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Originally Posted by Servicetech
Don't get me wrong, I love LED. It's just the cost doesn't justify the energy savings. In an unheated garage where it's likely very little time is spent,.... T8's are already very efficient, ...... at normal room tempatures.
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After testing this pair of LED tubes I just got, I don't think that I would buy more based ONLY on energy savings. Surprisingly, energy savings was the only category I tested that the fluorescents did better than I thought they would.
I probably spend more time in my garage than Servicetech does. Yes, I certainly have the lights on in there less than in my house. However, in the winter in an unheated garage, T8s perform TERRIBLY! As in, they barely put out any light at all until fully warmed up, and even then, they don't output as much light as they would at room temperature.
I like these LED tubes because THEY ARE BETTER LIGHTS which perform MUCH BETTER in the situation that I am using them in. Instant on, very bright, nice color temperature. The point is, I have a well lit garage with LEDs, and I don't with fluorescents.
There are lots of reasons to buy good products for reasons other than purely a financial return-on-investment.
How does that expression go? "A good tool, you pay for once - a bad tool, every time you use it."