Another 4' LED worklight thread 8 for $48

[newbury]

[h=1]AmazonCommercial 4' LED Shop Light, 4000 Lumens, Linkable, Pull Chain, Cool White 6500K, ETL and Energy Star Certified | 8-Pack[/h]

$48.07

They link by using a normal wall plug and are limited to linking 3.
I've now bought 24 and had only 1 DOA out of the first 8.
Tradeoff seems to be "claimed lumens" but for $6@ they seem worth it.

 

[Aquamoose]

Whoa! That’s pretty good! So you’d recommend them? My finger is hovering over the “buy” button.

 

[newbury]

I'd recommend them but check the price closely. I first bought them at $56/8, then watched the price then watched the price jump up to over $100/pack. Look at CamelCamelCamel. Buy in the dip

 

[Diggin It]

Longevity. How LONG have you had them and have they dimmed?

There is a balance somewhere between the cheap LEDs and the higher priced ones that I haven't found yet, but not all LEDs are created equal. Some of the cheaper ones simply don't last.


Another thing no one seems to have addressed is durability. I've switched most of my house, inside and out to LED, but I'll be up that creek in a serious way if a lightning strike takes them all out. They're electronic semi conductors after all and would seem to be very susceptible to surge damage.

 

[kcflhrc]

I have found that these cheap LED Shop lights last roughly 3 to 4 months. Especially the one's from Menards. Make sure you keep your receipt.

 

[newbury]

I have found that these cheap LED Shop lights last roughly 3 to 4 months. Especially the one's from Menards. Make sure you keep your receipt.

I only buy "cheap LED shop lights". I've been buying them since 2015 (see this thread).Sources have been Amazon, Costco, Sams, Home Depot, Lowes and I think one batch from Blains Farm and Fleet. I've got them strung all over my shops:

and two residences (in the full basements) and use some as carry around worklights. Some are single tube systems that are great as cabinet lights for pallet racking. I've only had about four die on me, including the one from this last batch.

/edit - back in the 1990's my wife got suckered into buying incandescent 60 watt bulbs from some charity "guaranteed" to last 5 years. I finally started labeling them with the date written on with a black sharpie. They would last less than a year.
Now that the price of these LED lights has dropped to $48 for 8 they are almost throwaway.

 

[tallyho8]

These replace a standard 4' fluorescent bulb that uses 40 watts but they don't say how many watts they use. Does anyone know the wattage?

 

[FTG-05]

These replace a standard 4' fluorescent bulb that uses 40 watts but they don't say how many watts they use. Does anyone know the wattage?

"AC SHOP 48"PC 6500K 40WAT 4000LUM FR 8PK "

I *assume* the "40wat" means 40 watts or 100 lumens/watt. Sorta mediocre.

 

[Oaktree]

I have found that these cheap LED Shop lights last roughly 3 to 4 months. Especially the one's from Menards. Make sure you keep your receipt.

We don't have Menard's around here so I can't speak for theirs, but it depends on what you use them for. Cheap Chinese shop lights are probably not your best choice if you're using them 8+ hr/day, but for a garage workshop they should be fine. I've got quite a few from HF or Ocean State Job Lots and haven't had any trouble with them. Then again, they're only used a few hours a week for the most part.

Given how fast the technology changes these days, it's almost not worth getting the "good ones", especially for a homeowner. That having been said, I hate how disposable so much stuff is.

 

[von-mil]

Can anyone comment on the amount of radio interference that these lights produce? I have one of the Harbor Freight 4' led work lights above a workbench and it makes a lot of noise on any nearby radio. FM not so bad but AM gets enough noise to make it unlistenable. Even the car radio gets some interference.

I see that the price is now $44.62 for 8 lights.