Apollo LEDs

http://growblu.com/120x3w-apollo-led-grow-light

Can you guys give me any advice, is this unit worth buying? using it for my Cabinet.

or should I look into http://area51lighting.com/ which is a better company?

Apollo's are nice! I just ordered an Apollo 12. Check cidly.com Go directly though them (they are the manufacturer), you'll get more bang for your buck. You can customize your spectrum and it will be a little cheaper. Only downside is it ships from china.

Redzone
Cidly would do good to you most likely
Only problem is if you run into failing diodes, they surely will be keen on supporting you as long as you are willing to ship to China probably at your own cost! Or they might ship you new driver/LEDs but you'll have to mount it yourself (easy for drivers much more tricky for LEDs)!

However, with a A51panel you are dealing with a much more reachable company customer service to do not talk about the quality components (especially the leds @cree highest bins which is more "photons power x watt power)

Good luck either way!

However, with a A51panel you are dealing with a much more reachable company customer service to do not talk about the quality components (especially the leds @cree highest bins which is more "photons power x watt power)

Good luck either way![/QUOTE]

what do you mean the last part abouyt the quality?

Cree LEDs; one of the top notch led companies. A51 employs them on their latest panel, highest bins which is more photons for the same power (watts).

Cidly employs China make LEDs which they are getting better and better but they are "followers" of the big brands. One diode from China vs one diode from cree, can mean double the difference in photons at times! For the same watts

So A51 is the better bang for my buck...

Its more quality and more peace of mind yeah, your start goes "pro", never heard anyone complaining about their customer service either!
With cidly you go cheaper directly to manufacture and if all goes smooth can play with the toy for a year or two and then decide your next move!

A51 emailed me back, told me that each unit is roughly 400wats, 2 units is 600wats--not really sure how that breaks down but I'll go with it.

He spoke about BluLines product of Appollo, I liked the fact he didnt go right to bashing their product. Just pointed out aspects that are facts and allow the buyer to value the knowledge they share...

I must say their customer support is topnotch...I will be buying a unit fro, A51 and I'll post some feedback once I receive my unit--before I go and buy a ton of the units I want to make sure the product feels, looks, and works the way its described. I'd rather be out of $500 dollars instead of $6,500 dollars

but I dont think that is a issue, Jeff seems to be a really down to earth kind of guy; he sounds like hes very passionate about making a working product that works for the growers and not some Chinese company popping out units for the sake of making money.

The PAR of the new SGS-160 Cree lamp is between that of a 400w and a 600w, and the coverage is up to 9 sq ft (6 sq ft ideal), so watt for watt and coverage for coverage, 2 units will replace a 600w HPS. The PAR comparisons are pretty accurate too because we use mostly full spectrum white, the comparison is from 400-800nm, rather a few nm in the blue and a few in the red like how a lot of comparisons are done. (hence the 90w UFO and 400w HPS comparisons that are all too common)

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