Greenthumb J
Well-Known Member
Re: Let's get this tent setup so we can get these Herbie seeds to cracking the soil :
i have a tent thats the same size as well. I do not have my HID set up in there as i have an LED that i am reviewing as part of a sponsored journal, but in any situation, i use CoolTube reflectors in my grow tents as i feel these give off half the amount of heat as a reflective air cooled hood. The Capn uses CoolTubes cause you can get them pretty close to the plants without causing any heat stress to the plants/leaves/buds. I know he used to use raptor hoods by hydrofarm in his set ups (he might still do so and only use the CoolTubes in veg).
Either way, i think Cooltubes are a much more efficient way to remove heat caused by lights because theres less space inside the sealed chamber the light is housed in, therefore its much easier to remove the heat a MH or HPS light gives off.. I can actually touch the glass tube my light sits in and its cold to the touch, not directly under the light, but only a mere inch or two away from the light and the glass housing is cold to the touch... I'm not sure the same can be said about air cooled hoods.
i have a tent thats the same size as well. I do not have my HID set up in there as i have an LED that i am reviewing as part of a sponsored journal, but in any situation, i use CoolTube reflectors in my grow tents as i feel these give off half the amount of heat as a reflective air cooled hood. The Capn uses CoolTubes cause you can get them pretty close to the plants without causing any heat stress to the plants/leaves/buds. I know he used to use raptor hoods by hydrofarm in his set ups (he might still do so and only use the CoolTubes in veg).
Either way, i think Cooltubes are a much more efficient way to remove heat caused by lights because theres less space inside the sealed chamber the light is housed in, therefore its much easier to remove the heat a MH or HPS light gives off.. I can actually touch the glass tube my light sits in and its cold to the touch, not directly under the light, but only a mere inch or two away from the light and the glass housing is cold to the touch... I'm not sure the same can be said about air cooled hoods.