it does make sense....HID lighting is well Higher Intensity and so tends to penetrate more deeply and create bigger buds...so comparing cfl and hid lumens can be like comparing apples and oranges as you correctly point out. lumenousity can be only accuratly measured with a light meter at the spot you want the light regaurdless of what the manufacturer prints on the bulb...but the guidlines for cfl lumens on the canopy have worked very well and are very good way of calculating if you have enough light...I always figure if I go into a thread thinking the exact same thing when I go out of it, then I haven't learned anything..so I don't think of as a debate (most ardent debaters can win arguments, but that doesn't mean they are correct) but rather dialogue and perhaps at most deliberation |