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I need to buy an new flowering light for next grow led or hps which is best?

what is your preference for flowering

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eugene b

eugene b

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Hi am curious about led lights, i am using a 600w hps red spec for flower at the moment and need to invest into another flowering light what are the pro's and con's of using a led as opposed to a hps?
 
ghb

ghb

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HPS or you will buying a shit model a that price, the quality ones good enough to flower the same area as a 600 are near enough a grand
 
eugene b

eugene b

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ghb said:
HPS or you will buying a shit model a that price, the quality ones good enough to flower the same area as a 600 are near enough a grand
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wow that's unreal man so much cash why so expensive?
 
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spek9

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100% agree with @ghb. You want to stick with HPS if that's your budget, for the very reason stated (can't get anything of quality with a decent wattage for that price).

-spek
 
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spek9

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eugene b said:
wow that's unreal man so much cash why so expensive? if i paid that kind of money i would expect buds the size of melon's!!!
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A decent LED that can compete with a 600w or 1000w HPS will run you $900+ very quickly.

-spek
 
eugene b

eugene b

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spek9 said:
A decent LED that can compete with a 600w or 1000w HPS will run you $900+ very quickly.

-spek
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i guess thats about 550 in english money....im thinking these lights go on indefinetly as apposed to hps having to have new bulbs still a decent hps lid and bulb is about 80 pounds here a massive difference!!! is there much difference in yeild?
 
ghb

ghb

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us mere mortals could never get dense buds and large yields from t5 lighting, stick to hps if you want an easy life.
 
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spek9

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eugene b said:
i guess thats about 550 in english money....im thinking these lights go on indefinetly as apposed to hps having to have new bulbs still a decent hps lid and bulb is about 80 pounds here a massive difference!!! is there much difference in yeild?
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LED proponents claim there to be, but I honestly doubt it. Less heat and electricity savings are the real benefit of LED. I veg with LED, but flower only with HPS, and I'm content with my yields.

-spek
 
eugene b

eugene b

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spek9 said:
LED proponents claim there to be, but I honestly doubt it. Less heat and electricity savings are the real benefit of LED. I veg with LED, but flower only with HPS, and I'm content with my yields.

-spek
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good to know man thx
 
eugene b

eugene b

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RM3 said:
I'm a mere mortal :)

https://www.rollitup.org/t/light.853779/
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it is impressive you can get the kind of buds that a person would use a hps to get from. kudos to you rm3...im current;y using 3 duel spec cfl's for 2 plants that are in flower and 4 new plants in vedge i have to say the plant i have under the hps is budding better than the 2 under cfl...i have 8 new blue spec t5 bulbs and am getting the light unit in january and will be using these lights for the full vedge stage...ill get some red spec bulbs too and try these in the new year rm3 as they are a lot cheaper to run than hps ill let you know how it goes-)
 
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