[democracy id="2"] Choosing The Best Lights and Bulbs for Growing Metal Halide, High Pressure Sodium, HID, MH, HPS, LED and the like were all pretty foreign to me just over a year ago but with the recent law changes in Washington state regarding marijuana use I have been asked on multiple occasions now to be on the look out for good growing lights. Problem with that was I had no idea what a good growing light was so didn't know what to look for even if it was right in front of me. With the help of the good ole search engine named Google I was going to change that so I could find my clients the best light for growing they could afford. This is the article that has come from this research and hopefully it can help some other newcomers figure out what lighting to get if they start an indoor garden of some kind. First we should start with the names of the most common lights so you will know what they mean and what's the difference between them all. Grow Light Definitions Metal Halide Bulbs Also called: MH (Insert Image Here) (insert definition here in own words from research on Wiki and other sites) High Pressure Sodium Bulbs Also called: HPS (Insert Image Here) (insert definition here in own words from research on Wiki and other sites) Both these types of bulbs are often called HID which stands for High Intensity Discharge So that should start making sense a little more now that you know what HPS, MH and HID stand for, I know it took me awhile before that caught on. Now there is also a more recent form of lighting that can used for growing which is called LED. This type of light has it's benefits and it's drawbacks which we will talk about. Light Emitting Diode or LED Bulbs (Insert Image Here) (insert definition here in own words from research on Wiki and other sites)