Hi growfun21,
I'm a new grower and just recently did a lot of surfing to find the ideal light. I finally went with Northern Lights Manufacturers. All I can say is the customer service is grrrreat. They manufacture dual ballast light systems. It is my belief that having two ballasts is superior to the switchable kind.
Also they have just recently upgraded the sockets because of some new code which allows the bulbs to run much MUCH cooler than the standard sockets found elsewhere on other systems. This allows you to put the light closer to the plants plus the bulbs last a lot longer.
I went with a 500 watt dual ballast system. It came with 2 MH conversion bulbs and two hps bulbs. You can run one mhbulb at the start of grow to save electricity. Then once the plant gets bigger run 2 mh bulbs. Then when it's time to flower you can run a mh bulb and hps bulb simultaneously. In the last stages of flower you can run two hps bulbs. It's a great versatile light IMHO.
Please check out Northern Lights. You'll be glad you did.
MJ |