MH nd HPS Light Bulbs, What Brand is the best.

Just wondering about the different light bulb brands out there. I have a 400w fixture and I used the HPS bulb that came with the unit for flowering, it doesnt have a name on it, just say HU400. I am sure its the cheapest 400HPS bulb u can get......as it was included with the fixture. I used a 400w MH for Veg that I purchased at my local Hardware store.

Does it make a diffence buying a more expensive (Name brand) bulb? If so what brand should I look for and why are they better?

Getting ready to start another grow and just wondering if I should replace the bulbs from my first grow with those of a higher quality.

Thanks: stlmatt

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also wondering same thing

I think alot of things factor in here..Were you happy with your 1st grow and harvest? Did things go pretty alright as far as the health and production of your plants?
I would admitt that I have seen some really incredible results from the Eye Hortilux bulbs, namely the 430's---- 1 bulb start to finish, 6-8 grows then replace...
And that seems to be the word around the fire....

here what i was able to get

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/414825-what-bulbs-you-using.html

GE..

Their commercials say "They bring good things to life"...


LMAO!

does your bulb have added blue/violet spectrum? if not i highly suggest you do, especially if your not using blue spectrum sidelighting. i use mine from start to finish.

At our op, we look at light quality this way: All other things being equal, more/better light means more yield. Since we're talking about a 400, say you're getting.75 grams/watt, or 300 grams from your 400 watter. If you could get just 10% more yield from a better light, that would be 30 extra grams. At, let's say $10/gram thats $300 more bucks per harvest. Even if you only run it for 3 cycles, that's almost a grand in extra buds from spending an extra hundred on the light. Make sense?

I should add, we use Hortilux Daylight Blues, the most expensive MH on the market for early veg and Sun Pulse Pulse Start 6.4K MH for the last part of veg. We use Digilux HPS for flowering.
You can see all of the lights, 16 of em, on the last page of my thread. I just posted a bunch of light pics:

https://www.rollitup.org/indoor-growing/407048-20-000-watt-medical-grow.html