Best Vert Bulbs

41hope · May 26, 2011

Which 1000W & 600W bulb is best for vert?

187020 · May 26, 2011

definitely bare bulb homie !!

mg75 · May 26, 2011

i use 1000w plantmax at the moment. looks like it works good. i was using 600w hortilux before.

Noobian · May 26, 2011

As long as the lamp says universal position on it, then any them will work.

redspaghetti · May 26, 2011

Eye horti 1000w both HPS and MH.
buy in bulks to save.

cheers,

bobblehead · May 26, 2011

I like USHIO for a 600w HPS...

41hope · May 27, 2011

If I go with 1000 Horts should I use mag or digital ballast? Which ones?

lowdowndirty · May 27, 2011

Let's see some pics please

mg75 · May 27, 2011

the new hotilux are digital ballast friendly and will work on both. they are enhanced in their safety.... it says on the box.
old-stock hortilux might end their life prematurely on digital ballasts.

get the new ones!

megayields · May 28, 2011

I'm going to Ushio's in my 600's also..but really as long as it is nekid it will work!

ajc0k · May 29, 2011

I rock Ushio bare bulbs with 1k Quantums. love them

labtec · May 29, 2011

Ushio all the way

Donald Trump · May 29, 2011

redspaghetti said:
Eye horti 1000w both HPS and MH.
buy in bulks to save.

cheers,

yo, the horti MH isn't meant for vertical. The hps is fine though.

41hope · Jun 1, 2011

Dual ARc Tubes

Dual ARc Tubes

How are the dual arc lamps? For vert? Whats the best Vert MH bulb?

Cheeb · Jun 1, 2011

I've found MH lamps just radiate too much damn heat.
Had heat stress with a vertical MH where HPS did not show damage at the same distance.

In regards to the Hortilux BLUE MH lamps.
1000w units are in fact horizontal operation only.
The 400w units are available in HOR and Base UP. 2 different bulbs. Most shops carry the Horizontal unit, but should be able to order the base up lamp for vertical use.

Mister_D · Nov 1, 2011

Ushio opti-red 600w all day long. Agro-sun red 600w is also a pretty good bulb. I don't use 1000's, but if I did it would also be a ushio. Any vertical rated bulb will work well though.

AOD2012 · Nov 1, 2011

I have used ushio, hortilux, and sylvania grolux. The sylvania lasted longest, and I had my best yields under that. I am running 600 watt lumatek digis.

aod

OGShush · Nov 5, 2011

I swear to god my 600w Ushio fired on a NextGen ballast is brighter than a 1000watt hortilux fired on a core and coil. Works just fine in the vertical position. Got mine for $75 shipped I believe

dubwise · Nov 5, 2011

i doubt the dual arc would work very well vertically. The bottom would be getting one spectrum and wattage and the upper would be getting another spectrum and wattage. Not to say that you couldn't grow buds....just don't think it's quite what one would want. We ran one horizontally for a while, but I think it went bad too quickly. Currently we run a 1kw hps vertically (bare bulb) around 12" from the plants and all is well.

megayields · Nov 6, 2011

Just replaced my 2 1Kers today with new Ushio HPS's ..love em!

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