ze, i dont have those strip lights on yet.... just the ballist, strip lights will come on when they gain sone hieght.. I almost bought a hps, but for some reason i wanted to use cfl's.. i like em. im going to run a all cfl setup for veg and flower. if i dont like the results in flower ill keep the cfl's for veg and get an hps for flower.. I bought premium cfl's lets wait and c wat my results r before we make fun of cfl's, i bet my budz will be thick fellas