LED lights, looking for opinions

[Matriumcauthon]

ive been using a greengo "1200w" LED for my first grow, and while its gone well for a first grow its clear even to this noob that its not quite enough for my 4'x4' space. im looking into getting a second light for the box but am looking at something that puts out a bit more light. im stuck between two from visparspectra and would appreciate any opinions between the two (or even suggestions of something better in the price range). my current light is the same style, though smaller, of the second one.

https://www.amazon.com/VIPARSPECTRA-...st_sto_dp&th=1

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https://www.amazon.com/VIPARSPECTRA-...ef_=ast_sto_dp

 

[Jordann]

If go with your first choice of the 2000 I like philzon, they have decent pricing, or go on eBay and search bloom plus. Can't go wrong and I say it's better to buy a good light at first compared to Buying one bad light then another then another...I'm growing in a 4x4 right now I have a philzon 1600 which is 330 watts and a philzon reflector series 1000 which is about 100 watts and a bloom plus 1500 at 150 watts and a 100 watt trip light. It's always better to have 4 smaller light that make 600 watts over one 600watt light. With multiple lights you can put them where you need instead of one in the middle casting shadows along the perimeter. Hope this helps. On Amazon go to the reviews and scroll down looking for negative reviews. They get pushed to the bottom to make the product look better. Here a few pics of my setup. Give an idea of how to jam more lights in there. In a 4x4 tent I don't go over 1200 actual watts of power. 1000 or so for the lights and 200 give or take for the fans running.

If you can get a quantom board style light that emits a normal shade of light they seem to make Etter light to watt compared to the energy input and lower light output of the blurple style lights. Making quantom boards more energy efficient compared to the blurple style lights. Could grow an oz under 300 watts but grow a better oz under a QB drawing 100 watts. It hurts to pay upfront but if I could go back and do it again I would of put abit more down upfront compared to continually buying more and more.

 

[Matriumcauthon]

hmmm bloom plus are on amazon too, same price and looks like it might be a better option... im still new here but im guessing the spectrum and the amount of light all around from their light readings are the important parts to pay attention to?

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Actual watts from the wall is what i looked at with my first lights and still using those for nearly 4yrs.