What makes a good grow light? Is it the Wattage? The driver? The diode?
What do those words mean?
Who can you trust?
Good luck making sense of things on Amazon and Ebay - they are trying to sell you a light, not educate you. Most grow lights are made in China, so the language used only adds to the confusion. That's why we built this site.
We work a 60-acre organic farm in Ithaca, NY. We use grow lights year round for both seedlings and plants - especially in the winter. We have learned the good, the bad, and the ugly on Grow Lights.
Why? LEDs use much less electricty; is where all the research and delelopment is happening; each year LEDs become brighter and more efficient. This is the future - we will only review LED grow lights.
882 Diodes - more diodes = more light
Heat Dissipation Design - Innovative but does it work?
200 Watts - can it drive 882 Diodes?
Big Light - 20" x 20" - 3x3 Bloom?
Low Cost - $109 on Amazon and Ebay.
Apparently Sonlipo has a 5 Star Review Rebate on Amazon where you get $30 via PayPal for posting a 5-star review on Amazon.
Stay Tuned
We asked Sonlipo for a demo light but no green light yet
An Older Style Grow Light, Built in Fan and lower quality diodes
2nd Generation Grow Light, no fan, better quality diodes, stand alone drivers