Are you a grower looking to adopt LED grow lights for the first time? Are you hesitating which LED grow light to buy is the best deal? Are you dazzled by the many brands of grow lights? In this article, we will give you a comprehensive explanation of how to choose the most worthwhile LED grow light for your indoor grow room.
Six Factors You Must Consider When Buying LED Grow Light
1. Manufacturer of Industry And Trade Integration
With the rise of the indoor growing boom, a large number of grow light manufacturer have sprung into the market. However, it is easy for growers to get lost in the sea of choices. So the question is how can we choose the best manufacturer in so many brands no matter big or small.
The answer is to choose a brand that integrates industry and trade. The integration of industry and trade, as the name implies, is self-production and self-sales. That is to say suppliers have their own factories, technical research and development teams, and sell products by themselves. Lights made by this kind of brand can be trusted because production is carried out in their own proprietary factory with strict quality control rather than outsourcing. They have mature and experienced R&D department that is constantly evolving on the road to innovative technologies. The most important point is that customers can buy the most affordable products because there are no middlemen to earn the difference. Therefore, when you buy any LED grow light, you can find out on the Internet whether this manufacturer belongs to the integration of industry and trade at first.
2. High-Efficiency Diode
When most people are looking for LED grow lights, they will focus on the appearance of the grow lights. However, the LED diode itself is more important than the appearance of the grow light. LED diodes are light sources, so having high-quality LED diode is a must. One thing you need to be aware of is that there are many fake LED chips on the market, and some LED grow lights claim that their products use Samsung LED diodes, but this is not the case. In addition, the diode model of LED grow lights is also intuitive and important.
For example, Samsung’s 3030 (LM301) LED diode series includes LM301H, LM301B and LM301D models. Both the LM301H and LM301B are true top-of-the-line LED diodes, The LM301B was released first, and its efficiency also stands out among all white LEDs—2.92 µmol/J at 65 mA. Compared with LM301B, the efficiency of LM3301H is improved by 0.18 µmol/J. Therefore, when you buy, you need to pay attention to choose the most suitable series for planting – Samsung 3030 (LM301) series chips.
3. Uniform PPFD
- What Is PPFD?
PPFD stands for Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density, a measure of how many PAR photons fall into a particular area in micromoles per second per square meter.
- Uniformity of PPFD
So what does the uniformity of PPFD mean? Quite simply, that is the uniformity of the number of photons present at a specific density. And the more evenly the light covers the branches and leaves of your plants, the better yields you will get. If you choose a grow light with uneven PPFD coverage, it will result in inconsistent growth rates between exterior and interior of your plants. Therefore, you need to use LED grow lights with uniform PPFD that evenly cover the entire growing space. Most grow light brands generally have PPFD diagrams attached, which you can view and identify.
4. Full Spectrum
Outdoor plants grow under natural sunlight, and every color in the sunlight spectrum is a catalyst for plant growth. Therefore, the best grow lights should have a full spectrum to best mimic natural sunlight and optimize plant growth. Across the spectrum, each wavelength (color) has a different effect on plant growth. Blue and red light are the most conspicuous colors, as blue promotes the thickness of the plant during its vegetative stage. Red light helps plants stretch and bloom during flowering. It is not difficult to see that choosing a full-spectrum LED grow light with both blue and red light is your best choice.
5. Dimming Function
LED grow lights consume less energy than other types of grow lights, especially dimmable LED grow lights, saving electricity can save you money and ultimately provide better results, they allow you to tailor the light your plants receive according to the different needs of each stage during their growth, because only the specific light that is suitable for each stage of growth can encourage plants to thrive. The light adjustment can be achieved by a dimmer, and the brightness range is generally 10%-100%. Dim the lights can also give your plants a break, after all not every stage of plant growth is suitable for high-intensity lighting throughout a day, which helps them stay healthy and strong.
6. Cost-Effective Grow Light
I believe that growers are well aware of that LED grow lights are not a small investment in the early stage. If you buy a grow light with poor quality, you need to pay for replacement and maintenance frequently, which is very strenuous for growers with limited budgets. However, if you choose the most suitable grow light, it can get the highest return at the lowest cost. Low price, long life, high return on investment, and excellent performance, this can be called cost-effective. So when you buy a grow light, you should not only pay attention to the price of the product, but also pay attention to whether the parameters of this light meet the standards and whether it has passed the official quality certification and so on. FC series of Mars Hydro has always been known for its high cost performance and high return rate, which is one of the reasons why many growers love it.
The LED Grow Light That Meets All the Above Factors-Mars Hydro FC Series
- Mars Hydro is an industry-leading LED grow light manufacturer, also produce grow tent and grow accessories, best known for its continuous innovation. And it’s a brand that integrates industry and trade without middleman. Each light of the FC series contains thousands of Samsung LM301B diodes, more than twice as many LEDs are used to drive the grow light with low current and avoid overdriving. Not only the quality is guaranteed, but it can also provide growers with the most satisfactory power supply efficiency.
- At the same time, FC series adopts a multi-light strip design, the advantage of this design is that the LED grow light can achieve the optimal PPFD required for plant growth in the entire effective coverage area, thereby achieving uniform PAR distribution and high PPFD output.
- Like most high-quality grow lights, FC series adopts a full-spectrum design. The blue and red light are enhanced on the basis of the full-spectrum combination, which perfectly adapts to the different color lighting needs of each stage of your plant.
- Of course, FC series grow lights also come with dimming box to achieve 10% to 100% brightness for different stages of plant growth, and one master light can connect up to 30 lights in a daisy-chain system. It is easy to use and save your electricity bill.
How does the Mars Hydro FC series stack up against the competition? Compare one of a grow light of FC series to a known and trusted brand:
As can be seen from the picture above, compared with other well-known brands, the price of Mars Hydro FC4800 is lower. It is not only affordable, but also has better performance in all aspects. And FC series are the best LED grow lights you can buy at the most affordable price.
After reading the above guide, I believe you have a general direction on how to choose the best LED grow light. We also recommend a grow light with a high return on investment and superior performance for you. I hope you will no longer be confused by the choice and buy your most satisfactory grow light!
Giveaway Is Coming!
In order to reward customers. At the end of this blog, we will have a giveaway!
Prize: 1*FC4800
Participation: Leave a comment on this blog
Winner Selection: Randomly pick up a winner from the comments
End Date: July 20th, 2022
*What the winner needs to do: Share your grow journal with FC4800 on social media.
*Finally, we will publish the results at the end of this blog, please pay attention in time.
(Please confirm that your email address is ACTIVE so that we can announce you in time if you are the winner)
Good luck to everybody!
Winner Announcement
Thanks to 503 participants, now WINNER details are announced below.
Congratulations to #132, Zio .this FC-4800 led belongs to you now!
Please send your shipping information to [email protected] when you see this message.
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wow, this would be absolutelycrazy
thank you for the opportunity.
I’d definitely share on social. I would love to have MarsHydro in my tent.
then I could grow some beautiful plants.
thanks again
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Awesome Mars Hydro is the best.!! Loved my TSW2000 would kill to own another such an amazing light.! Winning this FC-E3000 Smart LED grow light would be BOMB.!!!
Love MarsHydro LED this would be an amazing product to upgrade the Tent
This would be great. I have the FC3000 and it works well but the FC-E3000 Smart LED grow light would help me with more coverage.Thanks for the giveaway,good luck all.!
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Have yet to try the MarsHydro lighting. I would run a side by side w my SF and Pandvillow lights and post the results everywhere I can. No biases. Just facts
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Awesome. Good luck everyone! Thank you for the chance to win.Would love to win or test this FC4800 Smart LED grow light.This would be amazing for my new and first setup!
Best grow light. Thank you so much for the opportunity to win this. I need a new light
I’m firm believer in led technology it is really improving fast and MarsHydro is doing a great job at building a awesome quality light at affordable rate for all types of grows. Hats off too you MarsHydro technical team. Spot on would love to rock this beast and see what kind of results I would get. Peace good luck everyone.
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I just bought the sp3000 and it’s great would love to add this one to my grow room.Thanks for doing a give away and a chance to win.
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I would be honored to have the opportunity to test this set-up out. I have purchased several of your lights in the past and am very interested in this model. Thank you for the opportunity
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Thanks for the chance to win this very awesome giveaway and a new light would always be nice.My fingers are crossed and good luck everyone
I have two fc3000 and these FC4800 Smart LED grow light grow light sound and look amazing. Would love to try this light. Thank you.