i bought cheap Apouno chinese lights off amazon. and grew better buds than my buddy who has more experience, (only on my 3rd grow lol) and was using CMH. as far as what it claimed its veg and flower footprint is, i dont think its acurate at all. but the the par specs/height chart they had that i followed, gave me no problems, and grew solid nugs. i just bought the mars ts1000 the other day and started some seeds with it. my previous chinese budget light exceeded my expectations, whicj definetly suprised me. than im hoping this better quality (maybe) budget light will do the same.