I would recommend staying away from the Odyssea. I had one and I really didn't like it. Like he said, you get what you pay for and that isn't much.

I would have to agree on the whole buying the bigger lights "just in case". Everyone I know gets some form of PC, VHO, T5, etc. and then wants to keep something more and spends tons of money on halides. Just go big in the beginning and get the halides, your softies and lps will thank you.

Also, having the intense lighting allows you to run 20K bulbs for the very pretty blue color and not have to worry about the decreased PAR.