Way over kill for a five gallon bucket assuming it's 110 watts with the LEDs specified.
Take some of the claims of this light with a complete grain of salt. The "1000w" claim is BS as are the claims about the grow area. This claim that this light is good for 2.5 x 2.5 grow area claim is a fraudulent claim. That's six square feet for 110 watts input (assuming this is also not BS) for 17 watts per square foot which will give weaker and looser buds.
I generally do not recommend lights that use the "Equivalent to 1000W HPS/MH grow light" lie because of they lie about this what else are they lying about (looking at you, Mars Hydro).
For a five gallon bucket this light may be more appropriate and will give good results. My only complaint after testing the light is the bush bearings used instead of ball bearings for the fan.
I recommend the above light for five gallon buckets only. Brutes and totes have better options.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09BN9BZ1P/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A1PES7UJPP9ORD&psc=1 this is the light I’m using, it’s acctualy 65w true power but outputs the equivalent of 300w. Some of my friends use this light to grow a couple autos and it works great for them.
This is what I went with: UFO light
Saw it got a tentative seal of approval from SAG and it's cheap, $36.99 here in the states. Been pretty good so far, really like the dimming option.
u/Ekrof you got thoughts about this one? Seems alright and a pretty good fit for a 5-gal build. Saw it asked about a couple months ago, but didn't catch a followup or if SAG ended up testing it.
It would prolli work but it's likely gonna be underpowered and with bulbs will take up too much valuable verticle space. For nearly the same price get this UFO LED Grow Light 300W, Ideal Full Spectrum Grow Light with 168 LEDs, Dimmable Plant Grow Lamp for Indoor Garden Plants and Greenhouse Plants Such As Veg,Succulents,Flower,Hydroponic,Seedling https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BN9BZ1P/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_YDCWYKDT3FFD71PCNT98
You can't go off this picture- those numbers are essentially meaningless and made up. "100w" is usually a low quality LED grow light.
With a "good" light, which none of the "100W", "600w" etc lights are, you want 30 watts per square foot minimum. A good light will have Samsung LEDs are something very similar.
For flowering you want a PPFD (photosynthetic photon flux density) of 500 uMol/m2/sec and above (25% full sunlight intensity). With an LED white light source this is 35,000 lux and above.
In space buckets we sometimes use lower quality lights because they may fit a five gallon bucket well or something similar. For example this is a lower quality light but will do very well in a five gallon bucket:
This is a junk 100W light that will do very poorly and is a shock hazard:
Use PAR38 flood lights for a low cost, high performance bucket.
I've got too much lighting information here:
Hey Mr Light man, I have another question for you since your literally the most knowledgeable person about grow lights I’ve ever met in my damn life. I’m in the market for a different UFO style LED. Can you tell me which one will be better? I will post two links.
Thank!
If you really want to go cheap, this is the cheapest that you can go without making your own setup . It is good for a single, small size plant, but you should not cheap out on a light, as it is the single most important factor in determining your yield and do your due diligence, some of them are plain dangerous.
Thanks! i got this one
I'm having really good results with this: https://www.amazon.com/UFO-Spectrum-Greenhouse-Succulents-Hydroponic/dp/B09BN9BZ1P
No problem, here ya go: https://www.amazon.com/UFO-Spectrum-Greenhouse-Succulents-Hydroponic/dp/B09BN9BZ1P
this would prob be better and not much more expensive
I think the light was too close, and I had it turned up all the way. light