The best lights

oldesthippy

Active Member
well i have not been growing for long and all i could afford was a t5 for veg. and a 400 hps for flower and they did good imo my son got me a 1000 hps/mh for christmas lmao cool kid
 

gladstoned

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btw, you might want to tone down the attitude a little too man, coming off like you're the only person with the right info only makes you look bad and will surely give offense.
Well I apologize. I do not want to look bad to you and I wouldn't want you or anyone else to get all offense on me.
I have posted I don't know shit about lighting so I buy the best.
Please don't rip me a new one. I will watch it the rest of the day. I promise.
 

Motorbuds

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Well I apologize. I do not want to look bad to you and I wouldn't want you or anyone else to get all offense on me.
I have posted I don't know shit about lighting so I buy the best.
Please don't rip me a new one. I will watch it the rest of the day. I promise.
lmao :lol: :lol:
 

Bigtacofarmer

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I have vegged under halides, sodiums, T5s. I like the stoutness you get under a halide but honestly they can all get the job done. I wouldn't veg anything too tall with T5's but I had some 4-5 ft tall moms under them with ok growth at the bottom. For flowering I have used a lot of brands. I prefer Hortilux but Solarmax and Maxlumens are so close you can barely tell the difference. I am using some BadAss and so far let down but may be some low temps I battled no long ago. Thats over and I'll know soon. Sorta. I started early flowering under the Hortilux blue and mid under the BadAss. Finishing under the 10k SunPulse. So I won't know for sure how much I disliked the BadAss but I'll be getting more Hortilux next. If I had to only run one light, 1000 Hps Hortilux would be an easy choice!
 

buckaroo bonzai

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I run 'Dutch' style---no hoodz.....

and I rotate my MH/HPS from one side of the room to the other every week--


there is some truth to the whole 'mix' concept of light spectrum....

now anyone want to discuss 'reptile' bulbs...?.......to help the finnish-
 

Timmahh

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Philips Ceramic Metal Halides (currently 400W is the largest bulb, but are available in HOR and Vert) all the way around! 6500K fluoros for seedlings/cloners.
 

NickNasty

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My friend just ordered some 4 - 300 watt induction lights we will see how well they do against his 1000 watts if they work out good for him I may be switching. It would be nice to never have to change a bulb.
 

mushead

Active Member
no ones running the plasma lights yet? im super excited to see those in veg, hard to drop 1400 on it though. ive always tried to add 10-20 percent blue light, anything over seemed to get fluffy, no solid data to confirm that, just a stoned observation one evening. any 600w fanboys? ive been all over the wattage spectrum and these days i only run 600's. i feel i can cool them much better which allows me to drop them down on my canopy lower than ever. only draw back really is the added hoods, ballasts and bulbs. not to mention the needed amps available to power everything, but if your run much more than 2 600's im sure you have been at that cross road already. i like to run 6 600's in a 8x8 room, being laid off made me cut back to 3 600's in a 4x8 however. sunpulse 3k or 4k i forget, in the center, and two hortilux's on the sides. not sure how i like the sunpulse's for the money, but alot of bulbs are 100+ so..idk. i cant complain with the final product. :joint:
 

Rrog

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I'm building a 300W LED panel for a friend. For a closet grow. LED tech is advancing faster than computer tech. The game changed when the "white" LEDs came out. Broad spectrum, very bright and cool(er) running. There are some very impressive LED threads out there.
 

justanotherbozo

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I'm building a 300W LED panel for a friend. For a closet grow. LED tech is advancing faster than computer tech. The game changed when the "white" LEDs came out. Broad spectrum, very bright and cool(er) running. There are some very impressive LED threads out there.
...you have one your own bad self if i'm not mistaken, lol. ...a VERY good read.

Building New Panels - Sharing the Process

...thanks for sharing your work.

peace, bozo
 

Rrog

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That's the one! I have to get a new photo account and post some pics of the build.
 
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