Compraing Lights 400w hps vs Fluorecents

HPS all the way if your looking for the best bud.

HPS all day.

HPS is always the best option....EXCEPT.... You really gotta have some sort of ventilation system here, or it will get way too hot in a 3'X6' closet. If you cant get some ventilation go with flouros. I would personally try to by all means necessary to get venting so I could use the HPS.

sorry, STUCK LIKE CHUCK.
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You may wish to view my journal. I have a few things to say about light. There are a few pictures there as well. VV

I grow in my bedroom closet would a 12v fan + window cracked and closet door cracked be enough ventilation? I rly dont wana run tubing or anything...

then you will not want an hid light. VV

IMO a 400w would work fine in a 3x6,
just get a bigger fan

Iv got a 400w and a 600w HPS in a closet which is 6ft long x 2ft wide x 7ft high and it gets hot man. You have to have real good ventilation even just for a 400w. I have 4x250cfm Fans venting air in and out.

ive got a 400 watt hps in a 4' x 2' closet with nothing but a little fan on the floor and yea it gets hot as shit but the buds grew just fine

Suci said:

Currently using 3 42'' shop lights from walmart with daylight bulbs for veging

these are the options im considering for budding

swap the walmart bulbs with these
Verilux 48'' Full Spectrum Fluorescent Tube 40 watt 6,280K: HY from Kalyx.com - Hydroponics & Gardening - Lamps/Bulbs/Fixtures Fluorescent

or

Sunlight Supply Sun System 5 - Econo Gro Mini System High Pressure Sodium 400 Watt: J from Kalyx.com - Hydroponics & Gardening - Light Systems: 430 & Lower HPS
with
Hortilux 400 watt Hortilux HPS Lamp: HY from Kalyx.com - Hydroponics & Gardening - Lamps/Bulbs MH/HPS

or

GE Fluorescent Lamp T5 High Output 4 ft F54/54W/830/3000ºK - Red: J from Kalyx.com - Hydroponics & Gardening - Lamps/Bulbs/Fixtures Fluorescent
(they come in red and blue blue ones are 6000k red and 3000k)]
in Sunlight Supply Tek Light High Output Fluorescent Fixture 4 ft / 6 Lamp Protective Acrylic Lens: J from Kalyx.com - Hydroponics & Gardening - Lamps/Bulbs/Fixtures Fluorescent

grow area is 3x6 closet

which is the best?

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I don't know if its to late or not but I'm pretty sure that last link is for the protective lens that goes over the fixture to protect the tubes. That link (or price) is not for the fixture itself. Someone correct me if I'm wrong because thats a great deal if its for the fixture itself.