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OK, So eBay Chinese LED Gro-Panels...Yes or No?

Im a bit late to this post and I dnt know if people talked about this but leds will not add much heat at all but even the cheap leds can grow awesome plants iv used the chineese leds 350w true but in my personal exspereince BESTVA 1000w (200w true) grows plants twice as fast as the chineese no name. I love that bestva light I personaly find it stronger than my eye hortilux blue 400w HID. I would definitly recomend for cheap lights either BESTVA or vipraspecra. In my exspereince for a 3x3 area u will need 2 lights for sure to flower properly. Leds are like lazer beams and 90percent of the light only gos straight down. Dnt waste ur money on the no name chineese lights they dnt work very well, dnt get me wrong they work just not as gd at bestva or vipraspectra 300. When buying an led check the diode colors and fine one with uv light if u can uv has been proven to increase potency.
 
Morning 600m, mcubed476 is right about the cobs, very, very efficient, no heat, not hardly noticed on electric bill.Check them out for yourself , one will grow the Hell, out of a plant. 2 or 3 even better. Good Luck on whatever light you choose. They also help grow dense bud, without the fluff.
 
How long have you been using them daas? I'm very happy with them and would recommend them to anyone. The guy I got mine from, the one who started making autocobs, is really cool. He was very responsive in getting back to me
 
Mornin 476 Both of my sons are using Big Smo, cobs and they both just harvested their plants and you talk about the prettiest, the best smelling rock hard bud I've seen in a long time. My tent is to damn small right now so I'm using 145watt led to veg. with then I'm gonna use my new 315lec. Only thing about the cobs I don't like is that they have to be hung so damn high. After this grow I'm gonna get a larger tent, mine is only 4 foot high. My boys both got big tents and swear by them cobs . Everything u said about them cobs is exactly what I heard and seen from my boys.
 
The Chinese "plurple" panels like Marshydro or basically all others (most of them are really the same) are "not bad" as beginner lights if you're REALLY on a budget.
I started out with two of these, with one of them the LEDs started failing several months in and I had hassles getting replacement LEDs from fricking China and had to solder them myself which isn't something anyone can easily do.

I have since then switched to DIY fixtures based on CREE CXB3590 (two bars with 3 COB lights each), which is NO COMPARISON. The Cree COB lights are still as reliable as on day 1...and it's already 2 years or so I am using them....semi-outside in a greenhouse in the scorching Spanish heat, dust, etc.... I think there is nothing better than CREE CXB3590 based lights currently, also in terms of efficiency and light output.

That being said, as said if you're on a budget...and/or need a light where you don't have high requirements..the Chinese lights may do "ok" for vegging or seedlings etc.
 
That's awesome! Bigsmo is who I went through too!

I'm gonna knock my next grow out of the park with these cobs. I have 3 right now, I want to get one more so I can have one over every plant. This being my first grow, I messed up quite a few times along the way.

And you're right about the light height. I had them about 12 inches away, and one of mine started foxtailing. I took care of that though. Harvest this Thursday, I'm stoked.
 
I feel like bigsmo is gonna be a busy man when more people start hearing about these and seeing the results. They are the light of the future man!
 
Sorry 476 , I can't figure out where to comment on your reply , to f-cking high right now. But it ain't just my sons lights ,it's also lots of their friends also use big smos, cobs. Their plants look super strong looking, almost like young trees.Yep anything closer than about 20 inches is too close they told me. I hope you do well with your plants 476.
 
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