Is solis tek still the best ballast?

Yodaweed said:

What you think about galaxy grow amps? they got the turbo feature too .

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I have a pair. The old 1000 fan cooled with the dimming and boost. Brick shaped and the newer model 600/400 grow amp. Both have been running with no problems for almost 3 years. I just bought a galaxy 315lec ballast as I trust them.

They are also made to proper specs and some of the other digital ballasts supposedly are not.

I decided to go with the galaxy. I have called around to 8 different stores and not one of them have the solis tek so there must be a reason. they all said they don't trust the marketing and believe there are better ballasts on the market.

I have been unaing solisteks for a couple of years now. i started with the 3 x 600w woth built in timers and now i am.running 4 x 1000w and wow are they kicking ass!!! The fact they have built in timers and are all controlled from 1 remote is such a great feature!! Wouldnt bother with anyhing else now ive used them!!!

2Ton said:

I have been unaing solisteks for a couple of years now. i started with the 3 x 600w woth built in timers and now i am.running 4 x 1000w and wow are they kicking ass!!! The fact they have built in timers and are all controlled from 1 remote is such a great feature!! Wouldnt bother with anyhing else now ive used them!!!

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Hey 2Ton. Curious to know what bulbs you are using in yours? I have the Matrix and SolisTek are telling me I can only use their bulbs in them other wise any other manufacturers bulbs won't give me the correct light output and i run the risk of damaging the bulbs. What's your thoughts? Thanks

oilfield bud said:

My solistek matrix where bought on eBay used and they have been kicking ass

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Hey Oil. Curious to know what bulbs you are using in yours? I have the Matrix and SolisTek are telling me I can only use their bulbs in them other wise any other manufacturers bulbs won't give me the correct light output and i run the risk of damaging the bulbs. What's your thoughts? Thanks

Man that's bullshit. I've used hortilux bulbs and apollo horticulture bulbs and usio de bulbs. Use whatever you want bro

Apollos warranty isn't bad it's the products that r crap.. I bought a. 8inch Apollo inline fan the metal one not tje plastic an in under 3 months it was dead.. only pulled thru the c.f. for about 2 weeks.. contacted Apollo they sent me a new fan within a week an didn't even want to see the old one... so I fixed it an now I have 2.. acctually one of tje better customer services I think imo

I have a few solistek 1000 watters and run hortilux bulbs and never had a problem. Ive also had Apollo electronic ballasts as well and never had too many problems. Those are several years old and run 24/7. Sometimes when the current flickers one of the ballast cuts off. The apollo bulbs have been hit or miss though. But i use those for veg.