Home Depot has a better selection of higher wattage CFLs...fixtures with bulbs included of varying prices. No end in just bulbs alone either. I'm going to be wanting to DIY several 100 watt CFLs by LOA...ffs...they're 6500K, 6700lumens, and only $15 per bulb. Theres also 42 watts, 65, and 85.
So I just got in with of the 100 watt flood light fixtures. Was needing to see the guts of the thing, hopefully I won't have too much of a problem finding and or making ballasts for several more bulbs.
The 100 watt CFL....ffs...its super bright.
A nice thing about getting these at a Home Depot, or Lowe's...Soon as I build something...I'll be taking the flood light fixture back...and swapping it in for it's price in bulbs. 4 btw.
And yeah...its super bright.
I said that before ya?
Oh oh....I also picked up a 6700K tube at a local aquarium shop today. ($20)
Another on the to do list of veg room chores is finding 4 pin fixtures on the cheap so I can add as many 6700 and 10000K CFLs as I can stand.
Yes yes....I'm a big fan of vegging under CFL. MH is just too too hot. Nor anywhere near as cost effective and productive as vegging with gobs of CFLs crammed into a tight space and or focused just right on a plant. Emitting all the right colors that clear the way for reaching true, maximum vegetative growth.
btw....100 watts of CFL, at 6500K, is super bright. Hmm...did I see a 150 watt CFL on the shelf there???