>>2556057lol all of my grow lights are LED with most being the phosphorus coating that allows for better light spectrum and I have no issue growing perfectly healthy plants indoors hell I have never even heard of Metallic Halogen bulbs wtf even is that? The big thing with LEDS is they do save a fair bit of energy so long as you have them on an outlet timer. I personally own three of the spider farmer SF600's 74W grow lights and I kept three overwintered plants alive under them along with my Aloe Collection. The SF600's use less than ten bucks of power a month & my 200 Watt spider farmer light maybe uses 25 to 30 dollars max per month as far as power usage. To answer your question LED's are fine and what the majority of people use nowadays for various reasons DYOR & yes it is worth it to grow vegetables indoors overwinter its a hell of a lot of fun.