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 phychotron
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 Re: 500w LED  [Re: Monk]
#722835 - 03/23/14 10:37 AM (11 years, 12 days ago) |
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I just got a GrowBlu Apollo 240x3 that seems to be doing very well. Second week of flower but its doing really well so far.
Here it is on the far end, holding up well next to the Advanced LED. The color is more blueish than the Advanced, as you can see in the photo the plants in the back are a different color. It also only has one switch, which is fine but it'd be nice to have a second on a fixture that large.
They are also a bit cheaper, @ $940 for 240x3 501w Apollo and $995 for 200x3 390w DS400. I'd expect it to outperform the DS based on wattage alone, but I think they have a different lens angle, they have a 2x5 and 2.5x4 foot area coverage area respectively. Its always hard to do a direct comparison, but I think that by forcing them to cover a 2x4 area should set them about equal. The DS400 is in the dead center which makes it get light on both sides making it somewhat favorable though.
This light is a good example of how the LED market is, you can get the same shell with completely different inside, and depending on who you pay for the light depends on how the light performs. People don't seem to understand that they are more expensive for a reason, and that a lot of it is that there is a guy developing/customizing the lights to our standards.
"Do not buy apollo directly from China. They come with bad LED chips, mostly in just 2 or 3 color spectrums blue/red. Or blue/red/ir."
Thats like the LED blank canvas model, you need to pay an artist if you want some color on it. Just looking at those three they are all different, similar, but different. The spectrums on those are still very basic but not the same. If you check out the GrowBlu version it has 8 colors + white vs those three that have 4 + white. Some have all Epiled diodes (from what i can tell the cheaper brand) others have a few or white only. It *seems* Epiled<Epistar<Bridgelux<Cree for diodes, but some brands do better for certain wavelengths. Bridgelux is suppose to be best in red, cree in blue/white. Epiled's seem to only be on the discounted models, which makes me not want to trust them.
Autoflower Center: EPILED 630nm, 660nm, 725nm 460nm, 5700k
Grow Northern: EPILED 630nm, 660nm, 725nm 460nm, 5700k
Dutch Passion: Epistar 630nm, 660nm, 730nm & EPILED 460nm, EPILED 5700k
GrowBlu: 380, 430, 450, 470, 630, 650, 660, 730, 10,000k. Epistar/Bridgelux
Looking at those 4 suppliers of the Apollo I'd say GrowBlu is the probably the best. Designed exactly the same but different diodes to provide a better spectrum. I would not order from those first three suppliers.
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