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danzibar0161
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Hey man :) Yes there are disadvantages with the cooltube. The main one being that they dont have great reflectors on them as standard, they just dont spread the light far enough. If you can make a big reflector for it, like an 'adjustawing' or 'mantis' you'll get much better spread and still remain close to the plants due to the glass cover. I bought a cooltube on my first grow, just because thats all they had at the time and it is good if your using a few of them but if you have only space for one light I'd get a bigger reflector to cover a larger area :) If your growing in a cupboard where it will get quite hot them maybe you should go with the cooltube for temperature reasons :) I'm baked this morning and rambling so i will go, lol :)

Good luck with whatever you decide to go with ;)

Gonzo :)

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hi man, you do have a ffew disadvantages, but not big enough to not use it if you have heat issues ^^ If you don't have problem with heat and can go without a cooltube it is not necessary. You do have a very little loss of lumens with the glass and the dust that goes on it slowly, but it's not a very very big loss. And like gonzo said the reflector they ave usually is shitty so if you can make a new one do it ^^

good luck :)

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