Like I said, I tried the less expensive bulbs. The PAR light...the light the plants need to grow, some of which we cannot see.....falls off quicker in the knockoffs. The bulb life most mfg's talk about is before the bulb fails, I change bulbs well before any of them fail.

I am a real cheapskate. I wire my own house, I haven't paid for a haircut in 20 years and keep it cut short, I blunder through any home repairs, force family to do stuff I cannot....ok? I am one cheap assed dude.


Pay the fucking money for a good bulb because that is why the plants can grow.

To put it bluntly :rastasmoke: