

[Ckbrew]

I had 1 x 2000 in 4x4. Went to 1 x 4000 for the 5x5. Kept the 2000 in the 4x4 for veg. 2 x 2000 is more $ than 1 x 4000. It has a dimmer if u need for younger plants.

[bboyfromwayback]

I grow under Electric Sky’s. They’re great lights but expensive. I used the stimulus checks to purchase mine so the extra cost didn’t bother me. Now that I have them, I wouldn’t trade them on anything else. If I was to purchase another light right now I’d probably purchase a HLG. Unless you’re wanting to sell it, it shouldn’t matter if you get 3oz or 4oz off a plant. Keep growing steady and you’ll have more weed in storage than you can smoke before long