Hortilux is among the best bulbs out there. Ive never read any bad reviews about them aside from being incompatible with digital ballast(bulb failure eventually). No clue if they've fixed that problem yet. Im using an Ushio bulb at the moment, and Im very happy with the rate of growth for my plants. Of course, the plants under my generic HPS bulb are also growing great as well. I wont have any idea as to whether its worth investing in top of the line bulbs until after a harvest using only clones, but if you got money to spend, you may as well go for the top of the line ones. Even a modest gain in yield is worth the increased investment.I'm getting ready for my second grow and my old MH bulb must of got hot and it expanded a bit in the middle, and just need a new HPS bulb, heard its best to change them out. So any advice would be great I read so much crap on the internet about whats what so I figured here is the best spot to find out.
That's what I was leaning towards Hortilux the price is up there but that's not a problem. Any other suggestions, anybody please feel free to tell your experience's with 400w MH and HPS bulbs.
Will the ceramic metal halide work in my 400w conversion ballast?