Top 5 Best LED Grow Lights For Home & Commercial Growers
When it comes to growing weed indoors, one of the most important factors is the grow light that you use. If you choose the wrong light, then your plants won’t grow properly or they’ll grow more slowly than desired.
LED Grow Lights have come a long way in recent years. For to many years we would say, “in a few years they will be worth buying, but not yet.” It seems that time has finally come, and LED lights are starting to dominate home grows as well as commercial grows. With many benefits over traditional grow lights, LED lights seem to be picking up pace with their sales world wide.
Benefits of LED Grow Lights:
- They Use Less Power Than Traditional Grow Lights
- LED Grow Lights Produce Less Heat
- They Are More Efficient than HID Lighting
- Less AC Is Needed Which Equals Lower HVAC Costs
- LED Grow Lights Have a Broad Spectrum Available
- Some Lights Offer WiFi and Remote Operation
- LED Lights Are All in One Packages
- They Are Extremely Easy to Install
- They Offer A Long Use Life
- Lights Are Solid State
- No Bulbs To Buy or Change
- Most Are Waterproof and Dust-proof
What are some good features to look for in LED grow lights?
- If buying full spectrum LEDs, get one with adjustable output spectrum settings.
- If you are opting for high powered LEDs, always make sure that they have proper cooling systems (heat sink & fans on the circuit board).
- Again for higher power systems, ensure that the circuit board is MCPCB (metal core printed circuit board).
- Look for LED fixtures that have a constant current driver circuit to ensure proper supply of direct current at all times.
With the market exploding with numerous manufacturers creating LED based grow lights, it's no wonder people have a hard time sifting through the thousands of options. We have created this list of our favorite lights for use by home growers and commercial growers alike.
The Grower's Choice ROI-680 LED grow light is inspired by a collaboration between two of the most prominent and respected companies in the indoor grow lighting industry: TSL Horti Tech and Growers Choice.
These two brands have come together to combine their years of experience and innovation in grow lighting to create this high performance, cost effective, efficient lighting solution for commercial growing.
Eco Farm Commercial Indoor LED grow light uses our custom designed full-spectrum high efficiency 1560 LM301B white chips+36 Osram 660nm Red chips.
50W Enhanced Bar with UV(25W) and Far red(25W) optional.
Far-red light causes plants to stretch out and reduces the amount of chlorophyll (which is essential for plant growth) in leaves. When used for a short period, far-red light can stimulate flowering.
UV-B can induces a range of strong morphological effects in plants, including leaf thickness, leaf discoloration, cotyledon curling, inhibition of hypocotyl growth, stem and leaf elongation, axillary branching etc.
VIPASPECTRA V600
The Viparspectra V600 is a good budget option for the home grower. It's price point makes it a reasonable light to test the LED waters when growing. It has both veg and bloom options as far as spectrum goes, and is made to replace a traditional 400 watt grow light. It draws a max of 260 watts, and is perfect for a 3' x 3' tent. Viparspectra may be a lesser known name in the industry, but they have a 3 year warranty that is serviced from California.
The Model-W is a high performance LED grow light for the horticulture cultivation. It is designed for high PPFD cultivation practices. Full spectrum design covers each critical phase of growth from vegetative to flowering. An independent Far Red 730nm channel is designed to target Phytochrome Far Red in photomorphogenic lighting applications. Base on research, introducing far-red light after the lights have been turned off can lengthen the dark period to encourage the flowering process.
NEXTLIGHT MEGA
The Nextlight Mega is a beast for commercial growing. It draws only 650 watts of power, but can easily replace a 1000 watt HID Light. The mega touts a 5' x 5' flower footprint, which is larger than most other similar lights on the market. With no bulbs to replace, this LED light has a 2.15 PPF/Watt, which is one of the most efficient full spectrum lights on the market. The Nextlight Mega also comes with a 5 year warranty, which is pretty insane.
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