Quote Originally Posted by jackforest
Hah, I knew there would be many, "Oh no, you should have..."

Unfortunately, I'm being loaned this money and bargained at this exact price barely. I need a job. That might have been nice to have the ballast seperate, I was a little skeptical of that feature but it will work to make enough crop to buy another light of better quality.

Thanks for the advice. I just don't have the extra 20 as silly as it sounds. I need alight as soon as possible. My rubbermaid idea is turning and kicking me in the ass with the space issue. I cannot wait to turn my entire closet into a grow space.
You can't sell a few games to gamestop/eb games to get 20 bucks? Or sell a few clones to other umm *ahem* Medical Marijuana patients at 5 bucks a piece?

It just seems a shame to spend twice the money when it could be done right the first time.

Other things worth noting:

1. You can't seal/air cool this light. It only vents out heat.

2. The reflector used is just a square box. No angles. Not the best reflector. Anything not directly below the light will suffer comparitively to a hood with some diagnol angles.

3. This unit is combined as stated earlier. Furthermore it's sealed with a glass lens but does not have any active air cooling abilities. This heat will drift upwards and into the ballast. This is sure to reduce the life of this light.

4. You cannot upgrade this. Meaning you can't add a cool tube or change reflectors or anything of the sort.

If you're really set on buying another light after this grow is complete then why not buy two of those $119 400 watt HPS systems.

Another option to consider is this; If you truely can not come up with $20 and are borrowing $100 to get a light then perhaps you shouldn't be buying anything at all. $20 is not that hard to come up with even for people who don't have the money.

Sell plasma. Pays like $40 I think.. umm what else pays money. Sell copper, pays pretty decent. Go do telemarketing for 1 day.

Telemarketing places typically pay about $7-$9/hr during your training phase. Which typically lasts anywhere from 1 day to 1 week. All you need to do is work 1 day.

Ask 20 different people for $1. It's kind of crappy but because it's such a low amount most people will probably forget about it and you won't even have to pay it back.

If you're dead set on it then you're dead set on it and I won't continue to try to change your mind, but I thought someone should at least tell you the benefits of the alternative.
daihashi Reviewed by daihashi on . HTG $100 400 Watt HPS http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=53168 Is this just a cheap sale? Will this light work well for growing four plants? Rating: 5