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    Default Are LED's capable of producing more per watt with lenses

    In other words if the light is projected onto a smaller footprint the plant gets to use more, right?

    whereas with a hps, loads of light is wasted coming out the sides etc. etc.

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    A watt is a watt, you hear it all the time, a ''600w led panel'' but it only draws 300w, so calling it a 600w is just wrong,
    as for light being wasted with a hid, the reflector is there for a good reason,

    leds do have a smaller footprint so yes the light is more intense right below the panel, but cmh have the same smaller footprint,


    for me it's as simple as this, most major grow shops don't stock led panels because currently they are too new/expensive
    they are slowly getting better with each new iteration,

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    More watts no. More lumens no. More flux or intensity yes in that it will concentrate the photons into a smaller area.

    This means an average "300" watt LED will better for just a single plant rather than spreading light over a few plants without the lenses

    Youtube Mars Hydro 300 hack for example





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