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11/26/2008, 08:39 AM
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XM HALIDE bulbs ???????
I was about to buy new 250 watt halide bulbs. 15000K i have 4 110 w vho actinic
I was going with pheonix 14000k, but hellolights.com has a 4 day sale and xm 15000k bulbs are only $ 45 useually $80 should i buy or not i have XM bulbs not |
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11/26/2008, 08:40 AM
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plus i have a 10 % off coupon
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11/26/2008, 09:00 AM
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no, buy the pheonix and you will be happy you did. the xm bulbs do not have a very high PAR compared to the pheonix and radiums. but they dont make a 250 DE HQI if that is what you have.
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11/26/2008, 09:02 AM
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now this is totally up to you, but the 15K XM Bulb is horrible in par reviews. You would be better off getting the 20K XM bulb. The 20K outperforms the 15K. XM is weird like that, the 10K is awesome with a lot of par, you would think the 15K would be in the middle on par but it is 10K,20K then 15K.
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11/26/2008, 09:08 AM
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Well the bulbs i have now are XM and to me they look white to me, but they were used bulbs when i got them. Just helped my budget when i was starting my new tank up. Now i am ready for new ones I have been locked on the phenoix till i saw the sale should i not waste my money.
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11/26/2008, 09:11 AM
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would 20000k be to blue for my 4 blue vho lights but your saying they are just not that blue for a 20000k bulb |
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11/26/2008, 10:02 AM
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The 15K is garbage! I would get the Helio 20K any day over the XM. Better Par and alot brighter IMO
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11/26/2008, 11:41 AM
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is your bulb a single ended or a double ended bulb? what kind of color are you looking for? if it is a SE bulb i say go with the radium bulbs, but they are blue. if it is DE then i would say go with the pheonix. but again it all depends on what look you like and what kind of bulb you need, DE or SE?
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11/26/2008, 11:50 AM
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Guy in his 1st post he said he was going to go with the Phoenix 14K. So he is running DE.
Still say Helio. Ask around Phoenix washes out some colors, but it is a nice bulb with great par |
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