Yeah man, i have only just re visited the growing scene again after about 10 years..back then.. I used mainly HID 400 or 600s... But did try out the 90w BLurple UFOs...I hated them..horrible light color to work or view under.. Lit up the room like a disco but only grew lanky airey space weed..
I realised after a 10 year break leds have or would have come a long way..i only plan to ever grow 1 or 2 plants for personal medication..no matter how much I kid my self that I could smoke bowls for days...theres really no point in having that much.
I figured I go big and sort out a big supply of RQS Critical, so i have enough to last when my next smaller quicker grows are under way...
I looked at several led kits QBs etc etc and there are some great lights out there ...but for a 3 x 3 tent cobs are defo the way forward Optic1 54w cobs are Awesome, hardly any heat , great color spec, no extra fan noise, you can move them around an you can get 90 or 120 degree lenses..
The latest addition to Optic1s line the Phantom XL has great spec and would mean i could loose the top CFLs and the 36w 660nm lamp and replace it withe the Phantoms mixture of Crees finest and Samsungs Horticultural range of whites..as well as the660nm far red and iR and UVB as well
...its an expensive lamp but seing how well the 3x "full cycle" 3500k 54w Optic1s have done in Veg alone ..(and a 4th is on its way).. I have high hopes for the Bloom orientated Phantom Xl ..paired with 4 of the original cobs and the Phantom is dimmable...I am sold. - FS/STELTHY