Its going to the sphere. What would be nice is for the winner to do an unbiased grow with both lights afterwards.
Not going to the sphere anymore. I told him I would rather do the test using a passport meter (par-meter) because the sphere is a fallacy in measuring a grow lights capabilities based on #'s.
See, a good grow light like Amare focusses it's light to the canopy. Photons reaching the canopy is all that matters when growing & that's exactly what a par-meter reads.
Amare actually sacrifices total light output to maximize light hitting the canopy. That's why they have higher #'s & more intensity then any other light I can find.
The sphere measures total light output whether it's hitting the plants or your wall. So, a light w/ no reflectors & bare cobs would do better then one using Power-Par Tech. (Probably still win though) But when you measure what really counts to our grow & plants, it's actual photons within the footprint.
With that said, I would still like to do the test, using the proper tool for measuring a grow light, a par-meter.
I am doing Par mapping within the next 10 days & would like to include Johnsons new Quantum Dildo Board light that he challenged Amare with.
The sphere can measure lights that are used for close canopy growing. Like the BML/Fluence. Shit, the SunCloak could be measured in the sphere.
Amare prides themselves on light hitting the canopy, not bouncing off the walls of a sphere.
