urgr8estfear to be fair, in my skimming of your response, you selectively answered Odin's post. When he said "better" it was pretty obvious that he was concerned solely with yield / potency, whereas you brought up all the reasons why CFLs and Flouros are great but you didn't really address his point. I can't say as far as potency is concerned but, from my limited knowledge on the subject, HID/HPS lights produce more lumens per watt than flouros. So it is common sense that they would increase yield if you use the same amount of Watts.
But like you've pointed out that's not the best way to compare the two lights. One can use (probably) twice as many flouro Watts than HID watts and have lower temps and less energy wasted. In which case (provided they are positioned around the plant, your yield will be better than the HID.
BTW the grow is looking grand keep us posted
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And Odin and bluebong, the statement that flouros can't produce big buds is just wrong, see Kamel's second grow if my word isn't enough.