Help me Led or hps

Doggonewild

Doggonewild

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I have a small cabinet Should i get a 250 watt hps with a cool tube or this? Much needed advise which will produce better buds i already have cfl vegg cab
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this is the led so which would b better
 
Doggonewild said:
I have a small cabinet Should i get a 250 watt hps with a cool tube or this? Much needed advise which will produce better buds i already have cfl vegg cab
140xh5w.jpg
this is the led so which would b better
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HPS. No question. Reliability and endurance make it a no-brainer.
 
BTW your 250HPS will cover 2 plants decently. A 400 watt has much better penetration, not much more heat and not much more to operate.
 
I'm with Hotrod Harry a 400 watt HPS would be much better and as you were planning on using a cool tube anyway no heat problems.
 
Idk led would keep it stealthly but i wanna know if the buds would be good and dense from the led if it wont idk cause every cool tube and reflector i find is 2 foot my cab is 23 inches across
 
The density may lack from led but wont be as bad as cfl.. HPS is the way better way to goo. Just modify your cab to fit it. OR you could use the LED with a few 42w CFLs. Ive seen that combination work good as well.
 
How much is it two add cooltube also ive been thinking of gettin two 150 hps so i wont have to worry about heat so much
 
hello Doggonewild, IMO the light you get really depends on the space you have to grow and how you plan to cool it, and that one should be fine...I've got almost the same ballast as the one you're looking at (mine is iPower brand but same specs), and for my cab (22"x36"x62") it's perfect as far as lumen and heat. I've got a 6" fan blowing on it that doubles as cab circulation. No experience with the cooltube but i don't see why its a bad idea if you're worried about too much heat. And that price can't be beat, I paid about the same for mine and feel I got more than my money's worth. Just remember to keep air circulated and watch how your plants react to the heat and light distance and I'm sure you'll be fine...get a journal going so I can sub you, I wanna see how great your grow goes!!!!
 
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