Lighting any led experts? what is the difference between these leds??

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hi troops just realised that if i take an ariel shot you can properly see the difference between my 2 lights. one of them is a mars 600. 272w+-10 the other is very similar but unbranded. i had tested and is roughly the same actual draw. 255ish i cant quite remember. anyone know what this difference in colour means in terms of quality though? i know very little about LED lighting other than its a lot cheaper. typical scotsman lol. any input would be greatly appreciated folks. happy 420!!!!!
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im using grow room specs over the camera there aswell. . first time ive managed to properly pick up the difference on cam but its noticeable with the naked eye.
 
I can't really advise much on LEDs. I know the Chinese manufacturing process has multiple factories all producing the same items. The factories that make the items the best get the best parts. Often a lower-priced factory will make an item that's just as good as your average item from the higher-priced factory. But, a good item from your higher-priced factory will most likely be better then a great one from your lower price Factory.



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maybe i can help you. I am not an expert tho!

LED's work with with a material which creates the color ( wavelength ). Like @jingo mentioned alrdy the producing process will be aimed to be at the lowest cost possible.
To create a LED that emits for example the color red you can use different materials. So at the end the price and the quality of that material change the quality of the endproduct.

Next thing to keep in mind is that High-Power-LED's need to be cooled. Transfering heat through metal ( from the actual diode to the heatsink ) needs to be fast.
The faster it should be the more expensive it gets. The list goes from expensive to cheap: Gold, silver, copper, aluminium.

The warmer a LED gets to more power it needs to put out the same amount of light. So keeping them cool means keeping them more efficient.
The better a cooling system ( in terms of how much heat energy can be pulled away ) the more expensive it gets.

Also keep in mind that as long as both lights dont got the same LED ( in terms of wavelength/Color ) at the same place over the same coverage, you end up with a different light source.
So be sure if they are rly identically before you compare them.

So you can see where all of this leads to. If i combine all of this to your situation i end up with this: ( i just assume i dont know it for 100% sure )
I assume that both lights use the same driver ( so both draw the same from the wall ) and both lights look the same in terms of design/layout of the LED's and the light size at all.

The cheap light maybe has low price parts, bad cooling and old generation LED's.
The Mars maybe has more expensive parts, better cooling and maybe new generation LED's.
The spectrum of both lights will be slightly different. The draw from the wall is close to the same.
Most companies with more experience put a lot of money into testing, upgrading making things better or more efficient.
Maybe Mars got a better cooling design or even got a better electrical circuit ( in terms of security and LED's in series/parallel ) but be sure big companies tend to start using cheap parts as their business grows.

A thing to keep in mind is that from the light aspect itself the only difference would be a different spectrum and a different intensity but at the end both will do the job. ( the mars maybe more efficient than the "noName" product )
Check both light from time to time for defect LED's or unusual heat-spots.
 
I am no expert but I have been looking into leds lately and it seem a better quality led can run at higher watts. This means if you run them at a lower wattage your get a cooler led with a higher light put. It's hard to explain but its all on this here video explained better than I could.
 
There is a huge difference between led panels (this is where I started) and led cobs. I prefer the white light cobs. The pic posted above is a white light cob.
If you watch the video he goes into the different leds not just cobs. A cob is a chip on board which is simply a lot of leds on a board. He goes into adding leds to a circuit ect. Its long can be boring at time but its very informative. I also watched a video on chip chips verse expensive the other day I will see if I can find it later.
 
Here you go why cheap leds are not the best. Combine this with the running efficiency on the other video. ;)
 
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