cheap bulbs vs Eye hortalux bulb

[medical/420]

i am useing $20 china bulbs and am getting ready to swicth to eye horatlux 600 hps bulbs.

I have had and am currently haveing good results with the cheap china no name bulbs. so when i swicth i should have SUPER results right?

has anybody done a compareisine between $20 bulbs vs $120 bulbs.

 

[Alexander Supertramp]

Your right the generics do work ok. But gotta give Hortilux an edge though. Heres a link that has great deals on Hortilux bulbs with free shipping. I think the 600s are like 80 bucks. Worth it imo...

www.bulkhydro.com

 

[209 Cali closet grower]

get it. So next time you will know for your self, on lighting. I'm happy with my low cost bulb

 

[chuck estevez]

hortilux, literally spanks every bulb out there, when it comes to bulbs, you really do get what you pay for. Check the p.a.r output of the bulbs and you will see the difference.

 

[kgp]

There is a new bulb on the market that really caught my attention. Its Sunpulse, a metal halide. It has several different temps. 3K, 4K, 6.4K, AND 10K. You can get a warm color like an HPS, but with much more blue added. It also produces something that studies shows boosts potency that HPS lacks, that is UV light. The bulbs are expensive at about 124 a piece, and you can run different bulbs temps at different parts of your grow. I am going to try them when my current bulbs start to get old. It makes alot of sense too me. But who knows if the final product will be worth the costs of the upgrade. We shall see.

 

[chuck estevez]

There is a new bulb on the market that really caught my attention. Its Sunpulse, a metal halide. It has several different temps. 3K, 4K, 6.4K, AND 10K. You can get a warm color like an HPS, but with much more blue added. It also produces something that studies shows boosts potency that HPS lacks, that is UV light. The bulbs are expensive at about 124 a piece, and you can run different bulbs temps at different parts of your grow. I am going to try them when my current bulbs start to get old. It makes alot of sense too me. But who knows if the final product will be worth the costs of the upgrade. We shall see.

might want to read this https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/289846-sun-pulse-digital-lamps-4.html

 

[kgp]

Thanks for the read, Chuck. My local shop that doesnt deal with bull shit just got them in stock. That post was 2 years ago. Maybe they got there shit together? Idk, maybe more reading. Thanks again for the link.

 

[chuck estevez]

Thanks for the read, Chuck. My local shop that doesnt deal with bull shit just got them in stock. That post was 2 years ago. Maybe they got there shit together? Idk, maybe more reading. Thanks again for the link.

i would be interested to know how they work out for you.

 

[Trousers]

hortilux, literally spanks every bulb out there, when it comes to bulbs, you really do get what you pay for. Check the p.a.r output of the bulbs and you will see the difference.

Got a link or are you just repeating what you have heard?
The ballast has a lot to do with how well a bulb does.

[video=youtube;o5H3XDj80zQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5H3XDj80zQ[/video]

 

[chuck estevez]

Got a link or are you just repeating what you have heard?
The ballast has a lot to do with how well a bulb does.

[video=youtube;o5H3XDj80zQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5H3XDj80zQ[/video]

• interesting findings today.
  first off, this is the meter I used http://www.sunlightsupply.com/p-1430...te-sensor.aspx
  this is the set up I used
  melonhead air cooled reflector
  

  

  
  
  tested 2 bulbs today, usuio and new lumatek, findings are as follows
  
  using a magnetic ballast
  max output for ushio 2000nm it fluctuated around 1990
  max output for lumatek 2080nm it fluctuated around 2055
  
  using a new air cooled lumatek ballast
  max output for lumatek 2470 fluctuation 2460
  max output for ushio 2500 fluctuation is all over the place
  
  on super lumens setting
  lumatek 2520
  ushio 2606, but it still has a lot of fluctuation compared to the lumatek.
  
  more bulbs to come
  
  
  
  
  

  • we have a clear winner so far, it is the new hortilux bulb.
    
    on reg. setting it pulled 2545nm and on superlumens went to 2601
    
    the sunmaster is weak at 2280nm and 23330 for SL.
    I ran a 2 year old sunmaster and it put out 2120 on SL. so, a bulb definitely loses some over time.​
    
    
    
    

  
  
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