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Originally posted by Alpha
the people who choose EVLs like the secuirity of being able to grow in a very small space, and seem to be very happy with the results they have gotten. the people growing with HID lights, grow with them because they are the best lights to grow with. hope this helps bring the debate to an end... even though we've kind of gone a stray from the original thread topic  |
Accually I remember when HID's came out.. it took a long time for people to give up their t-8's and t-12 flouros.. It took long discussions on costs and such... It took people like mist and agent86 to bite the bullet and go out and test these new lights and report back their findings. They are expensive and there is more debate to have including total cost of ownership of these bulbs per watt. ie bulb replacement frequency as well as luminal degradation, luminal efficiency, etc.
Lastly if you do a search on the internet for compact flouros, ANSI, Fluorex, Lights of america, Envirolite... You'll find many experienced gardners switching to this type of light (even legal gardners) What made me so interested in the first place was the praise these lights got from experienced HID growers. And one thing I do know about HID's is that although they are expensive it is hard to get rid of them once you see the final product... So I am always deeply impressed when I see a deticated HID grower make the switch for good.
Just a note.. i think that if you do the research.. you'll find that the bulbs in the fluorex are just 65watt 6500k envirolight bulbs... and they only cost $20 they just dont have a 2300k version.