When it comes to indoor growing, LED grow lights are highly efficient and give your plants optimum intensity. As such, they make a great option for growing a wide range of plants, whether you're using a grow tent or grow room.

With LED lights, you get a broad spectrum that includes UV light. This is great for increasing the scents and flavors of your plants, but it also helps with root growth and photosynthesis. A lot of LED grow lights also include infrared light, which is great for stem and leaf growth, as well as blooming.

Advantages of An LED Grow Light

The beauty of LEDs comes in that they use low amounts of electricity. No hidden charges and you don't get to worry about it heating up when it's too close to the plant. We call them the greener way of discharging clean light since they don't use toxic metal halides which in many cases contain mercury.

Another significant advantage of LEDs is that they are easy to set up. They deliver light directly to the plant so; you'll not need several devices. They do not only save you on heating costs but on the space, you'll need for correct lighting. You can forego the extra ventilation and air conditioning as they are also equipped with internal fans to cool themselves.

As with any new tech developments, you can expect that the price ranges for LED grow lights to be significantly wide. That's where the challenge begins. But if you don't know exactly what to look for you can be on a deeper quest.

Most LEDs have a rated lifespan of over 10years. That is between 50,000–100,000 hours. You can put LEDs closer to the top of the plant because they run cool. It also means that your crops will have low transpiration rates and therefore use less water in the long term. LED grow lights do not require a ballast as a measure to prevent them from self-destruction. Thus you'll have no extra charges on electricity bills.

Mammoth Lighting Commercial Series 8 Bar 640 Watt LED Grow Light

Features:
The Mammoth LED grow light uses a high-quality Samsung full-spectrum white suit. The built-in lights string a continuous wavelength range from blue and green to red, creating light that matches natural sunlight. Compared with traditional gardening techniques, It customizes the spectrum to optimize plant growth and increase yield, while taking into account scientific dynamics and reducing operating costs. Designed to provide the highest level of Parar output and balanced coverage in the LED growth direction. By adjusting the built-in standard to adjust the light dynamics or the control panel, the uniformity and intensity can be adjusted and it can be truly IP65 waterproof effect.
PPF: 1720 µmol/s
Power: 8 bar 640W,
Voltage: AC100–277V 50–60Hz
LEDs: SAMSUNG LM301B
Spectrum: 3500K + 660nm
LED lifespan: 50000 Hours
Dimension: 47" x 42" x 4"
Veg Footprint: 6' x 6'
Flower Footprint: 4.5' x 4.5'
Power: 640 watts
Light Output: 1720 µmol/s
HID/HPS Equivalent: 1000 watt
Dimensions: 47" x 42" x 4"
Manufacturer's Warranty: 5 years

HortiBloom Mega Plus 650W LED Grow Light for Your Indoor Plants

Features:
The Mega Plus 650 uses the best 6063 aluminum bar whose weight is 1kg for each bar and delivery the best passive cool system to prolong your LED Chipset (with less than 3% luminance decline rate over 5,000 hours) to promise the best heat dissipation, which will maximize the lifespan of the led diodes and fixture. On top configuration The grow light uses 2304pcs of Samsung LM301b and 144pcs of Osram 660nm LEDs. The power draw is around 650W on the wall, the efficacy is 2.6–2.8 umol/J, 8 grow bars to cover 5'x5' grow space uniformly. Besides, It uses our unique spectrum to maximum growers' yields. With an optical cover the protects the LED from water and dust from a long time working in damp space so the LED inside will always stay clean, it is also very easy to clean the cover by just wash the light. It can also use a controller to control big-scale grow lighting.
Power:
Full Power Draw: 650w
PPF: 1820 μmol/s
Efficiency: 2.8 μmol/J
Input Voltage: AC 100–270V
Product Dimensions
42.8 Inches L x 42.8 Inches W x 1.6 Inches H/108 cm x 108 cm x 40 cm
Weight: 34lbs / 15.5kg

Things to consider before buying

There are a couple of things you absolutely need to consider before choosing the best LED grow light:

1) Spacing: You absolutely need to ensure that you have an idea of the amount of space you want to cover with your LED lights. Each light has a maximum range of space that it can cover, and it'll be important to understand the measurements of your grow space down to the centimeter. If you currently do not know what that is, you should find out now. After that is done, make sure you read reviews and feedback from others on the actual space that the LED light can cover.

2) Brand/Budget/Price: This will be important as the higher-quality lights typically yield the best results. If you are a beginner, you will likely want to start with a lower-priced option to get your feet wet. If you are more experienced, it never hurts to go with the quality, higher-priced option. In addition, the brand and quality of the light are very important. A good brand that has raving customer reviews, is almost always, a sure bet.

3) Spectrum: A full spectrum LED grow light will go a long way in terms of helping your plant growth. You'll need red & blue spectrums, but also infrared and ultraviolet, depending on the stage. It's important to have a powerful light, with different wavelengths to ensure maximum growth. The full spectrum yields are a bit newer to the industry, but they are certainly making headway to any good growers catalog. They run cool and don't need any additional fans, they cost less over time given the electrical savings, and the durability is second to none. It is highly recommended to purchase a full spectrum LED grow light. Most LED lights have a range of colors being emitted (full light spectrum) - the best lights offer the full range, including UV light.

4) Electrical Usage: Your LED lights will need to have durability and great electrical efficiency as well. A good LED light should be operating for at least 10–12 hours a day. When researching a good LED light, you'll need to thoroughly understand what the total output is (1000w, 400w, 300w, etc). The higher you go, the more powerful and more likely leads to less electrical usage (and more cost-effective for you).

5) Light Control: Depending on the stage, you'll want to ensure that your plants receive the proper amount of lighting (down to the exact hour). See a breakdown of the phases below for growing LED lights:
Seedling Phase: 16 hours on, 8 hours off
Vegetative Phase: 18 hours on, 6 hours off
Flowering Phase: 12 hours on, 12 hours off
It's extremely important that light cycles are followed to a tee as it can severely alter the growth and potency of your plants.

Conclusion

Grow lamps make growing plants indoors easy and rewarding, whether you are growing flowering houseplants, vegetables.
These lights are exceptionally energy-efficient and eco-friendly, so you save on your lighting bill. They also run very coolly, so there's no need to use HVAC or additional ventilation to control the temperature.
The best LED grow lights offer full-spectrum white light, supplying your plants with the optimal light needed for exceptional growth, health, and crop yield, allowing you to keep your plants thriving throughout the year, day and night.
We hope this article helped you find the best LED grow light for your grow room or grow tent!