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    Default Is the budmaster cob x9 a good cob led grow light?

    thanks in advance

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    About 200 bucks 152 or your money, pulling 450W, I would say that is a good deal. Last time I was looking at these here in the states, they wanted around 400 bucks for them. JMO

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    those lights are about 1500 dollars

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    That's a lot of money for something that probably couldn't out grow a 600w HPS....
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    Quote Originally Posted by ast.enthus View Post
    those lights are about 1500 dollars
    That what I thought, but I found one that they sell in uk only for 152 of your dollars. Almost didn't belive it my self, just google Budmaster x9 and see for your self. It might have been on Amazon. No sale to the USA.

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    your looking at the wrong light. this is the one i'm talking about
    https://www.hydrohobby.co.uk/media/e...-light-fa5.jpg

    regarding hps? these cob lights fix the LED issue with christmas tree lights. even if your running a 600w HPS a lot of that light wattage you think should be there is wasted to heat. alot of the power is also used to create a green spectrum of light which the plant doesn't use. then, you also have the ballast efficiency.

    the cobs do away with that, while your using less watts with the led, more of the light it emits is the correct type for the plant to use as energy, with not too much energy wasted on heat for the wattage. a hps will waste of green and lots of heat. co2 can also increase your yields by 20% with a hps.

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    Opps... saw that pic as a link... you nearly ended up with another infraction...

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    A very good light albeit pricey. Not a fan of the osram cobs but still would give a HID a run for its money in output and PAR per watt

    My preference is anything based on the cree cxb3590 Ebay 253307781413

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    Quote Originally Posted by gardro View Post
    A very good light albeit pricey. Not a fan of the osram cobs but still would give a HID a run for its money in output and PAR per watt

    My preference is anything based on the cree cxb3590 Ebay 253307781413
    your right but the hps bulb uses a lot more power and wastage of power in the green light spectrum. so the led can run at a lower wattage and still produce more substantial yield, while at the same time being much more pleasurable to work with. the leds also point straight down instead of wasting light reflecting omni directionally like a hps does. these new leds can also have what you might call a dimmable ballast. these leds can be changed up in wattage or down up or down depending on weather for example....you don't need to swap the bulbs and have a digital ballast like with hps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ast.enthus View Post
    your right but the hps bulb uses a lot more power and wastage of power in the green light spectrum. so the led can run at a lower wattage and still produce more substantial yield, while at the same time being much more pleasurable to work with. the leds also point straight down instead of wasting light reflecting omni directionally like a hps does. these new leds can also have what you might call a dimmable ballast. these leds can be changed up in wattage or down up or down depending on weather for example....you don't need to swap the bulbs and have a digital ballast like with hps.
    Im totally agreeing with you. Total cost of ownership is lower and as they become more ubiquitous that will come down even more

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