Ledstar Iris-80
80 3w leds
It's along this lines of the new penetrator series with the extra lenses.
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I don't remember anything in the description about the thing having switches to be able to run 2 or 4 lights but that's cool, not complaining about it. More pics to come tonight when I replace my hps with it when it's time for lights on.
I'll respond to your post on HC's thread here just to keep my info together and from cluttering up his thread more than I already have.
Two grows you should look at using leds -
This one is nearly done I believe, uses a 500w blackstar
https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/505968-first-grow-blackstar-500-32x32x60.html
And then there is Senseimilla which pops into my thread here. He's had prior grow experience with hid lights and this time traded out his hid for leds a couple of weeks in. He went all out with 5 240w blackstar flowering and one 240w? veg light. He has one of my romulan clones in there. He can probably tell you what he thinks as a comparison between hps and led better than me. I'm nearly done with my first full grow and had my issues with heat and all so I won't be able to give fair comparison.
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/515369-960-watts-led-apollo13-medicine.html
What kind of led did you order. The HTG Supply store has a comparison grow with a 90w vs a 250 hps and a set of t5's and the LED were coming in dead last. When i asked an employee what he thought about them his response was " We sell 'em for the hype, but hps, mh, and t5's are how you get great bud indoors". i'll be paying close attention to your grow, as most things ive seen are negative.
Ok, so I ordered the LEDStar Iris-80 out of China. Including shipping I paid slightly less I believe for a 240w model than the new blackstar chrome 180w model. I had to wait roughly 15 days before it shipped but got it within 4 days I think, including the weekend. The blackstar chrome, the new penetrator series, and the new htg agromax all seem to be built around the same setup with circular sets of leds in extra lenses.
I briefly looked through htgsupplies website to find the comparison grow info for more info to go off of. Didn't see it but I'll start with what info you posted.
First, I do not expect a 90w to compare to a 250w light. The old hype saying 90w was equivalent to 400w hps or whatever got busted quick and gave leds a bad name. I have no idea how many watts they ran on the t5's for comparison.
Second issue is that leds are rarely pulling the power that they are advertised at. Often times they are advertised as the collective wattage of the leds, yet run lower current than max, making them pull less watts than advertised. Take the 240w lights. They have 80 3w leds in them which if ran at full power would be 240w. Instead they are ran at 2 or 2.5 watts making them 160-200w. Making that 90w ufo a maximum of 75w at best if it's a 3w chip.
I say comparing lights of different value watts isn't a fair conclusion. In a true scientific experiment that is called too many variables. In some ways there's already too many variables if the wattage is the same. Different hps bulbs put out slightly different spectrums. Different leds use different wavelengths in different amounts. Even the save wavelength from the same led manufacturer will have different ratings, they call them bins. When an led (actual diodes) are made there are slight fluctuations from one to the other. They get tested for quality and labeled into different bins. I learned all about this when studying to build a home made light.
Anyways I think I'm ranting too much.
What I expect is that this led will do at least as well as a 200w hps. I'm running my 400w hps at 50% right now, so 200w. This light should be around 200w. I'm expecting less heat though which has already ruined the first batch and has caused some damage with the second batch. So if the heat is down enough not to burn leaves and buds then it will probably win for my personal situation. It may do a little better than that but I wouldn't put it up against a properly rigged 400w hps in a properly cooled room
Sadly I won't be able to give comparisons because I've only done one full grow and it went horribly wrong between me deciding to seed and the plants getting horribly burned.
I think your blue cheese x lush might just be the next ones popped. I'm really needing a daytime happy pain relieving smoke. Does that fit the bill or any of yours, or they all going to knock me in the dirt? Maybe just a daytime pain relieving, I think the c99xhaze that I have in veg should be a daytime happy smoke if they're anything like Dizzle's pineapple c99
And not putting you down or anything, just explaining why I think the htgsupply comparison is bunk. I've gone led in hopes to solve or at least help my heat issue. I have fluorescent ballasts but they get crazy hot too