MedicGrow LED Smart 8 760W LED Grow Light VS Mammoth Lighting Commercial Series 10 Bar 800 Watt LED Grow Light

With so many types of grow lights and systems available, it can be overwhelming to figure out which one will best suit your needs. Here’s a guide to our most popular grow light lines, including their features and the benefits they provide.

What is the benefit of LED grow light VS HID and fluorescent grow light ?

HID stands for high intensity discharge lamp, which include metal halide, high pressure sodium ,mercury vapor.

These lamps contain a quartz tube filled with gas and electrodes on either end. An arc of electricity is sparked between two electrodes inside the tube to generate visible light.

Metal halide grow light and high pressure sodium grow light have different light spectrum patterns, so usually, growers would have mixed use for their purposes, e.g. for vegging and for flowering

MH produced blueish light spectrum(over 5500K), has little red light, better to use for lettuce, herbs vegetation or early vegetative stage of flowering plant, while HPS’ hue is yellowish-orange with little blue light(under 3500K), better for tomatoes, orchids, plant that can flower.

In other words, there is no better choice than the other, the decision to make which type of grow light to go is based on what you grow.

However, if you must say which one is better than the others, it is LED grow light that can emit full spectrum wavelength that the plant need for photosynthesis, It has red light, blue light, and all other light spectrums just like the sunlight.

Full Spectrum LED Grow Light
LED plant grow light has over 100,000hrs lifespan, five times longer as opposed to metal halide (ceramic metal halide), high pressure sodium & fluorescent grow light 20,000hrs lifespan, with higher efficacy and less heat produced, no high power cooling system needed, you can save a lot of electricity bill all the year around, plus cutting down the maintenance cost & labor force fee.

Another edge is that the LED grow lighting has less lumen decay than MH or CMH, HPS, t5 or t8 fluorescent grow lights, it is still more powerful to thrive the plant when the rest HID or fluroescent grow lights are dead.

The biggest advantage of LED grow light fixture over the old MH HPS fluoresccent is that it offers more controlability. It can be dimmable by a PWM dimmer switch or it can be connected in a row with lead plug, adjusted brightness and light spectrum by smartphone app at one time in greenhouse or big hydroponic room.

Therefore, it is time to get rid of these outdated grow light fixtures and adhere to the most efficient LED grow lamp for growers in horticulture lighting.

MedicGrow LED Smart 8 760W LED Grow Light

The MedicGrow LED grow light is built with Osram’s high-quality Sosen drivers and top box LEDs to produce a full-spectrum light source suitable for vegetables and flowering cycles. It covers every growth stage from vegetative to flowering and projects up to 5x5 in the flower. Producing an excellent PPF of 2136 μmol/s and a photon efficiency of 2.8 μmol/J, it also delivers the entire spectrum evenly to your plants, giving them exactly the big and fast growth they want. The onboard easy-to-read LCD display lets you quickly and easily check timing settings, power, dimming, spectrum, PPF, and more. There are two built-in knobs above the screen. The right fit allows you to easily dim the light from 100% to 80%, 60% and 40% intensity without the need for any external controllers.

Mammoth Lighting Commercial Series 10 Bar 800 Watt LED Grow Light

Features:

Mammoth Lighting’s Commercial Series 8 Bar 640 Watt LED Grow Light was developed by expert indoor growers over years of careful experimentation and testing. Mammoth LED grow lights are manufactured using the highest quality Samsung diodes. These powerful lights deliver a continuous range of wavelengths from blue and green to red, creating a light blend matching the natural sunlight.
This is accomplished by using more light bars, more diodes, and an overall larger physical footprint compared to any other LED manufacturer. With 2159 umol/s of PPF and a PAR rating of 2.7 umol/J, the Mammoth Lighting 10 Bar fixture is an efficient, intense, grow light powerhouse. Mammoth customizes their light spectrum to optimize plant growth and increase yields while consuming less energy and reducing operating costs compared with traditional grow light technologies.

What factors to look at when choosing LED grow light ?

Avoid cheap LED chips, well-known brand has long durability, cutting down future repair & maintenance cost. You can choose proper wattage for your application from 400W 600W 640W 720W 960W 1000W LED grown lights from the market.

No flickering issue (how to judge easily: use smartphone camera to test) or produce much heat. The flicker might be unnoticeable by naked eyeballs for frequency above 100HZ but can be captured by the camera, a serious flicker issue means its driver is not good. And if the light produces too much heat or you have the light working over 12hrs per day, then you would need a strong and expensive cooling system to get the hot air out, otherwise, the plant might fall into dehydration to die, so keep on eye on the greenhouse ambience temperature.

Know what plant to grow, and how tall the plant would get and determine the mounting height.

Know your size of growing area and light fixtures quantity you need, then decide if go linear t8 tube grow light or bar grow light

Easy to use and flexibility (if it is dimmable by turning a knob kit or can be programmable controlled intensity of light by phone app or the suspension kit height can be coordinated with adjustable rope according to different growth stages ). If the growing area is so extensive, you don’t want to pull power lines inside and require one-time control for all lights, so a linkable connector is better to have.

Conclusion

Indoor gardening gets a lot easier with grow lights, and they enable you to cultivate plants at any time of year, in any climate.

Easy to use and economical, you’ll love watching your plants flourish under their nurturing glow!