Feedback on Columbia Lighting Fixtures

[Spudland_Dave]

I've seen the Home Depot Lithonia's discussed at length here, but one fixture I just came across today after getting a quote at a local supply house is the Columbia Lighting CS Strip:
http://www.columbialighting.com/products/cs

Seems to be a division of Hubbell, in my experience I've liked Hubbell products..pricing seems to be good but I hate to pull the trigger on an unknown....

The exact fixture I was quoted was: CS4-232-EU, which comes up as a 4', 2 bulb, 32W T8, 120-277 Multi Volt Electronic Instant Start Ballast.

No clue if I should investigate further or run away...

 

[Joe G.]

It's a standard, no frills, T8 strip fixture. Hard to screw it up IMO.

 

[cybrdyke]

Columbia is a known brand in the lighting industry and has been in business for a long time. I'd have no issue using them.
CD

 

[tfi racing]

No better,no worse than anything else,they are all stamped out of the same ultra thin Chinesium tin that is warped,dented and bent before its out of the box.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Biggest issue is what ballast is used in them, and I think that nowdays, that is becoming an non issue. In the past, some people have hand radio interference issues with some of the electronic ballast, and some ballast manufacturers, such as Advance have made good on replacing them with a non-interfering ballast.

Charles