They sure have. $80 later and I have this. A coat of white paint, and my 3 motorcycle car-hole will glow like the inside of the sun.
For a while there, LED shop lights were a sign that someone had some cash to burn. But have you priced them lately? They have gotten inexpensive: Several outlets, including Harbor Freight, offer them starting around $25.
But a tip from the art department: You can pick up a six-pack of 4-foot-long LED fixtures for less than $45 total. (As an alternative to using that Amazon link, look for LED T5 Integrated Single Fixtures from a company called Barrina.)
These fixtures feature 20-inch plug-in cords–complete with on/off switch–while you can link them, too. Each lamp weighs less than a pound, making for easy mounting. Double-sided tape works well, we have found. Plus the lamps come with mounts that can be screwed onto a mounting surface.
Where to stick them? So far we have mounted them to the ceiling, beneath cabinets and on lift uprights.
What's the lifespan? Too early for us to say, but at that price, we're still happy.
They sure have. $80 later and I have this. A coat of white paint, and my 3 motorcycle car-hole will glow like the inside of the sun.
I have a bunch of those cheap hand size ones they give away at Harbor Freight. With the hook and magnet you can get light on pretty much anything.
In reply to MrFancypants :
That little light rocks.
I have the Barrina type lights all over the place. I installed two rows of five down each side of my one bay garage. They do a great job of lighting up the entire garage. I used the pin-pin connectors and once in awhile the contractions and expansions of my house cause them to pull apart so I have to knock them back together.
I installed 6 of them in a continuous row slightly offset in my attic. It's nice to really be able to see up there - well other than now I can really see how much crap I have up there....
In my basement I ran a somewhat convoluted routing of them starting at the switched fixture, then wrapping around the basement. Again - a plus and minus to now really see how much crap I have down there...
A discount store here in New England sells twin light 4-footers for $14.99. I have 4 of them in my one-car garage and one in my basement, and they are awesome. Wherever you get them, LED's are a HUGE upgrade.
Woah. I was happy with the single HF 4-foot strip for $20 with a coupon. If you search that Barrina type, they have a 12-pack for $80. Might have to pick that up.
How timely. I just put 2 new 4' led in the garage. I need more.
Put a bunch of Amazon 8' units on the ceiling in my last garage. Showed it to my then-gf once installed.
"Damn," she said. "It's like a K-mart in here."
We have 10 4-foot LEDs in a two-car garage. When we bought the house, the garage was illuminated with just the single-bulb fixture in the middle.
I'm addicted myself - I've put 16 of them in my two-car garage along with a 2' unit under a shelf to light up a workbench. I just put 6 around my lift like JG's, and it's a really nice improvement. Thanks for the ide.
A friend also recommended these for bigger spaces. If I was doing my shop again, I'd possibly go that way for the main lighting. It's a high ceiling.
www.amazon.com/Lighting-Dimmable-Equivalent-Industrial-Warehouse/dp/B07X23NT7P
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