Your supplies sound about right, except for, and I'll keep saying it, Rockwool? are you crazy? are you nuts? that stuff is the opposite of the bomb. Not for beginners. Oh well, you gotta do what you gotta do.

I have personally abused both CanFan and Vortex. Both are top of the line, with vortex being slightly more toward the top. I have never had a problem with any of my inline fans, which are all a mixture of the above two brands. I've even run a chunk of plastic wrap through two of them.

I believe the CanFans come with the cord not attached yet. It's real easy though with a philips screwdriver. Just take the cover of the electrical box, and attach the prestripped wires in the proper color coded slot. Nothing to write home about.

The filter is supposed to take care of the smell as long as the fan is on, then when you chop em down, you just need to put them deep in a closet or somewhere people are less likely to smell them. Depending on the brand of weed, some powerful ones don't smell much at all. You can get some of that odor eater in a jar. I don't know if it works.

Hope that helps.