Top Ranked Production LED Units

[JimmyIndica]

This thread is for the new and uneducated LED grow light people. This is to help all sift and sort through LED marketing used to sell these fixtures. Let there be your categories for Low end , Medium , and High end. Let this go where it wants to go? Lets help our fellow LED guys out!

 

[deadgro]

Area51 XGS-190
Area51 RW-150
Midrange price, high end performance
$4-500 street
www.a51led.net

(FYI, Models are updated ~annually with newer tech)

 

[JimmyIndica]

Area51 XGS-190
Area51 RW-150
Midrange price, high end performance
$4-500 street
www.a51led.net

I never had XGS but I have 2 Area51 RW150 and they are great quality/Value for the $! I cant wait to try @Eraserhead updated Vero29 units!

 

[churchhaze]

optic vero, area51, apache, hans...

All very expensive, but high quality brands. DIY can easily beat all those in performance or value.

 

[deadgro]

Cidly Apollo 8 360W
Midrange price $350-400
Lower midrange performance, runs hot, lower efficiency but effective, midrange build quality (China)
www.cidly.com

 

[JimmyIndica]

In a couple weeks I need another 200 watts or so? I would love to get Area51 new updated Vero29 in a 3K,but they are not available for couple more months I think? So I M gonna go Optic Lighting 200watt Cree CXA3070 3000K 80cri. Then when A51 releases I M gonna pick up 300 or so watts!

 

[Hgrow]

Yeah,cidly is good ????http://rollitup.org/t/kind-led-grow-apollo-led-rebranded.823971/

 

[deadgro]

Yeah,cidly is good ????http://rollitup.org/t/kind-led-grow-apollo-led-rebranded.823971/

Good is subjective.

 

[JimmyIndica]

I am going COB from now on! Just being able to receive a part in the mail and repair yourself without losing a fixture is the cats ass to me! The optic design is spot on! Area51 will also be a top ranked contender with there Vero 29!

 

[puffenuff]

Not yet mentioned but considered to be in the upper echelon:

US:
Lumigrow
Radiant/Heliospectra
California Lightworks
Advanced LED
BML

EU:
Plantphotonics
Valoya
Fionia
Grownorthern

This list is compiled based on my own understanding of the light and my willingness to consider a purchase

 

[JimmyIndica]

With COB design being put into production. Are companies like Lumigrow , Heliospectra, Cali Lightworks gonna be able to survive with there so called hot spot fixtures!, With single 3 and 5 watt units still in production. Could Lumigrow or Heliospectra get left in the dust by Area51 and Optic Lighting?

 

[blowincherrypie]

Lumigrow , Heliospectra, Cali Lightworks

Those were the three I was going to pick out quick lol.. Upper echelon?? idk?? If I were Eraserhead I may take offense to them being put in the same category..

But this is 2015 folks.. Being the betting man that I am, I would be willing to put a wager that this will be the year of the commercial COB unit and expanded use of the 315 CMH (don't need to be Nostradamus to make those predictions right??).. I'm piecing together my own Veros so that CMH (not new tech by any means) is looking like it will be the next piece of hardware, but there could be something better by that time (still looking forward to whatever A51 does with that 10w fixture we been drooling over) The rest (lumigrow, heliospectra, CLW) are going to need to up their game to stay competitive..

Or they could team up with Advanced Nutes and have a "grand-master grower" bundle package.. all to be had at the low, low cost of your right testicle..

 

[cdd10]

Are the optic lights a good purchase do they run hot?

 

[JimmyIndica]

Commer

Those were the three I was going to pick out quick lol.. Upper echelon?? idk?? If I were Eraserhead I may take offense to them being put in the same category..

But this is 2015 folks.. Being the betting man that I am, I would be willing to put a wager that this will be the year of the commercial COB unit and expanded use of the 315 CMH (don't need to be Nostradamus to make those predictions right??).. I'm piecing together my own Veros so that CMH (not new tech by any means) is looking like it will be the next piece of hardware, but there could be something better by that time (still looking forward to whatever A51 does with that 10w fixture we been drooling over) The rest (lumigrow, heliospectra, CLW) are going to need to up their game to stay competitive..

Or they could team up with Advanced Nutes and have a "grand-master grower" bundle package.. all to be had at the low, low cost of your right testicle..

Commercial COB unit is already here! GreenGenes holdin the prototype! In my opinion!