led grow light guide - choose the best led plant light for your indoor garden
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LED Buying Guide
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Differentiating Features Price Power Spectrum Coverage PAR Warranty
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Price
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Best Values Under $200
Lighthouse Hydro 90 watt UFO
74 watts6-band spectrum; 188 umol$197.95
Advance Spectrum 90 watt UFO
54 watts4-band spectrum$169.97
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SolarFlare 220165 watts5-band spectrum; 745 umol$439
Advance Spectrum MAX 360
216 watts6-band spectrum$497
Best Values Under $500
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Kind LED K3 L600320 watts12-band spectrum$895
Advance Spectrum MAX 900
270 watts6-band spectrum$997
Best Values Under $1000
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Kind LED K5 XL1000650 watts12-band spectrum$1695
SolarStorm 880650 watts6-band spectrum; 2439
umol$1799
Best Values Over $1000
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Power
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Minimum 25w/per sq ft of grow space Ex: 4 plants of 4 square feet
(2 by 2) each require a minimum of 400 watts (16 square feet x 25 watts/sq.ft. = 400 watts).
If you can afford it, go with more power (600 watts for the example above).
These are ACTUAL watts
Power
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Power
Coverage Area
LED Units
2 by 2 feet one 180 to 240 watt unit
2 by 3 feet one 300 to 400 watt unit
2 by 4 feet two 180-240 watt units
4 by 4 feet four 180-240 watt units ORtwo 300 to 400 watt units ORone 600+ watt unit
4 by 6 feet three 300-400 watt units ORtwo 600+ watt units
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Spectrum
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We recommend full-spectrum lights unlessyou just need supplemental lighting with aspecific color spectrum.
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Two Options White LEDs Multiple colored LEDs
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Proponents claim they best approximate natural sunlight and are a perfect combination of HPS and MH light.
Best Option: Pro Max Grow
Full Spectrum White LED Lights
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Proponents say white LEDs include too much light in the green and yellow spectrum range.Since this light is not usable by plants, it goes to waste, making white LEDs less efficient.
Multi-Band Full Spectrum LED Lights
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We prefer multi-band fixtures.They all (the ones we sell at least) include white light.
Best Option: Kind LED: they have a 12- band spectrum
Multi-Band Full Spectrum LED Lights
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Coverage
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Coverage increases as the distance from theplants increases.
As coverage increases, PAR decreases.
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Despite claims, the most powerful LEDlights will give you a maximum coveragearea of 4 by 4 feet (maybe 5 by 5).
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The following lights will give you a coverage of 4 x 4 feet.Kind K5 XL1000CLW SolarStorm 880Advance Spectrum MAX
900Lighthouse Hydro Ion 8
1546
Lights With Maximum Coverage
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PAR
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PAR increases as the distance from theplants decreases.
As PAR increases, coverage decreases.
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PAR values can be misleading.
Usually measured directly below theLights where they're strongest.
You want high average PAR throughoutThe coverage area.
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The following lights will give you the best PAR across the coverage area:Kind K5 XL1000CLW SolarStorm 880Lighthouse Hydro Ion 8
1546
Lights With Good PAR Footprints
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Warranty
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All reputable manufacturers will offerwarranties of at least 3 years.
Be cautious of manufacturers whoHaven't been around long.
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