Are expensive grow lights worth their salt? Are you setting up a grow room in your home and are wondering what kind of grow lights to set it up with? You have a lot of options for high intensity discharge lights to florescent growl lights and from HO florescent lights to led grow lights. Each of these lights has different prices. How do you know which ones are the best for you. More specifically, how do you know if the more expensive ones are worth their price? There are certain qualities in a grow light that makes it worth its price. To know which option is best, first you have to know what qualities to look for in a grow lamp.
Lamp life
led grow lights
One of the factors you should look at is the life of the grow lamp. Lamp life is important because if you buy a lamp that lasts you 10,000 hours for half the price of a lamp that could last you 25,000 hours, you are making a poor decision. The average life of an incandescent grow lamp is 750 hours. Incandescent lights are actually really not used in the growing process, only to illuminate the grow room. Florescent lights have an average lamp life of 20,000 hours. High output florescent grow lights have a lamp life of 10,000 hours. Led grow lights have one of the highest lamp lives there are in grow lights at 50 to 60,000 hours.
Heat output and energy usage
Another important factor in deciding if an expensive grow light is worth its price is the amount of energy it uses and how much of that energy it converts into heat. In indoor gardening, heat is bad. Heat is something that you have to control and controlling heat means more equipment, more investment, and more money gone. The more energy a light turns into light and not heat, the more energy efficient that light is said to be. LED technology has many uses from outdoor string lights to home lighting and is generally cost efficient. LED grow lights are probably the most energy efficient grow lights thee are. All in all, these factors will tell you whether a grow light is worth it or not.
Sunshine Systems LEDGP45 GlowPanel 45 LED Grow Light
- Up to 80% energy savings vs. Metal Halide & HPS grow lights
- Fast growth – big blooms, buds and flowers
- Virtually no heat emitted
- Suitable for all stages of growth
- Hanging kit included
The GlowPanel 45 uses the latest in LED technology to provide your plants with the perfect blend of light suitable for all stages of growth. From seed to flower to fruit. More than four times the output of the original GlowPanel®, the GlowPanel 45® uses only 28 Watts of power and surpasses the output of a 250 Watt HPS. It easily provides five square feet of coverage for your garden. The GlowPanel 45 is a plug and play grow light – it works right out of the box. There is no need for any additional ballasts or reflectors and the GlowPanel 45 comes complete with its own hanging kit.
List Price: $ 148.99
Price: $ 117.75
Hydroponic Lamp 225 LED Grow light Panel Red Blue 110 V, 2501MX
- Body material: Thermoplastic
- Circuitry board material: Diecast Chrome
- 60 Blue light LEDs: 465nm (nanometer) wave length
- 165 Red light LEDs: 650nm (nanometer) wave length
- 165 + 60 = Total 225 LEDs
This panel has no ballasts to burn out like other plant lights. It does not run hot, just warm. You will not experience unsightly brown burned leaves when they accidentally touch the LEDs. This is common with most other lights that get very hot. This more controlled running temperature reduces the need to water so often and keeps rooms with plants from getting uncomfortably hot in the summer months requiring additional air conditioning. Extreme energy efficiency permits this new LED panel to pay for itself many times over each year in electricity savings. It saves 50% to 90% in energy consumption compared to incandescent bulbs or fluorescent tubes. Wide angle projection insures uniform leaf coverage.
Scientifically calculated even blending of red and blue LEDs eliminates the time consuming task of repositioning separate colored lights back and forth trying to achieve uniform exposure. 14 to 16 hours per day is all that is necessary for maximum plant health with this wave blended ligh
List Price: $ 32.40
Price: $ 32.40
225 LED Quad Band Red, Blue, Orange and White Full Spectrum Hydroponic Plant Grow Light, 2501QUAD
- Solid state, Cooler running, High efficiency, Wide angle, Quad Band full spectrum plant lighting
- 96 Red light LEDs: 640nm, 60 Blue light LEDs: 465nm, 56 Orange Light LED: 620 n 24 White Light LED: 8000K
- Recommended coverage: one panel per sq. ft
- Power: 13.8 Watts, Input Voltage 120 Volt
BENIFITS: This panel has no ballasts to burn out like other plant lights. It does not run hot, just warm. You will not experience unsightly brown burned leaves when they accidentally touch the LEDs. This is common with most other lights that get very hot. This more controlled running temperature reduces the need to water so often and keeps rooms with plants from getting uncomfortably hot in the summer months requiring additional air conditioning. Extreme energy efficiency permits this new LED panel to pay for itself many times over each year in electricity savings. It saves 50% to 90% in energy consumptioncompared to incandescent bulbs or fluorescent tubes. Wide angle projection insures uniform leaf coverage.
Scientifically calculated even blending of red, blue, Orange and White LEDs eliminates the time consuming task of repositioning separate colored lights back and forth trying to achieve uniform exposure. 14 to 16 hours per day is all that is necessary for maximum plant health with
List Price: $ 31.81
Price: $ 31.81