Best LED for Veg ONLY

Right now I have 2 air cooled 1000 hps that I! able to flower under and 4 ballasts.so the option is there to grow my medicine room .That said my veg light is one the longest at 18 hours a day so!prime up to 24.so what would be the best LED to strictly only veg with .I have about 1000 bucks to play with right now .months time I could have problaly 1500 to play with .I was thinking Bout electric sky 180? Or ttheur 300?what about HLG 550 .I read you can get them refurbished for 600 or less?I am apprentice electrician so a DIY is possible but I just don't see the savings being enough to not be able to open the package and plug it in.Maybe I'm wrong.Any opinions?All are welcome?tanks

Without a doubt any wattage model of HLGs B-Spec boards.

Alrighty then

I'm looking into this as well. I have a 1m2 tent and am looking at the Mars 2000. I don't know what your size requirements are, but I'll bet you can find what you need within your budget.

Haricot Vert said:

I'm looking into this as well. I have a 1m2 tent and am looking at the Mars 2000. I don't know what your size requirements are, but I'll bet you can find what you need within your budget.

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Wouldn't reccomend Mars for a veg light, unless you're searching around for a full cycle fixture?

There's truly not a better light tailored for Vegetative growth than B Spec. Or if you can build one yourself using strips, cobs or boards, 4000K cct diodes seem to do the absolute best. You'll hear 5000k from lots of people. I agree it's got it's strengths, but better off at least mixed 1:1 with 4000k.

I’m using a California light works

1stdegree said:

I’m using a California light works

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Will do decent for veg. Don't expect great results if you flower with it though.

Airwalker16 said:

Will do decent for veg. Don't expect great results if you flower with it though.

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Nall I plan on going with the California lightworks solarxtreme full spectrum for flower or opticled phantom xl what you suggest

Airwalker16 said:

There's truly not a better light tailored for Vegetative growth than B Spec. Or if you can build one yourself using strips, cobs or boards, 4000K cct diodes seem to do the absolute best. You'll hear 5000k from lots of people. I agree it's got it's strengths, but better off at least mixed 1:1 with 4000k.

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So is the hlg 550..... BSpec? that's some killer info man exactly what i! Looking for.the light will never see a bud unless implemented as a finishing light or supplemental .which model would u recommend? Are you a DIY'er lol?

I was just about to make a similar thread. I figured the best veg light would probably be 4200k CMH.

Green Puddin said:

So is the hlg 550..... BSpec? that's some killer info man exactly what i! Looking for.the light will never see a bud unless implemented as a finishing light or supplemental .which model would u recommend? Are you a DIY'er lol?

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Yes the B Spec is one of the current HLG 550 models.


The others are the HLG 550 V2 R Spec and the HLG 550 V2 ECO.

Green Puddin said:

So is the hlg 550..... BSpec? that's some killer info man exactly what i! Looking for.the light will never see a bud unless implemented as a finishing light or supplemental .which model would u recommend? Are you a DIY'er lol?

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I gotta agree with @Airwalker16 about the Bspec for veg only. If you wanna flower with it too, get the Rspec or the new Diablo boards.

And if you do use promo code "RIU10" for 10% off.

Any China alibaba 4000k 240w QB style unit w/ Samsung diodes. Whether 301’s or 561’s. I fucking love mine.

Also a 240w can veg an entire 4x4 tent absolutely no problem. I literally just did it a bit ago. Turned out great. Even had it dimmed down to 75%.

Gavita 1700e though its more than $1000. Its also 1700umol x 645w. Its what we use. From Seed/Clone-Flowering.

Guess it depends on what your chosen flower period and space is, and how many plants per cycle, or if you are running some kind of perpetual. Can work backwards from there to get an idea on how big a space and light needed for veg requirements.

bigmikey86 shows a cool example of energy usage and requirements.

Even a diy strip build can suffice, for the budget conscious. Work out how much veg space you want, and go from there.