I don't understand how you guys in the US pay so much for HID's... For â?¬102.40 (about $130) I can get a 600hps bulb, ballast and cooltube from Germany, and I don't think it's made in China either (my 400w ballast was from Spain).

Anyways, I always say 'you get what you pay for'. May not be true all the time in this industry, but do plenty of research before buying something that could crap out at any given time and hinder your grow, or worse, burn your house down :wtf: