How is this CFL

be ez

Well-Known Member

Jun 15, 2009

• #1

I was thinking about buying this bulb. It says its good for vegging and flowering but is it realy anygood?
http://cgi.ebay.com/CFL-6400k-2700k-FLUORESCENT-GROW-LIGHT-250w-BULB-LAMP_W0QQitemZ270405930046QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item3ef5730c3e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65:15|66:2|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

I got a prewired mogul socket.

 

StreetRider

Active Member

Jun 15, 2009

• #2

Decent bulb.

Still use a reflector.

Good Luck

 

be ez

Well-Known Member

Jun 16, 2009

• #3

So this would work pretty well with a reflector?

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

Jun 16, 2009

• #4

u can get a 300w one for $30-50 at other shops online easy.....thats a bad deal you got imo

 

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SyNiK4L

New Member

Jun 16, 2009

• #5

ya those bulbs are great but id find a better deal somewhere try www.1001bulbs.com

 

darkdestruction420

Well-Known Member

Jun 16, 2009

• #6

lol, i forgot to answer the ? u had, yes they are really good but them ones there were overpriced

 

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society

Jun 16, 2009

• #7

I have never seen a bulb that had both 2700k and 6500 k, in the same bulb.
AND
How do you know that he hasn't already done 4 or 5 grows with that bulb and it has lost alot of its lumens?
Flourscents can be all burnt out and still Light Up. Consider USED Tanning bulbs, that still Light Up, but are worthless.

Look here:


CHEAP CFLS

 

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SyNiK4L

New Member

Jun 16, 2009

• #8

iv seen them...half off the tubing in it is 6500k and the other is 2700k iv seen those lit up... i would think they would work good..but ya ur right u dont want to get that one...get a new one

 

StreetRider

Active Member

Jun 16, 2009

• #9

Sorry, did not clomlete my toughts there.

Everyone is correct.

Good Bulb Bad Price.


CFL will five you a very short internode length if done right.

 

be ez

Well-Known Member

Jun 16, 2009

• #10

I've look on 1001bulbs.com and they dont have any 250 with 2700k and 6500k. Anyone know anywhere else i could look?

Ps this is a fixture I found, how would this be for a small cabnet grow with that 250w http://cgi.ebay.com/CFL-COMPACT-FLUORESCENT-GROW-LIGHT-FIXTURE-MOGUL-SOCKET_W0QQitemZ270401738831QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item3ef533184f&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30

 

be ez

Well-Known Member

Jun 16, 2009

• #11

Couldn't find a 250w grow bulb on 1001bulbs or whatever but ill keep looking. As for a reflector I found this one with a mogul socket prewired, how would that be?

 

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SyNiK4L

New Member

Jun 17, 2009

• #12

they have them in the spiral cfls but ur lookin for the long ones like the one in the link u just sent correct?

 

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Guru Shmuru

Member

Jun 17, 2009

• #13

My friend uses the 120 watt CFLs that you get a home depot for $15. They work great for fast vegetative growth, and they do work for flowering, but not as well as some others. So you get more buds but they are a little smaller.