Best LED grow lights for growing cannabis?

[MeowMeow]

I see there's lots of knowledgeable growers here. I was wondering, what's your current favorite grow light (LED or otherwise) for growing weed?

From what I can read online:

• Electric Sky was the best LEDs for weed, and they had Earthdust organic nutrients (I'm so sad those are gone) but Electric Sky went out of business during COVID unfortunately.
• Most popular LEDs for growing weed - The kind you can buy on Amazon: Spider Farmer, Mars Hydro, HLG (Horticulture Lighting Company), Vivosun, AC Infinity...
• Others - Other LED grow lights you can find on individual websites, or Instagram (maybe Facebook? I don't have a Facebook account), Aliexpress, etc. Some of them are marketing particularly to cannabis growers but they almost never have pictures of actual cannabis plants grown under the LEDs.

What LED grow light are you using?

Are you happy with them? (what kind of results are you getting)

[Gator]

I have 5 lights from three different manufacturers, I've used them all and have no complaints,mars hydro, spider farmer, mixjoy and one that I'm sending to another member of the forum

[MeowMeow]

Hey thanks for the reply Gator. So you're saying that generally, you haven't noticed a huge difference between the LED companies you've grown with?

[Gator]

No, not really,as far as quality of the light, the only difference is ppfd at measured distance from the canopy

[Pyrokill]

I use spider farmer and have for a bit now In my main tent. Nothing measured but good growth and they have been running well for a couple years.

I also have Amazon knock off lights, fedicu or something like that. They have been running on and off for about 4 years now. Cheap and very surprising on the life and the growth that I've had. I got the 600w one but the tag on the light says 65w hahah. Either way I use 2 in a 3x3 with good results and I've also used them for under canopy lights. They run pretty cool also. Definitely not able to heat the tent alone with these.

[MeowMeow]

I've heard lots of growers say you get more yields from two smaller lights than one big one. And I bet your setup is nice on your electricity bill!

[golfnrl]

I've only ever used HLG Lamps. I started with their 100. I had two of them. Then I used their Elite 360 for a while. Now I'm running their Scorpion Rspec in the 4x4 tent. Last grow with the lamp at the 7th click on the dial and PPFD at around 1100 I harvested more than 40oz from two manifolded plants. I'm running their 350R in the 2x4 tent. It grows good weed. It's a powerful lamp. No complaints about HLG. Everything has worked as advertised. When I've had questions their CS was good. Others will say that the same quality can be had for a lesser cost. Maybe, but I'll stick with HLG. Could just be a Ford Chevy thang.