LED vs HPS

HPS is the best thing since sliced bread

Nothing better than HPS

Nothing

HPS 4 lyfe

mercury vapor FTW

I'm going to run LEDs next in my 4x4 just to compare to my 630 CMH yields. It'll be nice to have a little less heat to worry about this summer, and I'm curious because I've never flowered under LED, but unless the yield is much higher, I'll prob continue to use my CMH during the winter. I admit, I am excited to compare them though.

a mongo frog said:

Nothing better than HPS

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Alright well I guess that settles that. Debate Over.

Brettman said:

Debate Over.

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Wait!!!! No......

Candles are the best indoor grow light, because they are most like the sun.

Brettman said:

Alright well I guess that settles that. Debate Over.

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Good to see this FINALLY settled

bk78 said:

Good to see this FINALLY settled

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Yup for sure. The Frog has spoken, it’s all over. Go grab yourself some old streetlights.

HPS lights are very good but I have just switched to a High powered LED light and it is supposed to be the equivalent of a 800 watt HPS and it's only pulling 450 watts off the mains so I would have to say LED lights are better than HPS, it's come a long way and LED is now in the lead. The only problem with a good LED light is the fact it's very expensive you can look to spend about $1,000 on a good led light

harrychilds said:

HPS lights are very good but I have just switched to a High powered LED light and it is supposed to be the equivalent of a 800 watt HPS and it's only pulling 450 watts off the mains so I would have to say LED lights are better than HPS, it's come a long way and LED is now in the lead

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What’s a 800w hps? Are they new or something?

bk78 said:

What’s a 800w hps? Are they new or something?

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No, no. I mean my 450watt LED light is the equivalent to a 800watt HPS bulb. There's no such thing as a 800 Watt HPS but if there was then my LED light would be the equivalent lol the only problem with led lights is they can be very expensive.

harrychilds said:

No, no. I mean my 450watt LED light is the equivalent to a 800watt HPS bulb. There's no such thing as a 800 Watt HPS but if there was then my LED light would be the equivalent lol the only problem with led lights is they can be very expensive.

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Dude we know already LED is way better...... God Dammit.................................................................................................................................................

Oh yeah well my led replaces a 1200w hps and only consumes 95watts !! It’s frigging incredible.

Brettman said:

Oh yeah well my led replaces a 1200w hps and only consumes 95watts !! It’s frigging incredible.

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i've got the same one. and 80 of those 95 watts are for the cooling fans ! 15 watts of light in a 10x10.

harrychilds said:

No, no. I mean my 450watt LED light is the equivalent to a 800watt HPS bulb. There's no such thing as a 800 Watt HPS but if there was then my LED light would be the equivalent lol the only problem with led lights is they can be very expensive.

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So which HPS lamp is that efficiency based off of? Since 600w lamps are much more efficient than 250w lamps, you'd get more light from a single 600w HPS than you would from three 250w HPS lamps.

PJ Diaz said:

So which HLS lamp is that efficiency based off of? Since 600w lamps are much more efficient than 250w lamps, you'd get more light from a single 600w HPS than you would from three 250w HPS lamps.

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The 800w bulb bro, can’t you read?

Rurumo said:

I'm going to run LEDs next in my 4x4 just to compare to my 630 CMH yields. It'll be nice to have a little less heat to worry about this summer, and I'm curious because I've never flowered under LED, but unless the yield is much higher, I'll prob continue to use my CMH during the winter. I admit, I am excited to compare them though.

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Hey Rurumo, did you do it? How did they do?