***compairing lights*** yeild/watts/flavour/taste/ quality

[Sonnyhad]

I noticed when I installed my led 315 the plants nearby all noticed and leaned toward it. They were under led lights.

[kovert420]

Thought I would throw my 2cent in here as I have used all of the above.

CFL this is where I started growing and to be fair it did produce some decent smoke although it was fully and airy for the most part.

LED this is where things start to get tricky as you have lower end stuff like Mars Hydro all the way to the much higher end Budmaster (using these as examples as they are what I have personally ran). Now back in the day everyone used CFL's for mothers/veg now I think the CFL market is dying a cheap LED like a Mars Hydro doesn't cost much more and wont need replacing for years and you better believe your bitches will thank you for it. Personally unless you can afford the real expensive high end LED's I would stick to LED for mothers/veg. On the other hand the higher end LED's do indeed produce some real nice bud, one thing that I don't think gets spoke about much is that LED's (or at least the ones I have used) require a different growing style than HPS. If you are going to buy high end LED's and expect them to act the same as they would under HPS you will be disappointed. The main thing to note is LED's will not produce one giant cola, what they will do is produce rock solid nugs from top to bottom, I defoil pretty heavy to open up my canopy and my LED's never gave me any popcorn just tiny rock hard buds. Remember LED's don't throw out much direct heat but when you have 1k+ watts running they do indeed create a substantial amount of ambient heat which you will still have to remove, also in winter you may find you have to run a heater 24/7 to keep temps up depending on how many watts you have running.

HPS well im sure we are all aware of how well HPS works so I'm not going to get into it most people want to switch due to heat and running costs.

CDM On my second run with CDM so far very happy with the quality, not finished any known genetics yet so don't have too much to say although I will say 2x 315w CDM's still run slightly cooler than a single 600w HPS.

[StoneyTony]

Don't forget the ballasts too ; )

[Koro1973]

https://youtu.be/4Ert3fmYQlk

[LuckyAcres]

Hey hey thought I'd drop a quick update on my side by side comparing of lec 315w and led 1200w. Each light covers half of the main sour diesel. Noting that the lec was introduced 2 weeks into flowering and the difference in power with led, I'm impressed by both. Those colas are getting nice and big and are sticky as hell! Small differences though. Both buds are dense and very promising but the lec seem more evenly dense along the length of the cola, appears longer I guess if that makes any sense. Lec looks like a mini cigar, led looks like a drunk Christmas tree, there, that helps? Remember, same exact plant.
lec is off for pics taking.
thinking more about this, those lec buds are just bigger, period. Not giving any definite opinion yet but I think my wife might just get a couple of lec's for her birthday! That's what she always wanted!

[fozzy]

Lol that's not a quote... I guess I should have put more spaces in those 2...thanks for letting me know that's what people might think!

[tyler_ hobbyist]

Awesome, ya that sounds great I'd love to see ur updates thank you

[LuckyAcres]

I just started a side by side, 2 leds 1200w each and 1 brand new lec 315 in between them, 5x7 scrog. Lec came in about 2 weeks into flower to replace a t5 bay and despite late start it's already hard to tell the difference. Will continue reporting on this page if you don't mind, looks like a good place. Check out green75 lec journal, he's the lec og around here! My grow shop owner swears by them too ...

[tyler_ hobbyist]

That's a really good read luckyacres. My question is the 315lec if it opnly produces 315wats how strong is it really for growing plants would u have to buy 3 lecs to grow in a 5x5 space?

[LuckyAcres]

Hey Tyler dunno if it's too late but I found this review of lec315 by someone who writes better than I do!😅

http://fifthseasongardening.com/an-introduction-to-lec-light-systems

[Sonnyhad]

Good question! I have once wondered that same thing. I really want to know what the difference is between HPS and LED's. And even different qualities of LED's

Your quote romans 10:9*10 is wrong, check it out! Unless that wasn't a quote and I got it wrong, if so, nevermind!

[eCa]

Don't worry, will share details with all of you currently waiting for new lights with different spectrum ratio, so it's not the end. There will be more and more info about differences

[eCa]

Yep, that's for sure! Send a message to me and I'll give You contacts and promotion code for discount! Fast delivery in US, local warehouse.

[Flockshot]

I honestly don't remember, but I did have one main cola darn near the size of my forearm. It was all I could do to not tell the world. You will like the flavor also. It is a good strain in my book.

[BuddMarsh]

The problem with comparing LED lights to a HPS lights using wattage draw as the measurement is that LED lights have huge difference in quality from one manufacture to another.

Better built LED light will use more efficient LEDs and drivers so more of the power is used for producing light and less power wasted in the form of heat.
Also there are differences in the number of light bands that different LED lights produce, anywhere from a 3 to 12 band spectrum. Some brands even have UV and IR.

So comparing any LED light whether low end or top of the line to a HPS light will only tell you how that LED light compares, not how all LED lights using 600 watts compare.