Lighting advice on LED.

If your getting advice from someone who has experience with one then go with that bro,If I was in your position I would try the first grow as your friend says using the full spectrum then the next grows experiment with them.

I dunno tang remember he's bought this off the guy, normally when people are making money out of you they like to extend the process, so giving him advice which may lead him in to troubles is going to be more profitable for mr product seller

I've always been told using the two together creates instability between anions and cations but maybe this particular product has a good balance? They make two different products for a reason though
 
After watching LED auction sales on ebay of all types of lights from many (Chinese and other) manufacturers, I noticed that they very rarely sold for less than $1 a CONSUMED watt. I tried to get a few with bids in that price range but didn't get lucky.

Personally I would be looking to pay as close to $1.10 per consumed watt as possible and I probably wouldn't consider anything over $1.40 per watt.

For instance, a 135w (45 x 3w) UFO light consumes about 80 actual watts, so I would look to pay $90-$120 for that light on ebay. Also the vast majority of LED sellers are either reselling generic Chinese lights, or having their lights made to spec in China.
 
You are correct. That is it for the moment. Check Aliexpress also, it is more Chinese but you have reached price bottom already. Anything cheaper would be crap or simple fill lights.

Recently I buy E27 grow bulbs 34W, 18W draw for 20 $ each, free shipping. Thats cheap fill light, 2 band spectrum only.
But last 3 lights I bought from China, 167W draw were paid 1300 $. Why? 3 power buttons so I can use any third independently, no fans - copper heatsinks - total silence, any third can be diminished from 0 to 100%. I love them but best lighting practicises, that is yet to be discovered, at least in my house.

When buying LED light think about:

- it lasts a decade not 3-6 months
- product that it grows is very expensive.

The conclusion is that a single dollar that you spare on quality can bring hundreds of dollars loses on product.

I have 10 LED lights of different wattage and 6 different brands altogether in my Ganjappartment.

So I test my lights but I have a big problem besides testing them. I make so many mistakes on the way to get my own best practices overall that I can not always tell whether lights or something else makes problem.
I do not know the real power of my lights since my recent photo grows ended with summer heat damage combined with light damage or killing twenty soldiers because of my own soil magic which made roots rot. Fungus gnads not to mention, they were attracted by too wet soil. I have been observing them doing nothing (only small fly) until too late.



Recently I am trying to define the best distances in different phases of growth and which light to use where.

But in this very moment I finish with the post and go to roll one of bellow LED buds.
Buds - Blue LED.jpg
 
He carried 3 year warrenty on it. Also fix for free if anything goes wrong. If not fixable either refund. Store credit or trade out.
 
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