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.
