Opinion On Best Double Ended Grow Hood And Ballest

[Hemp55]

Looking to get a couple double ended grow hoods and ballests. Ive been looking at the Solis Tek A1 1000w or the Sun System Ac/De Double ended 8" Air cooled hood. Any feedback would be awesome. Big thanks from Medicated Errl.

 

[Hemp55]

Has anyone tried these out ? Would like to know if the money is worth the set up.

 

[hiboy]

What's your Ceiling height that will determine what you can do
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[scrappy420]

AC/DE, ushio bulb, nanolux ballast and the blite ballasts are good for the money.
First combo is untouchable. Only limited by the grower

 

[scrappy420]

I take back the untouchable part! Multiple AC/DE combo dimmed to 600-750. Par out at the perimeter of the footprint is the strongest of all reflectors. This is used to our advantage by lighting plants many feet away from the apposed target.
Depending on the situation you have, money, room size, ect a nanolux de can be had for cheap money considering what they can do. Just not the 600x2 nano because it runs hoootttt. If money is not an issue and you have 7.5-10' ceilings AC/DE's are awesome. If you have 8x8x10' ceilings get the AC/DE, nano de ballast and ushio bulb.Hang light up high, crank it to 1200w and get 2 pairs of sunglasses and wear both and get 4-6# with a lot of hard work.

 

[icanfarm]

I just fired up my two gavitas in my veg room I've never seen a light so clear and bright of any I've ever used at 1150 they hurt my eyes not even looking directly at them I haven't grown with them yet but I have to say my opinion is that they are bad ass jmho

 

[Hemp55]

12' from the ground up to the ceiling. Im guessing im going to need some more room for DE bulb or keep the plants super bushy and smaller. Hummmm, need more space and a bringer flower room.

 

[scrappy420]

Dude! how big is room?

 

[icanfarm]

12' from the ground up to the ceiling. Im guessing im going to need some more room for DE bulb or keep the plants super bushy and smaller. Hummmm, need more space and a bringer flower room.

I have 12 ceilings and I'm running my bloom room lights at 10' to the bulb in veg the lights are at 8' on movers 2 in veg and 16 5feet apart in the bloom room btw hi boy
Helped me a lot with info as this is my first time with de lighting I've ran cooled hoods bat wings bare bulbs I've never seen nothing like the gavitas I'm super impressed here is a photo of the veg room still waiting on my benches

 

[hiboy]

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I have 12 ceilings and I'm running my bloom room lights at 10' to the bulb in veg the lights are at 8' on movers 2 in veg and 16 5feet apart in the bloom room btw hi boy
Helped me a lot with info as this is my first time with de lighting I've ran cooled hoods bat wings bare bulbs I've never seen nothing like the gavitas I'm super impressed here is a photo of the veg room still waiting on my benches

From the looks of your picture I think you want to turn your lights the other way
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[THELORAX802]

Is there a rec. distance for gavita's from tops of canopies? Also do dbl ended systems have anything similar efficiency wise to say 600's?

 

[Hemp55]

My room is 8'x 12'. What are you using for AC in the room ? Dope set up brother