Ok, I've done looked for the CFL vs. HPS thread in the little search engine thing up top. I know it's in one of these threads that has been started somewhere but no matches were found. Who wins the fight?

400 watt hps

cfls dont even compare to a hps

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this is a joke right?

this is gonna kick off real soon i bet.

i think that thread was a joke. it was like comparing apples and oranges. someone needs to do that with equal watts. and more so compare HID to CFL because you change the spectrum of the cfl so in the veg it would be unfair

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bit of a david vs gollith. i only use cfl,s for seedlings man!!!!!

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This thread is made of fail...

As its been said before, Its what you want to use, Whats in your price range, And what you prefer.

This is my result so far with 3 26watt 6500k CLF's

See more in my gallery if you would like

HPS wins by 6th week KnockOut!

CFL does well in the early rounds. But like any good champ....HPS takes over and controls the fight from 4th week on.

Exciting fight in the early stages....but becomes a slaughter in the later rounds....

And Still......Grow Light Champion Of the world.........HPS!

A thread like this allways ends up going the same way, just as all the previous threads trying to compare the two.

A comparison between the two is impossible, because they are both good for growing but for different reasons, so trying to compare them is impossible.

There are situations where growing all the way through with cfl lighting is going to be head and shoulders above growing with any kind of hid lamp.

If stealth is the key and you dont want to spend a lot and to just get a bit of mediocre bud then go down the cfl route. People who do this like to have a small grow area for a couple of small plants.

If stealth isnt important and a bigger yield with a better quality of bud then you go downt he hid route, but with hid you get higher heat and trying to get the most out of it will require further grow tools.

So sometimes cfls are better than hid and sometimes hid is better than cfl. It all comes down to circumstance and budget.