So I was looking up HPS bulbs on Amazon because I know mine is getting old and will need a new one soon and ran across this and I am wondering if anybody has any opinions on this? If I was to get this, do you think it would be better than a regular HPS bulb? It’s a 250 w HPS but then it says this led is 100 w so I don’t know just looking for some input on this. Thank you
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Nah…
Buy a 250w HPS bulb for like ~$15…
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I love LED growing.
However, I’d go back to a HID bulb, myself.
BUT, for that cheap of a price, why not give one a go to see how it does through a cycle.
Good luck!!
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That bulb doesn’t fire off a hps ballast btw, just uses the same size socket. If you want to run a grow w/ led’s there are good options under $100 for small footprints.
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That’s not HPS it’s one of those corn cob LEDs… I used to test grow lights for Amazon and they are better as a supplementary light. You can stick them in the middle of the canopy and pretty much modern CFL
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@NoCal well I have LEDs already I was just looking for a new HPS bulb and this popped up so I was wondering about this versus a regular HPS bulb you know.
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I dunno if its just me, but when I saw those purple things I tend to avoid :X
I just dont run hps anymore because of the heat/no ac unit/live in brazil
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E39 base is the old mogul base (not common). The standard size we are familiar with is an E26 base.
(E= Edison, 26= 26mm)
The price is great but as @Headies12green said 
best for supplementary lighting.
Though the blurple is quite ‘retro’ now. 
Cheers
G
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