re: GreenThumb J's Twilight 165W LED Grow Journal & Review - BC SweetTooth - DWC
I plan to use this LED for flowering as well, and have not dismissed the product at all. I have voiced an opinion on LED's
in general that is a VERY valid opinion.
I am giving a review,
not biased towards the company i am reviewing a product for, based on what i am seeing from using THIS light.
If i feel like the Twilight 165w is underperforming, i WILL say so. If i feel like it is exceeding my expectations in a certain area, i will say so.
For example, my Sweet Tooth is (just took measurements) is 18" from the top of the grow cubes and 20" in width in 2 months of veg. I should have a plant almost twice the size grown under a 250w MH or HPS bulb. I have seen plants bigger than this grown under CFLs in 2 months.
Am i impressed with this amount of growth? No
Am i impressed with the lack of stretch and node spacing the LED has given me? Yes
Am i impressed with the lack of heat thats been given off by this Lamp? Yes
I'm not here to praise Twilight or any company that i review a product for. I'm here to offer my opinion on the light i have been given to review.
Have you grown with any OTHER panels than LUSH? not including the Twilight panel you are reviewing now. I'm talking about before your LUSH journal, had you ever grown with LED's before?
I feel your Lush review was very biased towards LUSH and did nothing but showcase and promote LUSH panels to people who cant afford them. You refused to answer any questions regarding other LED companies "out of respect for Lush", but what about out of respect for the members contemplating making an LED purchase and not wanting to spend $1300+ on a panel? Not wanting to spend that money on a panel that could achieve the same results as a panel thats $600 cheaper?
For the price of a Lush Dominator 2x, you can build an entire grow room, and people just wanted some information as to why LUSH is better, but those questions were never answered! i tried my best staying up to date with all 200 pages or whatever, but not once did i see any information from you or Sam that warrants someone going out and Buying a LUSH LED over any other company. Proprietary secrets? bullshit... every other LED company (that i've contacted) has no problems talking about everything about their panels.
As a staff member of 420, are you even allowed to mention the true downsides of the
sponsors products that might deter someone and make them buy a non sponsor product, or are you required to showcase them, which is then no longer an unbiased review of the product.
You say that your harvest under the LUSH was greater than under HID's but i would argue this point with the following fact.
Even you John, we all become better growers after each grow and harvest, which is why i feel your harvest was only EQUAL to that under HID lighting. You simply get better and better each time you grow, thus perfecting your techniques and methods, getting the most out of your equipment and growing skills, and producing a bigger harvest every time.
I looked at your numbers you posted about the yields.. you BARELY squeezed out a bigger harvest under the LED's, and i attribute that to being a better grower each grow.
If we grew less and less each harvest, one should wonder what they are doing wrong, no?
If you grew the same genetics of plants
side by side using the same room, same nutrient recipe, same everything except for the lighting, you would have a very fair situation to make the HID vs LED argument.
I'm not counting out this LED panel at all, but i have every right to voice my opinion on LED's based on the proof and information thats out there.
That proof is LED's dont
outgrow HID's..... YET!!! LED's are emerging as a fast growing technology, but theres a reason large nutrient companies dont use LED's in their test facilities.. theres a reason why all the BC GreenHouses dont use LED's in their growing facilities. Theres a reason that medical marijuana growing facilities DONT use LED's. Its not the cost, these companies all receive government funding and have millions in funds to spend on lighting and Air Conditioning, but they go with whats PROVEN to work time and time again.
They simply get more yield from traditional HID lighting.
And when people are looking at return on investments, LED's dont compare to the ROI an HID set up can provide. And looking at most people here on 420, we're all on a budget and all have troubles finding and affording our medicine.
I enjoy discussions like this John, please do not look at this as a personal attack or anything towards you.