Amazon 600 watt system 130.00, anyone try this?

Someone told me 600 watts are better than the 1000 watt units, I'm thinking about trying this.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DOS0R8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005DOS0R8&linkCode=as2&tag=livingmoreonl-20

get a 1000 and dim it down ? 600 is not better than 1000

600 is often stated as the highest efficiency, most bang for the buck, whatever.

Only thing I see missing here is a coolable hood or tube. For another $20 I would get this. If you gotta extract heat your going to end up buying a hood or a tube.

http://www.amazon.com/iPower-GLSETX600DHMAC6-600-Watt-Digital-Dimmable/dp/B005GYRZV2/ref=sr_1_3?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1368885474&sr=1-3&keywords=600w+hps+grow+light+system

I got this one and like it fine. - http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-Horticulture-GLK600CT24E-Digital-Dimmable/dp/B00521B894/ref=sr_1_4?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1368885474&sr=1-4&keywords=600w+hps+grow+light+system

Cool thanks.

Seems like a good deal to me, the one at Amazon, load of 5star ratings as well.

whocares100 said:

Someone told me 600 watts are better than the 1000 watt units

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Well... 'better'...

AimAim said:

600 is often stated as the highest efficiency, most bang for the buck, whatever

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Exactly, per watt. But that also depends on the brand/type of bulb. A quality 600watt growlight hps already outputs 10% more lumen and a more complete spectrum than a cheap brand streetlight hps. Also depends on the space. On 6x6" for example a quality 1000 watt Gavita pro gives more yield 'per watt' than a 600watt on 4x4, but needing more space isn't necessarily efficient either. So yeah, it depends.

I am currently digging through Ballast to replace my iPower that went down. 3 months and it died, I suggest another company. Im thinking Quantam or Apollo.

I had my apollo HPS go out after about 500 hours, gave the company a call. They were able to look up my order on amazon and shipped a new one out to me immediately. My point being, they do seem to have decent customer service, maybe not top shelf product, but they took care of me.

http://gldtechnologycorp.com/

hey who.....

I recently bought a Quantum 600 which can run at 50%,75% or 100% and can use MH or HPS bulbs, it's quiet with minimal heat output....I like it

I bought the same system..I tend to be a brand name person...but after doing the math on my start-up with top of the line(or what people call top of the line) stuff...I realized I could not afford the hydro store or top of the line. I settled on top of the line nutrients(Hesi) starter kit $100, Pro-Mix HP soilless with some perlite thrown in, my trusty ppm and ph pen( i heard about measuring run off and all that..I just test what i put in every time ppm varies as they age...ph 6.2-6.5 never even needed the ph up and down i bought...the HESI nutrients hit it to a perfect 6.2-6.5 every time. Well worth the dough.

NOW..back to the system..I bought the same one with a 6 inch panel-cool tube thingee and hooked it up to a 6 inch exhaust vent running into my attic with an I power filter(just installed in Bloom) 70 bucks.

My plants are beautiful! 2 weeks into bloom, buds EVERYWHERE. ^ plants under 600 watts in a 3.5 x 4 ft space 8 ft high. The lights have never once shut off, or had a problem....I got the whole kit with the hps AND mh bulb, ratchet hangers, etc.. IT IS AWESOME! I think I paid 219 with free shipping! Price the stuff separately or through a hydro store..fuckin joke. 100 bulbs in the hydro store huh...My I power bulb for about 15 in the kit is producing buds in 2 week bloom that rival many of these so called pot gurus on here.

Start with the right stuff, and upgrade as you go. Every week or month I get paid I get something new for the next round.

SO, with that said...order the I power stuff, even if your ballast or light only lasts 2 harvests, replacing a 600 I power ballast is like a !00 bucks! Ill order a new one every year.

Not so bad for I power. And a first grow. Be patient. And start with 25% nutes building as they grow! Can't go wrong! Good luck BUD!

And after the 4th week in bloom I will cut my humidity to under 45-50%..but I still have two weeks. I got my Lasko hunididifer from Amazon( I wasnt comfortable with 25% humidity in veg...tried a baby humi..didnt work..got the lasko non-white dust throwing humi..WORKS AWESOME $75...on low setting!, just about everything from Amazon

here is the youtube vid i based my 600 watt set up on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OaVWFvcsvQ

yeah i have gotten a 400 600 and 1000 watt apollo ballasts and they all have done me fine. i think after a couple grows im just going to get a better bulb to put in them.

Thanks for the input everyone, I'll give it a shot...

BTW how big of space is this useful for?

4x4 usually for 600

4x4 usually for 600, 5x5 for 1000 is a general guideline. myself i would go ahead and go with the 1k so you dont think about upgrading just adding more as long as heats not an issue.

i have an ipower 600w dimmable. good lamp, got it back in december. like 2 weeks ago the ballast blew n i called ipower n they had great customer service, they come with a 2 yr warranty so i had a new one shipped to me in no time. the only other light i owned was a 150w sun system so i dont have much of a comparison but i would deff buy again

Thanks for the advice everyone, Heat is an issue as well as space...

I also run the Apollo 600w air cooled tune XL hood mh/hps dimmable system in both my veg and flower tent. highly recommend for an entry level system. like said above, ill also be upgrading to a higher quality bulb after a certain amount of hours per bulb. my kits came with a hps and mh bulb in each kit (2 bulbs per kit).