$75 would get you a new 100 watt LED from Mars Hydro or similar, like the one you have linked first. Definitely a decent starter light. I use a couple of them. Not a perfect spectrum, but powerful and reliable.
Yep, they were in a 4x3 together with a light a piece, so maybe they weren’t strictly 100w harvests. @BeTheLight Would you believe i started in DWC? Those were back in 2019 i think. I won some commercial grade lights and have dispersed all but one of my ts600s. I keep it for memory and emergency backup.
Honestly, as an owner of both the 600 and the 1000…spend the extra $25 and get the 1000…it has a dimmer, so you can dim it down if needed…trust me…I’m too poor to buy cheap things…get the ts1000. It’s a very noticeable difference in light output.
I agree get a dimmable. I have both the ts600 and ts1000. It can be difficult to get the ts600 high enough in my 2’x 2’ tent. It’s only four feet high.
I’ve had excellent results with ViparSpectra lights, the XS Pro series is lensed for great light distribution. Good value for the money, I have been using these for several years now and would buy another if needed.