Hey guys just popped in and wanted to clear some things up...

Quote Originally Posted by harris7
not to mention that the big ass CFL's arn't cheap. you'll be paying 80-100$ each.

so it's 2-3 times the initial investment too
I bought 250watt CFLs -Huge bulbs- and they only cost me $20 each...

think about this a 400W hps gives off 50 000lm's

you would need to buy 4 200W clf's (at 12 000 lm each).
So 800Watts of power. double. Not to mention that they are huge and would take up a large amount of space. AS well you will need to buy reflectors for each one, so thats like 20-30$ each.
CFLs have two numbers- The wattage that the bulb uses, and the wattage the bulb emits. My CFLs emit 250 watts each but only use 85 watts-Which wont add up to 800+ watts...

Check out my grow (link on my sig), you can see the lights and the results I am getting from them...


Stay high! :rasta: