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Any opinions between a T5 HO versus a Marshydro for day to day usage?

My indoor grow setup is still in a state of flux. When it's done, I will compare 300W MarsHydro LEDs, 75W Hgrope LEDs, and some 16W Daylight LED lights. I have T8s and T5s but I think I'm retiring them. LEDs run cooler and more efficient, I believe.

Good growing,
Mike

I'm looking forward to hearing the results of your experiment, Shadowtski!

erikHIplants wrote:Any opinions between a T5 HO versus a Marshydro for day to day usage?

I'll start off by saying I have no experience personally with LED'S other than talking to Nauz, and reading posts here and some research. I do have 2 4 foot 4 bulb T8's and a 4 foot 4 bulb T5 HO. I'm quite happy with the performance of both types of lighting. I prefer the T5 though, after I figured out the best way for me to combat the heat from the fixture.

In my experience I think you need to take special consideration to your setup to determine which lights you want to use. If you need to place the light further from the plants. I would lean away from the T8.

Here's an interesting read I found one day comparing the different lighting.
http://plantozoid.com/t5-grow-lights-ul ... uide-2014/

Best of luck!

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Thanks for all the replies guys. I'm gonna end up retiring my T8s and upgrading to T5HO after going through posts and doing some research. I will however test out a Taotronic "supposed" 24W led full spectrum that I ended up getting for free from amazon