What's the best 1000w hps bulb money can buy

ryan s

ryan s

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I'm going to run vertical 600w HPS Sylvania bulbs and vertical Solis Tek 10K 600w MH bulbs in 600w Solis Tek ballasts. Going to be basically be 3 plants with 4 lights around each plant. How good are sylvania bulbs for growing exactly and how are solis tek bulbs/ballasts?
 
The Elvis

The Elvis

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I'm an auto grower and was using the Apollo bulbs. they seem to make my plants fox tail to much. No heat issues. I changed over to Eye Hortilux little to no fox tails..
I use a HPS/LED combo.. 1550 watts
 
BOBBY_G

BOBBY_G

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TheChemist77 said:
i still believe an expensive bulb that lasts a year is no better than 2-3 cheaper bulbs..ive used both and yields were only a few grams in difference..but ive never used the DE bulbs so cant comment on them.. i recently switched my flower room from 2 600 watt hps bulbs to 2 600 watt hps pluss 1 125 watt 6500k cfl wing reflector on side. the added blue spectrum has actually reduced stretch and improved yields by almost 2 oz's..pretty good for adding only 125 watts...
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you added 125W and it added 56g... so less than 0.5 gpw. unless your 2 HPSs are yielding under 600g total it would be just as worth it to add more HPS
 
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SSHZ

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Amazon sells iPower 1000 watt bulbs for around $28-$30 delivered. They work great with my digital ballasts. I only use them 2-3 crops, never more but they are great bulbs for the price and never a problem with them. Lastly, they seems to be a bit for "heavy-duty"' use, which I like- they can take an occasional bang or bump.
 
daybreaker

daybreaker

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The Elvis said:
I'm an auto grower and was using the Apollo bulbs. they seem to make my plants fox tail to much. No heat issues. I changed over to Eye Hortilux little to no fox tails..
I use a HPS/LED combo.. 1550 watts
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is the combo together or separate lamps?pics?
 
The_Herban_Legend

The_Herban_Legend

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gmanguy said:
are you guy referring to the Eye hortilux? Thats what I've always used they are tried and tested good bulbs. Get mine on ebay for $66 shipped from a good guy in FL with a shop will beat anyones prices.
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That's because he probably uses them for a cycle, first.
 
TheChemist77

TheChemist77

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BOBBY_G said:
you added 125W and it added 56g... so less than 0.5 gpw. unless your 2 HPSs are yielding under 600g total it would be just as worth it to add more HPS
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that was a wile ago, now im running cmh with great gpw's... i had run 2 600's hps and then 1 hps,1mh, the mix produced better plants but less overall weight but only a ounce difference.. if i went back id do both but im really happy with the cmh lamps now..
 
LOFT

LOFT

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polyarcturus said:
Just throwing some real facts out here for yah guys....

A mag ballast should be able to run DE bulbs no problem.

Any hps with enhanced blues is a good bukb regardless of advertising as "digital" only special bulb that falls out this catagory is cmh and quartz halide (horti lux blue) which can't structurally handle the vibrations of high frequency.

So basically any 20-40$ hps will preform.

I change bulbs every 3 cycles this mathematically puts the loss of of light around 10-15%
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I know this post was over a year ago but i have 600 watt lumii ballasts... with a double ender be ok in these?
 
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Reggie Mack

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I believe Ushio and Hortilux bulbs have always tested the highest for par rating and produced lumens. I've been looking at the "NextLighting" leds 525W full spectrum comparable to over a 1k from what I've seen so far...5x5 veg coverage and 3x3 for flower
 
BOBBY_G

BOBBY_G

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ushio and hortilux as stated

but ill bet the difference between their best and the cheapo shit is narrowing all the time
 
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Reggie Mack

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BOBBY_G said:
ushio and hortilux as stated

but ill bet the difference between their best and the cheapo shit is narrowing all the time
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Def agreed man! These "Light Ener-G" HPS I'm using are definitely comparable for $65-80 less a bulb change :). I'm still killin it lol b
 
TheChemist77

TheChemist77

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just switched from HPS to ceramic lighting,, 3 315 watt cdl lamps produce more gram per watt than both a 1k HPS and 2 600 watt HPS .. i think after 20 years of growing hps has finally met its match.. the ceramic agro 3100k bulb lasts 20,000 hours, no bulb changes, produces tighter nodes in both veg and flower and is 35%more efficient than hps lighting... time to get away from hps, save money on electric bills, and produce better,bigger buds than ever..even beginners can easily get 1 gram per watt with ceramics and for those of you more experienced growers 1.5- 1.75 gpw is more realistic within one or 2 runs after learning how your plants respond to the new spectrum..PLEASE DONT GET ME WRONG,, I LOVE MY HPS LAMPS,, they served me well for many many years,,they produce great,stem bending indoor buds.. However the new ceramic lights, i was scepticle,,i thought it would be another waste of money like the money i wasted on led lamps years ago...but to my surprise they work,,,and better than i could have even hoped!!! many big grow ops are now going with ceramics,,simply more efficient and they work...
 
LOFT

LOFT

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TheChemist77 said:
just switched from HPS to ceramic lighting,, 3 315 watt cdl lamps produce more gram per watt than both a 1k HPS and 2 600 watt HPS .. i think after 20 years of growing hps has finally met its match.. the ceramic agro 3100k bulb lasts 20,000 hours, no bulb changes, produces tighter nodes in both veg and flower and is 35%more efficient than hps lighting... time to get away from hps, save money on electric bills, and produce better,bigger buds than ever..even beginners can easily get 1 gram per watt with ceramics and for those of you more experienced growers 1.5- 1.75 gpw is more realistic within one or 2 runs after learning how your plants respond to the new spectrum..PLEASE DONT GET ME WRONG,, I LOVE MY HPS LAMPS,, they served me well for many many years,,they produce great,stem bending indoor buds.. However the new ceramic lights, i was scepticle,,i thought it would be another waste of money like the money i wasted on led lamps years ago...but to my surprise they work,,,and better than i could have even hoped!!! many big grow ops are now going with ceramics,,simply more efficient and they work...
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i dont doubt what your saying
I would like to see pictures and info on ceramic lights if you could as im interested and also a supplier if possible
 
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