Indoor hydroponic floodlight upgrade ?

[pumpypants]

Hi all

Essentially I'm looking to upgrade my lighting system and something caught my eye on Amazon.

At the moment I have 2 x 50w 6500k led floodlights which to be fair give good growth and I am reasonably happy with them.

I was looking for a budget upgrade and what I do like about the indoor grow lights is the size of the lighting footprint.

Indoor grow light

Could any members advise if this would indeed be an upgrade or would it be pretty much the same as my 6500k floodlights ?

Thanks

 

[oreo57]

Hi all

Essentially I'm looking to upgrade my lighting system and something caught my eye on Amazon.

At the moment I have 2 x 50w 6500k led floodlights which to be fair give good growth and I am reasonably happy with them.

I was looking for a budget upgrade and what I do like about the indoor grow lights is the size of the lighting footprint.

Indoor grow light

Could any members advise if this would indeed be an upgrade or would it be pretty much the same as my 6500k floodlights ?

Thanks

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Couple of quick comments.
50 watts out of 169 LEDs.
Probably overall warm tone.

consists of warm white, white, red and IR light (3000K, 5000K, 660nm, 730nm)

No breakdown of #/nm
No spectrum chart.
No listing of led beam angle.
Lists as non- dimmable.

Now you don't describe nor list dimensions ect of what you are lighting.

About the only thing one can say is the color difference between that light and 6500k lights will be noticeable. 🙂

 

[Connswater]

Having looked it up on Amazon it is described as 2026 lumens, which is not actually very bright at all for 50 watts of energy.

 

[oreo57]

Having looked it up on Amazon it is described as 2026 lumens, which is not actually very bright at all for 50 watts of energy.

With heavy 660nm-ish red, warm white and ir leds lumen measurements are misleading.
Would really need ppfd (par) measurements.
The dashed line is the lumen measurement curve.
Note the dropoff in red and blue

 

[prdad]

I have one of these over a 3 x 2 x 2:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SPIDER-FARMER-SF2000-Efficiency-Hydroponics/

Dimmable but have mostly on the lowest setting apart from feeding time.
Mostly Anubias and Buce, duckweed and emerged Pothos and Monstera. All doing very well under it.

PS Half tempted by a Chihiros WRGB II Pro LED Light. But not sure if it would be an improvement or not? Probably it would look better / tidier over the tank but growth wise??

 

[BlazeStar]

Hi all

Essentially I'm looking to upgrade my lighting system and something caught my eye on Amazon.

At the moment I have 2 x 50w 6500k led floodlights which to be fair give good growth and I am reasonably happy with them.

I was looking for a budget upgrade and what I do like about the indoor grow lights is the size of the lighting footprint.

Indoor grow light

Could any members advise if this would indeed be an upgrade or would it be pretty much the same as my 6500k floodlights ?

Thanks

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The DragonLight CW2000 does have some advantages. Its full-spectrum setup and covered lighting area is indeed a substantial upgrade for those who want to expand the planting area or improve the overall lighting conditions of the plant. However, I recommend taking a look at DragonLight's PPFD data, which is an important metric for assessing the efficiency of plant lights. If it's a lot more efficient than your current floodlight, it's worth buying. If the budget allows, professionally designed plant lights like this one can really bring about more desirable growth results, especially for flowering or fruiting plants. If the planting needs are more basic, the existing lights are not unable to meet.