Hydrofarm SBM175H 175-Watt Mini Sunburst Metal Halide with Lamp Reviews

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Powerful yet compact. Produces a bit of heat but not bad. Indoor winter garden is doing way better with this light!

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I got this as a supplemental light for a grow area with some young tomatoes. I have to say that the light intensity is right as I expected a 175w supplemental light would be.

After moving things around, I now have 5 plants under this light. Amazingly enough, the heat signature is extremely small for a HID. Plants can be placed only a few inches from the light, maximizing efficiency.

Apparently, the bulb this comes with is a, "full spectrum" kind of light, and I tend to see that. The glow from this bulb is just a little more yellowish that my other metal halide which is 6500k. No worries, it should work just fine and when not busy, would be a good additional (but not substitute) light for flowering.

Bear in mind, this thing takes a very long time to warm up. While this is true for most MH lights, the mini sunburst seems to want a good 30 minutes to be at full capacity. That's perfectly ok as when the light is running, I leave it running almost all day.

I'd recommend this to anyone growing indoors that needs a small light in a heat prone environment. It more than pulls its weight.

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This is a great light for the price. My bell peppers are thriving in their new home. Im looking to add Tomatoes

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This is a great little light if you're only doing a few little plants. I would only recommend doing about a two foot by two foot area as others have stated. Anything larger or very tall would require at least a 400 watt package. I would like to say that it is a great, plug-and-play unit that works well. It will start cold(around 50 F) and runs well, no flickering or that sort of thing. This unit is not NEARLY as inefficient as the Sun System 150 Watt HPS package, which runs at 3.3 amps continuously, but still has its own inadequacies. Warmed up it will run at around 1.75 amps which equates to 210 VA. But Hydrofarm knows, by far, more about what they are doing than sun system. GOOD BUY!

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I bought this for my 2x3 veg area. It works very well, nice and bright in that small of a space. I wouldn't use it for any larger than that. It doesn't throw a whole lot of heat from the bulb but the ballast heats up quite a bit so you will need some ventilation. Very good light overall, I'm very happy with the results so far, the plants love it.