it will be cheaper and more effective and more lumens to have the hid lighting. it is always better to aircool/ cool any setup so you can have good happy plants close to the lights. go with the hid and use the cfl for clone and maybe some supplemental
texas grass Reviewed by texas grass on . Cooler..250 mh or 12 26 watt cfls? what would run cooler? A 250 watt mh with remoted ballast out of cab, or, my current setup of 12 26 watt cfls. If the mh is cooler, then I don't need to aircool it! Those cfls run pretty hot! Rating: 5