LED Quantum boards are all the rage.
It started with HLG, but now several budget brands have started offering quantum boards canada
with Samsung chips and Meanwell drivers.
Spider Farmer LED Grow Lights
Energy Efficient
These grow lights are more energy efficient than traditional LED grow lights. That’s partially due to the fact they don’t use cooling fans. Another reason is the LEDs they used in these designs are newer versions of diodes compared to grow lights that were designed years earlier but are still for sale today
Features
Uses 100 watts — save about 50% on your electric bill over HID lights
Equivalent to a 200 watt HID system — but costs less to buy AND to operate
Ideal spectrum for plants — 3000K and 5000K white light, plus 660 nm red and 760 nm IR; the perfect light for all stages of growth, with peaks on red and blue and a lot of light in every other color, plus deep red and IR
Highly efficient — great output from a low power usage (2.7 μmol/J)
2.2 grams per watt max yield — yields equivalent to top brand lights, but at a fraction of the price
2 by 2 foot core coverage — the coverage for vegging is a bit larger at 3 by 3 feet
quantum board samsung 301b — the same diodes used in much more expensive HLG fixtures
Meanwell Driver — the industry standard; it is dimmable and can be removed from the unit and placed outside your grow tent to keep heat down
Rated for 50,000 hours — 4–5 years with no bulb changes
3 year warranty — and a 30 day money back guarantee; they have service centers located in the US, Canada, UK and Germany
ECO FARM best quantum boards
Every indoor gardener is well aware of the effect a top LED grow light can have on a plant’s growth.
Since the market offers multiple varieties of some of the best LED lights for growing, it can be difficult to opt for one.
If you somehow think that all lights will function in the same way, you are wrong.
Features
Uses 310 watts — save about 50% on your electric bill over HID lights
Equivalent to 450 HID watts — but costs less to operate
Ideal spectrum for plants — the perfect light for all stages of growth, with peaks on red and blue and a lot of light in every other color
Highly efficient —eco farm quantum board great output from a low power usage (2.35 μmol/J)
3 by 3 foot core coverage — the coverage for vegging is a bit larger at 4 by 4 feet
Epistar diodes — not the best on the market, but very good and keeps costs down
Meanwell Driver — the industry standard; it is dimmable and can be removed from the unit and placed outside your grow tent to keep heat down
Rated for 50,000 hours — 4–5 years with no bulb changes
3 year warranty — and a 30 day money back guarantee