JimmyIndica
Well-Known Member
120watt Vero29s are no Joke! Ive been noticing anything under 20inches and start bleach/burn.It's hard to say..before I bought it, I was being told by other folks that there was no way it was going to give me performance of a 1000watt HPS.. even though the manufacturer claims it will outperform one in the designated footprint and recommended distance away from the canopy.
I was almost starting to believe the naysayers and thought to myself.. well maybe it'll be somewhere in performance close to what you are saying around 750 watt... but.. man I gotta say..
The moment I turned this thing on.. I was blown away. Floored with the performance of how bright it was. I had a buddy over who also grows with 1000 watt HID.. and he said ..."Damn that thing is brighter than the 1000 watt," and it does appear to be from just visual observation. I don't own a fancy light meter or anything to test it.. but I will probably pick up some kind of meter to take readings.. because I would like to measure it's performance along different areas of the canopy.
But I do gotta say this.. it is stunning. Can't really say much more than that. It's hard to describe how impressive a light is without data.. but I was shocked, floored. The power and intensity coming off of this thing. It's a remarkable piece of equipment with a big "WOW Factor."
I've seen the KIND and Blackdog upper end models that top out close to $2k... they don't even come close to the same level of amazing, nor did they give me the level of thrill that I experienced when I switched this bad boy on for the first time.
I don't regret buying it for a second. I would love to own 4 of them. Each at 4000k One on each side of my hood. Create the ultimate full spectrum grow footprint to help assist the plants in that overlap of HPS and LED create a fully realized cannabinoid profile.. as it was called by Clarke in his "Marijuana Botany Book"... bring out that heavier resin profile.. more terps.. louder, better bud. =)
Over the last few months the optics have been producing anywhere from .75 to 1.75 gpw depending on strain. 1.25 has been average. Buds have been dense and greasy to.