yeah I have a lumatek 1k digital ballast and I ran a hortilux eye bulb and my ballast blew in less than a year. So I did my research and come to find out many others are having this problem... Except back in the day the cords from the ballast would overheat and melt/fuse together. Or something dramatic to that effect, Im a carpenter... fuck electricity and its bullshit.
SO IVE RAN USHIO bulbs..... AWESOME MH bulb <3
So I think Ill stick with another Ushio 1K HPS because both of my ballast are lumatek (you know the purple ones with fins) however I find look at the newer commercial DE ballast like DB raved about.