2 types of ushio 10k ???

[vr697getta]

i am looking for the best price for 2 ushio 250watt 10k se bulbs
most sites on rc are 79.99 but on ebay they are 67.99 each
but when i looked at the pic of the bulb from the ebay site it looks different and cheaply made but they both say that they are ushio
is there a cheaper version that ebay sellers get or ar they lying about what name the bulb is
http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~action~view~idProduct~MB6411~idCategory~FILTBUMHSETW~category~250_Watts-Single_Ended-Metal_Halide-Bulbs-Lighting-Saltwater_Aquarium_Supplies~vendor~.html
this is the bulb from marine depot
and this is on off of ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ushio-250W-250-Watts-10-000K-Metal-Halide-SE-Lamp_W0QQitemZ190177667721QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116#ebayphotohosting

[vr697getta]

i couldn't have been the first person to notice this

[xtm]

I don't think those are the "actual" pics of the bulbs.

[vr697getta]

well i know the first one is because i have a old ushio and it looks exactly like the one form marine depot

[hahnmeister]

You might want to ask for a model number on that second one. The first one is most likely a HQI bulb (no probe starter inside the bulb from the pic, although you should check that too). The Ushios do come in HQI and 'CWA' though, or rather, built to a cheaper US spec for the probe start ballasts we still have here more than in the rest of the world which has adopted the higher pulse-start spec. That second pic is a probe-start bulb from the pic, but that may not be the right pic.

[Gold Stripe]

2nd pic looks like a generic pic. I would ask for the model number off the actual bulb. I Bought a couple 175 Ushios off ebay and they looked like the 1st pic when I got them. Work perfectly.