My first thought looking at these, and sorry for way late Reply I was AFK.
That Lumens per Watt is Atrocious, its actually worse than t5s, but quite alot. Keep in mind a 48t5ho consumes 54 watts and for that sends out 4500 lumens. The downside to T5s, IMO, is they cannot be dimmed (neither can this) and they are not very efficient (they are more than this though lol) and they only put how high 80s, in CRI, like 87, 88. This isnt much better. Had I to choose, 2 of these, or 4 24 inch t5hos, I would take the T5s. 1 of my Vero CoBs puts out double that light for 50ws.
Im probally way late with this. However hopefully can save people in the future. The Storm does not do what you guys think it does. It does do storms and clouds, however it does so based on local weather patterns, not at programmed intervals.
To that end, there is a MUCH Cheaper option that will do everything the Storm X will (except the location based storms) simpler, and MUCH cheaper. Check out the Tc420 for basic controls.