looking for a good air cooled reflector for 2 600's

I'm thinking of ordering 2 of these hydrolux ones http://www.thehydrosource.com/lighting/reflectors/hydrolux-large-air-cooled-reflector.html really I'm looking for the best its got to be 8 inch though cause I have an extra 8 inch fan. thanks for the input.

price is what matters most my friend. 8 inch ducting can be downsized to 6" at any lowes or home depot.

slade122 said:

price is what matters most my friend. 8 inch ducting can be downsized to 6" at any lowes or home depot.

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price aint too big of a deal 8 inch ducting don't cost much more then 6 inch anyway plus the 8 inch has better air flow keeping temps lower. I know how too grow I'm not a beginner just when it comes to the air cooled hoods I'm not 100% which will be best for a 600 if I had a 1,000 I'd probally go with the raptor but I think that will be over kill for a 600 watt light.

If your going to spend that much, get a blockbuster. Waaaaay better hood. 8" is a waste unless your chaining more than 5 hood together.

Or check out the blazer 8 or blazer 6

^ yes very similar to the blockbuster. Although I have to say that the new blockbusters are pretty fuckkng money. It was the first hood out of allot of hoods I have that is built correctly. Nice gaskets that fuckkng work, nice hinges, safety cable so you don't smash your plants when you change bulbs. Etc. I bought 1 of them, tested it with a lux meter and then also read the greeners AC hood test on them. I went out and bought 11 more

Fucking love them

Choose wisely my friend the bulb and reflector are the most important purchase for indoor growers. Yet soo many ..cough...shit heads... Go search ebay for some piece of shit ballast, hood, bulb combo. You get what you pay for. Spend the extra 20-50 and get the beat dude.

Wow people that dont know better are shitheads? lol

I use this hood for 600 watt. It seals well and the hood is wide enough so that you can cover a 4x4 area while keeping it real close to the canopy.

http://www.amazon.com/Horizon-Super...words=horizon+super+nova+air+cooled+reflector

It stays quite cool with a 408 cfm fan pulling air.

OG reflector by growlite. Hands down, comes in a 8" but I dont think you need it...

that blockbuster does sound nice but at greners they say:
Radiant- The Radiant reflector (and Daystar below) is the only reflector with the internal layout designed by lighting engineers (computer modeling, laboratory testing, etc). This is the best of the best reflector made to put the maximum amount of available light on to the surface of your 4'x4' grow area.[TABLE="width: 100"]
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Blockbuster- This is the top of the line reflector from Sunlight Supply / Sun Systems. This is the reflector they say is as good or better than the Radiant.[TABLE="width: 100"]
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which makes me want the radiant cause its a lot cheaper and they don't say the blockbuster is any better just that its as good.

im a big fan of the silverstar reflector http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILVER-ST...n_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item3f17638d87.ive tried others,but the silverstar is best imo.the magnum xxxl is really only for 1000 watt bulbs.

I just found this chart at greners:


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[TD]Luxor 8" r2 *[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]779[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]3.12[/TD]
[TD]$249.95[/TD]
[TD]272.7[/TD]
[TD]506.3[/TD]
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[TD]Luxor 8" r1[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]777.2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]3.11[/TD]
[TD]$249.95[/TD]
[TD]267.8[/TD]
[TD]509.4[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FEFAD8"]Blockbuster 6"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]728.8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]4.86[/TD]
[TD]$149.94[/TD]
[TD]305.0[/TD]
[TD]423.8[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FEFAD8"]Radiant 6"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]711.3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]5.93[/TD]
[TD]$119.95[/TD]
[TD]292.4[/TD]
[TD]418.9[/TD]
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[TD]Blockbuster 8"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]677.4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]4.37[/TD]
[TD]$154.95[/TD]
[TD]287.6[/TD]
[TD]389.8[/TD]
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[TD]Raptor 8" - At 23"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]666.2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]3.10[/TD]
[TD]$214.95[/TD]
[TD]317.2[/TD]
[TD]349.0[/TD]
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[TD]Raptor 8" - At 24"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]657.2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]3.06[/TD]
[TD]$214.95[/TD]
[TD]316.1[/TD]
[TD]341.1[/TD]
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[TD]Radiant 8"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]641.6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]5.35[/TD]
[TD]$119.95[/TD]
[TD]263.4[/TD]
[TD]378.2[/TD]
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[TD]Magnum XXXL 6"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]638.6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]3.19[/TD]
[TD]$199.95[/TD]
[TD]303.4[/TD]
[TD]335.2[/TD]
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[TD]Raptor 8" - At 25"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]630.3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]2.93[/TD]
[TD]$214.95[/TD]
[TD]310.6[/TD]
[TD]319.7[/TD]
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[TD]Adjust-A-Wing Medium **[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]612.4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]4.47[/TD]
[TD]$136.95[/TD]
[TD]291.9[/TD]
[TD]320.5[/TD]
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[TD]Xtrasun Wing[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]610.8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]16.09[/TD]
[TD]$37.95[/TD]
[TD]224.2[/TD]
[TD]386.6[/TD]
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[TD]Arctic Sun 6"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]555.6[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]4.75[/TD]
[TD]$116.95[/TD]
[TD]222.7[/TD]
[TD]332.9[/TD]
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[TD]Daystar AC 6"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]540.4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]5.75[/TD]
[TD]$93.95[/TD]
[TD]256.0[/TD]
[TD]284.4[/TD]
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[TD]Xtrasun 6"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]535.8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]6.23[/TD]
[TD]$85.95[/TD]
[TD]254.8[/TD]
[TD]281.0[/TD]
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[TD]Melonhead 8"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]533.8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]3.96[/TD]
[TD]$134.95[/TD]
[TD]231.5[/TD]
[TD]302.3[/TD]
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[TD]Cooltube w/ Reflector Wing 6"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]516.4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]4.92[/TD]
[TD]$104.95[/TD]
[TD]195.7[/TD]
[TD]320.7[/TD]
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[TD]Sunspot 6"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]507.2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]4.83[/TD]
[TD]$104.95[/TD]
[TD]243.6[/TD]
[TD]263.6[/TD]
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[TD]Adjust-A-Wing Large **[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]489.4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]2.58[/TD]
[TD]$189.95[/TD]
[TD]322.0[/TD]
[TD]167.4[/TD]
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[TD]Penetrator ***[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]450.8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]3.79[/TD]
[TD]$118.95[/TD]
[TD]218.4[/TD]
[TD]232.4[/TD]
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[TD]Parabolic 32" Vertical White ***[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]396.8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]10.19[/TD]
[TD]$38.95[/TD]
[TD]213.1[/TD]
[TD]183.7[/TD]
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[TD]Cooltube w/o Reflector Wing 6"[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]315.9[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FDF7BD"]3.01[/TD]
[TD]$104.95[/TD]
[TD]144.0[/TD]
[TD]171.9[/TD]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]*r2 = Repeat of test[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]**Without super spreader [/FONT]
***[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]We don't carry this item[/FONT]


[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]this chart just barely puts the blockbuster on top of the radiant 6 inch but some reason the 8inch looses a lot of light must be through the bigger duct. guess I'll go with the 6 inch just cause their more efficient but does anyone have experience with the radiant reflector it seems to be the best for the money as the chart shows the blockbuster is barely throwing more light. [/FONT]

Yeah they are real close. The thing about the blockbuster is the nicer, higher quality features. If your not running co2 then the seals probably don't matter as much.

They both have very even patterns there s a better thread on ICmAg with color graphs showing the longer patterns. Pretty interesting really. Some of the hoods had god awful light patterns. And I mean terrible!