Don't love the Lumatek ballasts- the digi boards run pretty damn cool anyway, why have a fan blow into the enclosure if yer not throwing heat? Just asking for shit to get blown in. Seal it up in a nice moisture-tight hunk of epoxy, and cool it with fins.

I guess that I don't like moving parts if I don't need 'em.

Anecdotal reports of trouble firing some halide bulbs- think that was more the K's, though.

Lot's of folks love em' though- certainly, except for my ( possibly irrational) thing about moving parts, a nice little ballast.

Hort 400hps/en is a great little bulb- industry standard.

Can't speak for the cordset- that could be anything.

Should point out that the pricing on that's not that great, once the stuff ships. You should see if a local supplier would be willing to match the sale price plus shipping- you might be able to just pick it up, as opposed to a bunch of differant companies having a shipping address on file.