Whats The Bad Buzz Around Hyrdogrow Leds?

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by darren reefnugs, Sep 5, 2014.

  1. ive got a buddy that needs cash now and wants to sell me his hydrogrow 300 watt led. i havent seen his plants so i have no clue on results but have heard thet hydrogrow isnt very good. i dont want to waste 180$ on a light thats a piece of shit, but i cant find anything bad about it when i google them for a review. 
     
    some posts here claim them to be good and some claim them to suck. this will be my first step in the led game and dont wanna fuck it up. i was going to order somehting from advanced platinum but that light is 369 and i can get this one for 180. im aware its a bit used and probably "too good to be true" but im trying to cover all bases and maybe get some imput from people here who have used them before.

     
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  2. I don't mean to stir the pot because I honestly DONT KNOW SHIT about LEDs however of the maybe 3 posts and a couple articles I've read promoting leds , it's been from someone selling them. Directly or indirectly.
     
  3. im probably gonna pass of my friends offer. i googled his "hydrogrow 300w led light" and i can buy a new one for 168. ill wait it out and buy somehting i can actually test and know more about. 
     
    i have heard NOTHING good about hydrogrow so i was hoping someone could dispell their negative rep.
     
  4. I have a gen1 hydrogrow led panel that's 63w. I've owned it about 5 years now and I'm still happy with it. I use it for vegging clones and small stuff. I had a second one but it stopped working after about 3 years.
     
    The side by side tests I've seen online with newer models of HGL lights don't seem to perform as well as cheaper models. I've bought a few led panels in the past year or so...none of which were HGL...I have a few led lights from topled and they're doing good so far. I haven't made it through flower with them yet but veg was great.
     
    ...bout all the info I got.
     
  5. i was actually looking at topled until i read their reviews. 3 reviews were worded EXACTLY the same. same day,time,word for word review just different "people". granted this was only from their website so im sure these were fake. 
     
    i guess i need to stop being a glass half empty guy. i know im picky but i know what i want. customer service isnt my #1 priority but it does count. ill just have to keep watching some of these led grow journals and see how they fare. 
     
  6. Don't worry about some fake review on their site. I've seen plenty of seed companies do the exact same thing. If you want to see results just look around GC. There's plenty of people growing with them here.
     
  7. I use g8led and couldn't be happier with the quality of light, customer support, and heat kick off. Mind you I won't see a dime or any comps for this statement.

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  8. I am an electrical engineer by trade and although I don't know a lot about what makes a good LED grow light, I do know about LED's in general.  The truth is there are only a handful of companies that make the actual LEDs you get in your lights.  The LEDs in your $600 American light are made in the same factories as the LED's in the $120 Chinese light.  Red LED's are the cheapest so often times cheap LED lights will use more red and less green, blue, and white.  UV is the most expensive (at least here in the UK) so most cheap lights don't have any UV at all.  That said, the difference in manufacturing costs between a well balanced grow light and a poorly balanced light is only about $10.00 when dealing with a 300 watt light. Most of the cheep Chines companies have figured this out so if you are going on the cheap make sure you check that it has "full spectrum" but also mentions that it has UV.  This is a pretty good indicator that it's colour spectrum is going to be what you need.
     
    The second part of LED's are the LED drivers.  These contain microchips that feed electricity to a string of LED's and the transformers that feed the microchips.  The Transformer is what literally makes or breaks the light.  If the transformer is under powered then it gets hot and can ruin the LED's, chips, or burn up the transformer it's self.  The transformer is a huge part of the cost of one of these lights and the better brands use better transformers that are less likely to burn out.   Many American lights can easily run 24/7 for many years with no issue but a bargain light might overheat if you run it more that 12 hrs. Generally speaking, a manufacturer will tell you how long the light can run.  If it says it can only run 18 hrs then chances are you will run many years as long as you never exceed 18 hrs of continuous use but if you decide to run it for 20 hrs then you could burn your light out in a matter of months.
     
    I'm speaking in general terms.  I don't have specific experience with the brand in question.
     

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