• They are very reliable and will last pretty much for ever. A good quality led that is cooled sufficiently will deliver at least 70% of its original light after more than 16 years of normal growing (based on 70,00 hours lifespan and 12 hours a day).
• They produce very little heat so can be used in small spaces impossible to utilise with traditional lights.
• Low heat means less need for noisy ventilation and less uptake of expensive nutrients, which in turn means less chemically taste in plants grown under leds.

Unfortunately led grow lights have not lived up to their potential. This has been for four reasons:

1. Manufacturers made unrealistic claims such as a 90 watt UFO light being able to replace 600 or even 1000 watts of HID lights. Leds are great but they're not magic!
2. Leds were not efficient enough or cheap enough to realistically replace HID lights. Contrary to popular belief, HID lights are very efficient light sources. Leds only reached the point where they could compete at a reasonable price about a 18 months ago.
3. Poor spectral balance which didn't match the plants requirements and often included totally useless wavelengths like orange and green!
4. Manufacturers used (and still do) cheap Chinese leds which only put out a fraction of the light of top quality leds but do generate a lot of heat. Look at the current crop of lights from vendors that want you to replace a 600 watt HID with a 600 watt led light!
5. The manufacturers made the lights as cheaply as possible, using unsuitable and low grade components and poor design. This leads to very high led operating temperatures which causes the lights to dim quickly and fail after 2 years or (a lot) less.

The solution as it turns out is pretty simple. Design and build a light using the best quality materials and components and a design which spreads and dissipates the heat to maximise brightness and led life.

Plant Photonics makes 4 versions of its lights.

Vegging These are a special purpose light having a Red:Blue ratio of 4:1. They are ideal for the growth/vegging phase and for mother plants. They produce compact, bushy plants with the shortest inter nodal distance. They are NOT suitable for flowering. The price is the same as for a General Purpose light.

Flowering These are a special purpose light having a Red:Blue ratio of 7:1. They are ideal for the flowering phase, with rapid flowering and the best possible yield. Unlike HPS lights, they still have a substantial blue light content, which is essential for the best flavour and highest resin production. The price is the same as for a General Purpose light.

Dual Spectrum A unique Plant Photonics development, these lights offer the grower the ability to select optimised vegging and flowering spectrum's at the flick of a switch! They have settings for both a 4:1 vegging spectrum and a 7:1 flowering spectrum, giving the absolute optimum results. These lights are more expensive than a General Purpose light.

Coverage area of each of our lights per power rating.