The whole steel structure is held together with 10 screws and it also comes with cable hangers that allow you to position this fixture horizontally or vertically and makes it a very multifunctional light. On the fixture there are 8 louvers made for better heat dissipation so they will extend this fixtures lifetime quite a bit and I doubt you will have to use the included 5 year warranty on the ballasts that SunBlaze provides.
Both those T5 bulbs produce around 4000 lumens with the efficiency of 83 lumens per watt and that is a great number for indoor grow lights. These bulbs are made by SunBlaze and they have 6400 K color temperature and that is the equivalent of daylight light color so plants will thrive in their vegetative growth stages under this fixture. There are two 2 feet 24 Watt bulbs fitted inside this fixture and that means it will also consume around 48 Watts as most two feet fixtures do. SunBlaze has created this light with the end user in mind so they have applied a white paint over the light to make it even more reflective, that means it will absorb less light so there will be more light for your plants! SunBlaze has not stated what is the material used in those reflectors that are built into the fixture but they seem pretty efficient and probably will reflect close to those 100% of the light that comes from the top and sides of those two fluorescent bulbs. This High Output (HO) T5 grow light fixture is another steel constructed 2 feet grow light that is powder coated for maximum environmental resistance and strength. It also comes with hangers and an on/off switch as well as a cable for that daisy chain option that I mentioned earlier. The company gives you 5 year warranty on those ballasts but only one year on the craftsmanship but I think there should be no problem with the build quality as the light is made from steel and held together with 12 massive screws. That will increase their lifespan as well as the ballast lifespan. Hydrofam has also fitted this fixture with 3 louvers on each side that will allow the heat from these bulbs to dissipate better and keep them cool. These are Hydrofarm made bulbs with the daylight or 6400K color temperature light output and they is best used for vegetative and seedling growth but can also be used for flowering stages. Each one of these bulbs will give off 2000 lumens and that is the default amount for a HO T5 2 feet bulbs. These 2 feet bulbs each consume around 24 Watts and 0.2 Amperes of electricity and that makes the total fixture electricity consumption at around 48 W and 0.4 Amp. The bulb bed is made from German made specular aluminum and is at least 95% reflective and that will increase the total downward light output of this fixture almost 3 times! Hydrofarm has made this FLP22 to use only T5 HO bulbs and that means they are more powerful and will give off far more light than any regular NO (Normal Output) T5 bulb would. This two bulb fixture has the dimensions of 23.2 inches x 7.5 inches x 2.3 inches(59 cm x 19 cm x 6 cm) and that makes it very compact and low profile. Here will be the best two feet two bulb fixtures so you can compare them and find the best one for yourself.įLP22 is a T5 grow light that is made from structured steel, is powder coated with a grey/brown color and the texture and feel of this grow light is very powerful indeed. These fixtures are fairly small and compact but because they use T5 technology they are usually very efficient and will give enough light to grow your plants or start your seedlings in the spring. They can also be used in a prolonged vegetative growth stage settings for short day plants where you rig them to only turn on when the dark comes so they will give your plants some light and those plants will not start the flowering phase. 2 feet T5 grow lights are often used in smaller places and these two bulb fixtures are often the smallest of them all and can give you supplemental lighting in the winter months to your home plants. 2 feet 2 bulb fixtures can also be used to grow big plants if you daisy chain them together or place multiple of these fixtures in your grow room. T5 2 feet 2 bulb fixtures are one of the smallest grow light fixtures you can buy but these lights can give you around 4000 lumens so they are good enough to start your seedlings as well as give you supplemental lighting if you have a stronger grow light in your grow room.