I had considered LED but decided against it since I am just starting and want to keep costs down as much as possible. I may look into LED after a while once it has had some time to get more in use and a little cheaper.

I went ahead and bought the 250W MH last weekend. I hope it doesn't get too hot in there with that since I definitely have to use it now. I am going to air cool the HPS in the flower chamber. I bought an Easy Cool 6 hood for it last weekend also. The 250W MH in the veg chamber will use a batwing type reflector and not be cooled. I am working on a way to set up a PC fan blowing across the bulb not in a tube or anything but keeping a 90CFM PC Fan on it I am hoping will keep it somewhat cool enough to keep around 8-10" from the plants.
UpInVapor Reviewed by UpInVapor on . Builing Veg Box, (Only CFLs) vs. (MH + CFLs) Hi all, I have a closet that I am putting a vegetative box and a flowering box in. The closet is 5' x 4.5' x 9'. I am putting a 2' x 2' x 4' veg box and a 4.5' x 2' x 6' flowering box in the closet. I started building the veg box last night and went to look at CFLs for the grow. I have a 400W HPS that I am going to use for the flower box along with some extra CFLs for good measure. I was originally planning to use only CFLs for the veg box, but after looking around I am thinking maybe I should Rating: 5