Chronicling the build out of Tim's new loading room.

[Irving]

LED florescent style lights are pretty cheap and provide a better light quality. It's difficult to explain, but the light quality goes further with LEDs. You ever see people with grow lights that have them right on top of the plant? That's because while the lumen output is high, it degrades wiggly over short distance. The quality light goes "further," imo, than with a regular florescent bulb. I noticed that when replacing a compact florescent bulb with an equally rated LED in my closet, I could see the floor (and how dirty it looked) much better.

I know this all sounds weird out of context, but I believe that in person you'd understand what I meant. Also, while more expensive up front, LED bulbs are stupid cheap to run and extremely durable. I have an LED bulb in a flexible desk lamp on my reloading bench (LED isn't as hot sitting right next to my face for hours), and I use it while working on/under my car. I've knocked this lamp over into the floor, or into the engine bay, probably 30 times now and it has never once broken. Not as big of a deal with a mounted light, but at least you won't be taking any mercury and glass showers if you bump a light with a broom sick or long rifle or something.

[HoneyBadger]

the light quality goes further with LEDs. You ever see people with grow lights that have them right on top of the plant? That's because while the lumen output is high, it degrades wiggly over short distance. The quality light goes "further," imo, than with a regular florescent bulb.

Are you high??