I do agree that when I look at each light the Apollo seems brighter. But does brighter always necessarily mean more Watts? I heard dimmer lights may sometimes be actually putting out more Watts per sq ft. Than some brighter lights which means brightness may be irrelevant sometimes. I wish there was a way to measure each lights wattage and brightness intensity to see their true power. Even if the Apollo is say brighter, the 1000 watt is a bit cheaper ($95) and at say they are running at 1w chips, that's still a minimum of 200 true watts while the true wattage of the Apollo is 135 true watts. Also, the Apollo as puctured has mtiple different colors coming out of it while my 1000 watt is only a pink light so does that mean the pink light isn't full spectrum and only giving off 1 type of spectrum? Thanks for replying!