Garage Lighting

[TimberXX]

I have florescent garage lighting, 2 two bulbs 4 footers. It's not bright enough. I am looking at these from northern tool, adjustable between 30000 to 10000 lumens.

Thoughts?

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200758586_200758586

Any other suggestions?

 

[Roadworthy]

If it was my garage instead of depending on one fixture I'd spread the job out to several fixtures spaced around the garage. I get the two bulb LED fixtures at Costco for under $20 apiece and they're brighter than my old two bulb fluorescent fixtures. But I don't know the size of your garage so maybe one fixture is adequate.

 

[nbking]

I second the Costco lights, I have 8 in a detached 2 car garage/shop. Lots of light for a nice price

 

[California]

I'm happy with the HF 5,000 lumen lights. $20 each, with coupon. These are much brighter than a 4 ft two-tube fluorescent fixture.

Here's what two of them look like (one is above the camera), quite sufficient for this barn stall. I later added one above the workbench on the left to throw light horizontally under the tractor for oil changes etc.

YMMV.

 

[fatjay]

Bought at costco for $17.99 each on sale, dual LED bulbs. I have a couple in my current garage and these are for the new garage I'm building.

 

[Monster5601]

A while back I bought two of the Costco LED fixtures as a test. After a trial period, I decided this is the route I want to take. I wanted to replace all my fluorescent fixtures (tubes are starting to fail) in the garage over to LEDs. Low and behold I went back to Costco and they did not have the same 4,300 Kelvin fixtures, instead, their inventory was all 4,100 K. I bought one to try but I am not happy with the color temperature. This may be subjective but the Costco 4,100 Kelvin lamps are too warm for me for workshop usage. The color temperature difference really shows when comparing them next to the 4,300 Kelvin lamps.

After considerable research and watching a few YouTube videos plus reading the Amazon reviews, this is what I'm going with.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RKZFD5...olid=2MHRI27S01408&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

[dodge man]

My shop is 28’ x 30’ and I have something like 18 4’ fluorescent twin bulbs in it. As they have burned out I have switched to some cheap LED that look the same as 4 foot fluorescents that I got off Amazon.

 

[mikester]

I replaced my high bay T8 fluorescent bulbs with the T8 LED bulbs at Costco and have been very pleased with them. They use half the energy, are brighter and instant on. $15.99 a pair.

 

[shooterdon]

I added lighting for a reloading shop and used 4' 5000 lumen dual LED's from Amazon. You can string up to 10 together so less hassle running wires. My buddy was so impressed he purchased 12 of them for his larger 3 bay garage. Less than $225 delivered.

 

[KennyG]

I've had a number of different shop lights and I will second Monster's recommendation of the V-Shape lights from Amazon. They come in several sizes, are very reliable and distribute the light very well. The Northern Tool light originally mentioned is probably OK but way overpriced.

Select a light size and number that can be distributed over the area to prevent shadowing.