Costco 4' LED shop light

[air cooled]

I did a search but didn't find a thread on these.
Just found them at my local Costco

4 foot LED shop light
3,700 lumens
38 watts
4,100 K Cool White
$39.99

I think it is the same as the following:
http://www.feit.com/led-lamps/led_shop_lights/73991

Any thoughts for a residential 4 car garage?

Thanks
Brian

 

[antinym]

hmmm.. If you compare it to a Dual T5 or T8 fixture it has few lumens. So you'll need more of them for equal light. Also less wattage, but I suspect that ROI will be 2-15 years, depending on how many hours a week you have the lights on.

The low cost is attractive, repair-ability will probably ****, but LEDS never burn out, right?

Personally, I'd go with some cheap T8 fixtures. More light, easy repair, cheaper, but more wattage. It think these would make sense if you have them on 24x7 or at least 100 hours a week. I'm sure you can run the cost calculations, though.

 

[hdossett]

I think at this price point I would go with LED for new lighting, replacing is another story. In my experience, I just did my RV, you can get the same "lighting" with 70% of the lumens. LEDs are directional, and light is not wasted in the fixture. I figured at least 50% power savings.

In my RV, I replaced 15W T8 tubes with equal length of 5630 60/m LED strips, neutral color (about 4500K) and I can't see a difference unless I look strait at them and see the LEDs behind the defuser. I did this in my RV to save on battery and reduce heat when out in the woods... and it worked!

 

[air cooled]

I only have 4 bare bulbs in my garage and i was thinking of replacing each bulb with 3 of these LED fixtures at each bulb location in a star-burst pattern (for a total of 12 LED fixtures in my 4 car garage).

Since they are from costco I figured i could take them back if they don't last long even though i could likely find cheaper units on the internet.

Brian

 

[Chuck W.]

I just bought eight of these from Costco for my garage. Much brighter and better light spread than the dual 40 watt florescent lights I replaced. I am hoping for some wattage savings too. From all of the postings I have read, Costco only gets a pallet in at a time and they go quickly.

 

[ikk]

I just bought one last week to replace two 40 watt florescent I had going out in my garage
that is correct as Costco does not carry them all the time. I saw them a few months ago before my light started going out and couldn't find them until last week.

 

[FrankTheTank88]

Having a bunch of lights with plugs are a pain and look messy. Better off with tandem t-8 fixtures with an electronic ballast. The tandem fixture is 8' long, two bulbs wide and two 4' bulbs long. They do make reflectors for these if you want to make sure all the light comes down but a nice white celing will do the same

 

[NewShockerGuy]

How are people wiring these up?

IE: I have a two single outlets that have lightbulbs screwed into them... these have plugs... I don't want to have to manually pull a string to turn them on, how would one wire them up to turn on with a light switch if replacing a normal light bulb outlet?

Thanks,
-Nigel

 

[warmpancakes]

I went with the Ebay ones for 1/2 the price

Before

After

thats the retrofit bulbs that I purchase for the basement, I have since ordered these for my garage

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10PC-4-FT-4...78?pt=US_Light_Bulbs&var=&hash=item418c019a8a


should have them in a week, Im doing 25 fixtures in a 24x35 garage, I like to see what im doing

 

[ryolse]

Cough... cough...

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=270879

 

[LS6 Tommy]

My experiences with Feit lighting has been less than stellar...

Tommy

 

[warmpancakes]

Same with my parents buy cost on warranty is amazing

 

[FrankTheTank88]

You have pre existing pull chain fixtures with an outlet on the side that you want to tie into?

 

[wosh]

This is how if been lighting my garages. Cheap bulbs,lots of light,cheap fixtures,no 4 footers to get rid of,easily replaced,and you are ready for led when they are cheap enough to buy.

 

[6768rogues]

I prefer 6000K or higher.

 

[Chuck W.]

I prefer 6000K or higher.

I have read other comments regarding the brightness level. Perhaps it is because I am coming from T-12 5600K bulbs, but these are very bright and the right color.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

This is how if been lighting my garages. Cheap bulbs,lots of light,cheap fixtures,no 4 footers to get rid of,easily replaced,and you are ready for led when they are cheap enough to buy.

Cheap? Not if they're any good. A reasonably good CFL is about $9.00. I get 4' T12s for about $3.00. 4' T8s for less. No fluorescent bulbs to get rid of? There's more restrictions on disposal of CFLs than on regular fluorescents.

Tommy

 

[tyndall]

I prefer 6000K or higher.

Color is subjective.

Me and my coworkers lose depth perception and generally can't see sh-- at 6000K, no matter how bright. Move what we're working on under an old 5000k t12 and its 10x better for detail and contrast.

 

[toyz4roy]

Has anyone found these lights at the Canadian Costcos?

 

[Showkey]

Color is subjective.

Me and my coworkers lose depth perception and generally can't see sh-- at 6000K, no matter how bright. Move what we're working on under an old 5000k t12 and its 10x better for detail and contrast.

+2 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Orionrising]

some states do have cheap CFLs, in ME the government efficieny programs put some money straight to stores to have cheap CFLS, and now LEDS, I can get a 4 pack of 60 watt CFLS for like a buck

 

[-->]

Any updated on these lights? It seems like they're no longer available....

 

[Badasssapper67]

@ Warmpancakes,
The add you listed on ebay is over and there are a billion different adds with different numbers but similar looks. Im going to need the bulbs and the fixtures, can you tell us if what you bought is available under a different add or anywhere else?
I'd love to get good lighting in my shop and not spending a fortune on electric would be awesome to boot. Also if you had to do it over again would you have bought a different product, more light/less light/less bright kind of thing?

 

[warmpancakes]

Same guy lists them all the time, I just got another 200 in (500 total) about 30 different people have bought them , a few guys have bought several orders for their friends

http://www.ebay.com/itm/28153892181...49&var=580562914322&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[clubairth]

I like these 4' LED Shop Lights from Sam's Club. Only $36 each with a CRI of 86 and put out 4200 LM. They also have a nice reflector to push the light down to where I work.

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/4ft-led-shoplight-shoplight-led/prod16460030.ip
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[EdT]

I installed several of them in my shop a few months ago and they seem to be very good. Certainly much better than the fluorescents they replaced. They are on sale at Costco at the moment. I think I will get a few more for the shop and the garage.

 

[Off-Street Parking]

Any updated on these lights? It seems like they're no longer available....

Yes- please see the Hot Deals thread about them (28 pages and counting).

Cough... cough...

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=270879

 

[NewShockerGuy]

I prefer 6000K or higher.

I currently have 5000k full spectrum CFL's in the garage now and it's pure white light, very sterile and operating room like... I like this. How much different would 6000k look like? Does it look more blue in comparison? I'm down for pure white light but wouldn't want the blue hue if that makes sense...

Thanks,
-Nigel

 

[My Old Tools]

I have 16 of the Costco LED lights in my shop. So far they have been flawless. I have them all on one switched circuit. Color rendition is good with a CRI 90+ rating. Plenty of light. These are now down to $25.99 in my Costco.

 

[Exit 61]

I have 16+ of these dito below

I have 16 of the Costco LED lights in my shop. So far they have been flawless. I have them all on one switched circuit. Color rendition is good with a CRI 90+ rating. Plenty of light. These are now down to $25.99 in my Costco.

 

[cad70]

Do these have a std outlet plug on them or just a bare 3 wire whip?

 

[vartz04]

Do these have a std outlet plug on them or just a bare 3 wire whip?

Standard 3 prong plug


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[wick30]

I have 5 of these so far. Today I found 2 old fixtures in my shed so off to Lowe's to buy 2 led bulbs to convert one fixture over. 1 bulb at $22.00 X2 No Way. Costco tomorrow!

 

[Power Sedan]

Do these have a std outlet plug on them or just a bare 3 wire whip?

If you're referring to the Feit LED 4' 3,700 (lumens) fixtures, the ones I installed all are standard two prong plug. They can be easily hardwired if necessary.

 

[On-Wheel]

SAMs has 4200 lums for a buck or two more.With pull cord.

 

[Autorotica]

I have 30 of the Costco lights in my "shed" and they have been up for a little over a year. Bought them on sale at $31.99. The current offerings from Costco also have a pull cord and I think pricing is at $24.99.

You will not be disappointed...

Chris

 

[RSwannabe]

The Fiet version of these are on sale at my local (Seattle) Home Depot for $13.03 each right now.

 

[My Old Tools]

That's a great price.

 

[Hammer03]

I just picked up a dozen when I saw our local Costco had them for $30 instead of $40

 

[99LeCouch]

I just picked up a dozen when I saw our local Costco had them for $30 instead of $40

Save your receipt. Bet they'll go on sale for $25 at some point like they did in February. I'm picking up another 3 at that point. And lunch.