Top 3 Samsung LED Grow Lights

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Samsung is a pioneer in LED technology and one of the leaders of the horticultural lighting industry.The company’s mission is to create superior products. So, it's not surprising that Samsung LEDs can emit the best light for plants.

But there’s only one issue with Samsung: They don’t manufacture their own grow light devices.Samsung sell their LED chips to other brands, who in their turn use the diodes to manufacture complete grow lighting systems.

We can still call those devices “Samsung LED grow lights.” In this article, we’ll look at the top five grow lights that use Samsung LEDs.

1.

HLG Quantum Boards


HLG Quantum Boards (QBs) are the real deal. They're very popular among indoor gardeners, especially cannabis growers. The newest generation of HLG Quantum Boards are mainly composed of Samsung LM301H diodes.





These diodes are very efficient. In fact, the PPF efficacy of HLG Quantum Boards is around 2.5 µmol / J, which is really high. There is a wide of variety of HLG Quantum Boards with different light spectrums and intensities. Also, some HLG QBs contain a few diodes that are manufactured by brands other than Samsung.

For example, the powerful HLG 600 V2 RSpec QB has around 64 Deep Red Osram LEDs. But the majority of its LEDs (around 95%) are made by Samsung.Although HLG Quantum Boards are very powerful, they usually come in DIY kits.That means you need to assemble the board yourself.

It’s usually easy to assemble Quantum Boards. There are dozens of videos and tutorials on the internet that demonstrate how to assemble QBs. The effort you put in to assemble a Quantum Board is totally worth it because these lights are superior to most other grow lights in terms of spectrum, intensity, and efficiency .

2. Spider Farmer Grow Lights

Spider Farmer grow lights are simple flat-shaped lighting boards. Yet, they’re very powerful and highly optimized for plant growth. Spider Farmer grow lights are made up of Samsung LM301B diodes.

Samsung LM301B diodes are the older version of LM301H diodes, but they're nearly identical to them. So, Spider Farmer LEDs and HLG Quantum Boards have many features in common.Actually, the PPF efficacy rate of Spider Farmer grow lights is around 2.45 µmol / J, which is approximately equal to that of HLG QBs.





Spider farmer grow lights contain a mix of 5000K and 3000K LEDs (besides few 660nm and 760nm LEDs), therefore making the overall spectrum very balanced. For that reason, the spectrum of Spider Farmer grow lights is perfect for all growth stages, particularly the flowering stage The newest spider farmer grow lights come with a dimmer function that allows you to reduce the brightness of light.That feature is excellent if you want to reduce energy consumption during the seedling and vegetative phases of your plant.

3. Mars Hydro SP 3000

Mars Hydro grow lights are very popular in the indoor gardening community. The brand uses Epistar diodes instead of Samsung diodes in the vast majority of its grow lights.In fact, Mars Hydro SP 3000 is the only Mars Hydro grow light model that has samsung led grow light .

The Samsung diodes found in Mars Hydro SP 3000 are LM301B, just like ones present in Spider Farmer grow lights. The device also has deep red Osram diodes.





In total, Mars Hydro SP 3000 has 960 LED chips, so it generates a very intense light. The PPFD of this device at a height of 18 inches is around 1130 µmol / m² / s (at the center of the coverage area).

Besides that, the light spectrum of Mars Hydro SP 3000 is dominantly red. So, it’s perfect for heavy-flowering and fruiting plants.

That means it’s hard to the make the most out of this light in a tight grow tent that has a square area. Mars Hydro SP 3000 is also somewhat priceycompared to other grow lights, including HLG Quantum Boards and Spider Farmer LEDs.