Hey guys so i wanna upgrade mh cheap lights what do you all think of this??? Grow room is 6.5x5 and only grow a max of 5 plants
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I don’t know much about that brand of lights but I do know that hlg lights are what most on here. I just got an email from them about their croptober sale, 25%off sitewide.
While that light appears to be a great light, the price makes me VERY suspicious. Good LED grow lights typically cost about $1 per watt.
I don’t know anything about that product but proceed with caution and do your due dilegence. 
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So what would be main things im looking for?? It says it draws 1k watts of power full spectrum and has a decent ppfd map
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I don’t have any commercial fixtures, all of mine are home built so I really can’t provide much useful guidance. I am always wary of things that appear to be too good to be true.
@dbrn32 or @OGIncognito among many others may have some useful insights for you.
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Or i do 2 of these but thats only 400 watts then… if my math is right i need about 975 watts. My room is 6.5 x 5
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I’m not light guru but I do know to run the Samsung diodes.
The first light no.
The second light you posted is running Samsung diodes 
Also with multi light you can adjust as needed not just 1 big light
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I will tell you that I wasted over $1000 on poor quality lighting for my 7’ X 8’ grow room. Ultimately all of the poor quality lights are in a box collecting dust. I spent over $2000 and now I have built some excellent lights that produce tons of buds.
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U build ur own led light???
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A lot of us do 
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So it would be better for the second even tho its less wattage?
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SF lights work well, have 2 and soon to add another and get the 4x4 set up, and religate the 2x4 to starters and drying.
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I have designed a built quite a number of LED grow light fixtures from 175 watts to over 1000 watts per fixture.
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Not saying that, just bringing your attention to the diodes
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Do you have plans or do you sell??
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No, I just make it up as I go. Look at the offerings at Rapid LED if you want to purchase a “kit” that you can assemble. I am just an old, retired EE growing for personal use. I don’t sell lights or buds. 
I actually purchased one of the RapidLED 5X5 kits and added more COB’s and drivers to get the wattage to what I needed. I have also built lights using EB strip LEDs and using puck style LED arrays. When I ordered the “kit”, I modified the components to suit my needs.
Edit: Here is a photo of the 5X5 frame before I doubled the number of COB’s and thus the wattage and light output.
You can see one of the poor quality lights still hanging there.
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You still need the wattage so get enough units to light area that you have. Lighting a large grow area is expensive! That is just part of the deal.
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Maybe 2 of these.
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Agreed, that would light the OP’s area.
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And grow some 
25% off floating around here somewhere 
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