1 big light or multiple?

[NewBoy420]

What are your thoughts? I have been looking into this for a bit and i am seeing mixed opinions.
I don't know much on this but would't a 1000w light be better than 4 250w lights?
I am very curious to hear what other experienced members think!

 

[Listersmeghead]

I personally like the versatility given with multiple lights, versatile on height and foot print.

 

[TLC]

I bought an LED light thinking I would replace my cmh . Not so.
Between the 2 fixtures my coverage area is excellent. With some ladies taller than others you can lower one instead of both.
Each have removable drivers and I mounted them outside the room to help with heat.

 

[Rosti]

Lots of variables. Depends on the size of your room, number of plants, also the type fixture and the quality of the diodes it utilizes. With that said I have both big and small fixtures and I much prefer my big lights to the smaller ones. My small lights do have some advantages but in my scenario the bigger lights are just better for my set up.

 

[BubbleBucketz]

I like 2 smaller instead of 1 larger. You can adjust the height accordingly but if you scrog a big light is better. You would also get a more even light spread with 4 lights too instead of it being intense in the middle and losing PAR as you hit the edges.

 

[NewBoy420]

Very interesting boys, when i was first was looking into lights, i thought i seen that a 1000w was more powerful than 4 lights that total 1000w. i was thinking of doing 2 lights in a 4x4 tent.
For giggles i will do a micro grow lol any light yall recommend for a little 1.ftx 1.ft area

 

[Slicknick909]

I grow with one large 500w actual draw QB LED, would have rather gone with 2 250w fixtures in hindsight to be able to adjust height and light spread more independently. I used to grow in a 14x16 room with multiple 600w HPS lights and preferred them to the 1000w

 

[NewBoy420]

My last set up i had a 1000w HPS in a4x4 tent and I worked great but my light bill was expensive. So i am looking at getting a LED light either a Sypdr or a couple smaller ones.

 

[Nunyabiz]

In virtually every situation multiple lights are superior to a single one.

 

[NewBoy420]

Any you recommend for the same area

 

[Marzbadrock]

For led I'd say multiple smaller lights but hps....bigger is better! 1000w hos puts out more lumens than 2 600w and almost 50% more than 4 250w.

 

[Nunyabiz]

Budget LED for plug and play.
The best is to build your own.
Can build 4 lights that are 4x4 each that would totally cover every square inch of an 8x8 .
About 650 watts each for 2600 watts.

 

[NewBoy420]

can you point me in the right direction, where would i be able to buy a DIY kit?

 

[Mars Hydro]

Very interesting boys, when i was first was looking into lights, i thought i seen that a 1000w was more powerful than 4 lights that total 1000w. i was thinking of doing 2 lights in a 4x4 tent.
For giggles i will do a micro grow lol any light yall recommend for a little 1.ftx 1.ft area

Using multiple lights allows you to better distribute the intense light in more areas of the grow space instead of having all of the higher intensity light concentrated in only one area while the outer edges never receive intense light.

You can use 2 SP250 for your 4x4 tent.

SP250

• Mars Hydro
• Jan 8, 2020

 

[AdaminCO]

Agreed... @Budget LED
I regret spending $200+ four times now.
Should have gone big up front.

 

[NewBoy420]

Thanks for the suggestion Sara I have been looking into Mars for a while,I first heard of you guys 5 years ago.

 

[NewBoy420]

so 4 ts600 are better than 1 ts3000? reasons being are that you get a better light coverage and easier to adjust lights when needed?

 

[Gordie1ski]

In virtually every situation multiple lights are superior to a single one.

I couldn’t agree more. I have also found that white light far exceeds the coloured lights that LED come in.

 

[NewBoy420]

I couldn’t agree more. I have also found that white light far exceeds the coloured lights that LED come in.

I have seen videos that compare the blue/red vs "daylight" . Seems like the plants react better to the Day light, that leads me to believe that they need other colors to really thrive.

 

[The Physicist]

CMH provides the best and broadest spectrum of all providing all the necessary bands to access every bit of potential the plant possesses. Even the non Hortilux 4100k CMH bulbs like Phillips 3100k and 4200k claim to have uva filters but do have some uva, albeit about 1/3 of the Hortilux total uva band energy.

LEDs are better overall if you want to factor in long term budgets, albeit a small hit on terp/thc productions, ~5% cmh > led in total thc production side by side