What’s a good 1000w HPS bulb

MonsterDrank

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When I was using HPS.. now using CMH and LED... I always used Ushio. Similar performance and quality/reliability as Hortilux but less money. I would usually pick up a 1000w Ushio HiLux lamp new for about $60 online.
 

Star Dog

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Sylvania grolux or any other high output wide spectrum budget bulb.
There's test results available from Google with different brands of hps bulbs spectrum and output.
 

Mason Jar 92705

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Yeah they’re both very hot(eye hort/ushio) Funny, a few weeks ago someone was trying to get me to buy led’s for my grow space, the 2 lights together would have cost me around $1500 lol. The old tech is tried and true and cheap easy to replace. My plants wouldn’t be healthier or better under the leds, I’d take the Pepsi challenge any day! lol
 

viridi

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Yeah they’re both very hot(eye hort/ushio) Funny, a few weeks ago someone was trying to get me to buy led’s for my grow space, the 2 lights together would have cost me around $1500 lol. The old tech is tried and true and cheap easy to replace. My plants wouldn’t be healthier or better under the leds, I’d take the Pepsi challenge any day! lol
my ushio HPH was significantly cooler than my hortilux MH. Maybe it’s just a difference in HPS and MH. Yes I see people mentioning I should get LED. When I got started in it HPS outperformed LED.
 

Gro-n-again

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I've grown the last 4yrs using 1000k watt hps, using hortilux and cheapie chicom bulbs from Amazon side by side. The hortilux bulbs were always brighter and more yellow.

Until this past year when I bought ushio bulbs to try out. The price was right and I'd never used them so why not..?

The ushio were bright as fuck!! I'd say the spectrum was similar to the hortilux and easily as bright, I actually (from an untrained eye) think the ushio were brighter by a smidge.

I will say that the chicom bulbs grew fine weed but they had an astronomical failure rate. I'd order 3 and only 2 would light, replacements would have 1of 3 would be shattered in the box. After 4yrs I'd say that easily 30% of them were delivered defective or broke. That never happened with expensive bulbs.
 

Mason Jar 92705

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I’d have to learn about LED from what I understand they don’t penetrate canopy well. When I got into this hobby many year ago the HPS was king
I can put 3 TimeWreck plants under one 1k hps and pull just under 2lbs, sometimes a little less sometimes a little more….but I’m suppose to spend $1500 to fill my space with leds? Kiss my ass! lol
 

CertifiedRefugee

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I just grabbed a bunch of the Hortilux 1000 watt Ceramic HPS DE .... I havent really seen anyone rock these and they've been out for a minute.... plants loving them so far ... cant wait to crank these up to 1150 watts and let that whitish tint shine
very interesting i hope you give us some feedback on how they workout for you because some of us or still rocking DE HPS,MH8)
 

curious2garden

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I just grabbed a bunch of the Hortilux 1000 watt Ceramic HPS DE .... I havent really seen anyone rock these and they've been out for a minute.... plants loving them so far ... cant wait to crank these up to 1150 watts and let that whitish tint shine
That sounds interesting. I'd love to hear how it works out unfortunately smoking all this fucking weed I forget we have grow forums attached to TnT :bigjoint:
 
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