Again think useable light. Not just light you can see with your eyes but actual red and blue light that a plant uses. LED has twice as much useable light than a HID for the same power input. And yes, LED has a weakness on penetration. HID penetrates further for what ever reason. To get the most...
In order to make your comparison there is a very important key concept you are leaving out. A good quality LED puts out twice as much useable light compared to HPS with the same power input. It took me awhile to wrap my head around this fact and what it means. If you review specs on a quality...