What do you think of the Sunblaster T5 grow light?


What Are T5 Lamps Good For?

Indoor growers love T5 grow lights because they are cheap, also energy efficient and run cool so they can be suspended just inches above your seedlings. This means you can setup your seedlings in a separate area from your main grow. This will help you cycle your crops so that you have seedlings starting as your main plants start to flower.

The strange thing about T5 fluorescent bulbs is that they produce blue-spectrum light which is not ideal for growing. These lights just seem to work for small plants as they require less energy to thrive.
What Are T5 Lamps Not Good For?

They aren’t powerful enough to mature or flower cannabis plants. T5’s don’t have the power of light spectrums needed to flourish your plants. If you are planning on starting your plants with a T5 it’s a great idea but you are going to need to invest in a LED grow light if you really want to vegetate and flower your cannabis plants.

If you choose to use T5, you’ll be smart to purchase additional red spectrum lights to help during the flowering stage. T5 grow lights alone won’t do much for your harvest. Plus, while T5 bulbs don’t degrade more than about 5% in efficiency over time, they only last about 20,000 hours, less than half the minimum of LED lamps. You’ll also need a ballast to run T5 grow lights, but most of the time that comes built into the fixture.

T5 Lamp Tube: Sunblaster  NanoTech

SunBlaster Combo Neon T5 Grow Light + Nanotech Reflector
The Sunblaster NanoTech T5 High Output Fixture Reflector Combo includes every lighting component you need for your grow garden. The combo pack comes with ballast for housing the tube, 6400k tube light, jumper plug suitable for both flat surface and horizontal installation, and a power cord. The NanoTech reflector exploits Nanotechnology to the hilt for reflecting back as much light as possible.

As a matter of fact, the powerful and advanced reflector is capable of stepping up lumens to the extent of 300%. And the 18 inches long ballast has been intelligently and exclusively designed to take in the NanoDome. Up to 8 Sunblaster T5 High Output ballasts can be connected in a series, irrespective of the length with a single power cord. These T5 light tubes are best used in a grow room, grow box, small indoor garden, kitchen, bathroom and other small spaces.

The single tube Sunblaster NanoTech high output T5 light with reflector is a great option for small growers looking to care for their seedlings. This unit is made with a built-in electronic ballast and has the ability to be daisy-chained together with up to 8 of these T5 units. Each unit provides 6400K light which is perfect for those little cannabis seedlings but doesn’t provide enough power for a mature plant.

The included reflector increases the efficiency of the lights by reflecting 300% more light down to your plants. The 18-inch long fixture can be used anywhere within reach of a power outlet.

With its ability to be chained together into linkages to as much as 8 in a row and with increased coverage due to NanoTech technology used in the reflectors manufacturing, they are what you should buy. Believe me, they have the best lumens output too!
Pros

They have a very long list of pros to be honest while a few are mentioned below.
They are extremely lightweight so you won’t have any trouble moving or displacing them.
They have very reflective surface developed by NanoTech which gives out maximized lumen output.
They can all be linked together into linkages to as many as 8 bulbs in a row which is a value added feature!

Cons

Sunblaster NanoTech T5 fixture have its cons too which are listed below.
They are no doubt very efficient but they are a bit expensive too.
They are good if you have a long garden but not good if you have a big garden with not much length.
As they are quite efficient in giving out high lumens of light, so they also give off considerable heat. This is why you may require ventilation or cooling system for them.

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