Yeah, thanks collective it helps a lot I really need to talk to her she seems nice and seems to help people get the light they need. I'm associated with another website and they are all against LED lights they say there is no way to get the performance for the price LED is over rated cost to much etc etc. I was hoping to maybe work something out to get a decent light or atleast help at it.
what pushed me to try led was this company and one 420mag member that grows with this companys light.
so the reason i never tried led was because the price and negative talk about them from growers that never used them. now the price was always to high for me to "try" them out being around 2000-4000 back in the day for a good reviewed one. now that prices have dropped and all led manufactures are competing this seemed like the time for me to try it on my own.
now talking the fiance into me spending 650 on a light was fun. i remember telling my dad about it and he was like (6.50? doesnt seem to terrible) we had a good laugh about it.
so this was the way i went about that..
i was in need of a new light, and i needed to light up a 4.5x4.5 tent. (so new light was coming either hps or led) and fiance knew this.
200-250 for a xxl hood
150-200 for a 1000w ballast
100 for fan (comes with carbon filter i typically dont use)
60 for hortilux sphps (every 6 months)
total of around 500 not counting multiple bulbs over a period of 6-10 years.
was enough to get me to try it at least, and has won me over. i still like hps and may start using one for the winter (i like not having to use heaters during the winter in the mtns) and with this led i would have to run a heater. which is not factored in to the 500 above
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