[rjniles]

If you have been on Facebook lately I am sure you have seen these adds for LED deformable LEDs

My garage is always dark even with 2 Edison based lamp holders with 14 watt LEDs, so I decided to try one. Bought one on Amazon Prime for $14 with free shipping. I really liked it so I bought another on eBay for $10 with free shipping.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/iuwAAOSwihtdy1zj/s-l1600.jpg

Replaced the second one and the place is lit up like a Walmart parking lot. Can see no difference in the brightness of the lamps, how long they last remains to be seen. I would not use them in living areas as the color temperate is 6-6500K. If you are looking for a real bright light for a work area, these will do the trick. BTW they are 45 watts each, 4500-5400 Lumens.

This is a totally unpaid endorsement and all opinions expressed are solely mine.:smile:

 

[Wiredindallas]

The only thing that would make them better would be if they rotated like a ceiling fan.

 

[Drachenfire]

They look handy for if you do not want to change out light fixtures.

I had screw in fixtures myself but as the garage ceiling was low, I was always concerned about hitting the bulbs with something.

Back before the advent of CF and LED bulbs, I swapped them out for a couple of 2 ft - 2 tube florescent fixtures. They were somewhat brighter and safer than the incandescent bulbs and sufficed for a few years.

I recently threw myself back into woodworking (stress reliever) and found I had trouble seeing clearly what I was doing especially when it came to marking. This partly due to my deteriorating eyesight (old age).

I again swapped the 2 fixtures. This time I went for Hykolity 4FT LED wraparound fixtures which I got on Amazon.

These are 60W 6000 lumen flush-mount fixtures with a color temperature of 5000 K (daylight).

They are a dramatic improvement over the old florescent lights and I no longer have to deal with burned out ballasts or bulbs.

 

[rjniles]

The only thing that would make them better would be if they rotated like a ceiling fan.

I'll get working on that.


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[SeniorSitizen]

I need 2 of those but will probably still wear my LED head lamp that eliminates the shadows my body sometimes causes.


thanks

 

[Mystriss]

@rjniles Did you have trouble with those flickering and/or did you replace the lamp bases?

I have four 100w sockets in my garage that we swapped out to the 6000k leds a while back (we love the cool white light), however, the place randomly turns into a horror house when a couple of the LED bulbs start flickering/pulsing - of course they can't all pulse at the same time intervals so it can be pretty psychedelic to work out there sometimes. Messes with my eyes heh

 

[rjniles]

No issues with flickering.

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[huesmann]

Our garage has two o/h light sockets. I replaced the bulbs from the POs with LEDs. They were bright, but not that bright. Then as a test, I bought a 12000 lumen deformable LED like in the OP. That MFer is bright! The only knock against it is the extra second it takes to power on. I may leave the other bulb as is, so it provides some illumination when between when I flip the switch and then the deformable comes online. Mine also has no flickering.