Inexpensive replacement for these garage flourescent lights?

[Bill Moinihan]

You (and I) both need a *better* way to tell the quality of the lamp.

Take the T12 ballasts I have, for example, which are made in New Jersey. That doesn't mean they're high quality, just because they're made in the USA, does it?

There must be a *better* indicator of quality for LED lamps than just where it's made.

For example, is there *any* indication of the quality of the Costco Feit lamps that I bought?

Here's the spec sheet, I think:

NOTE: Tomorrow I'll ask Feit for the LM-79 and LM-80 data.

What do you think about the quality of these Feit lamps, made in China?

[Cydrome Leader]

We can deduce they were made good enough to last a couple decades.

yes, what you paid for them, and the fact there's no real spec sheet on them.

As far a lighting goes, that's a 100% meaningless spec sheet. It doesn't even mention the CRI, which is guaranteed to be unspecified anywhere and not controlled.

cheapest imported lighting would be the best description.

[Bill Moinihan]

Good point, in that they were made well enough to last for probably 30 years.

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. What you paid is NEVER an indication of quality.

I can give you hundreds of examples which nullify instantly that idiotic argument. I've been having this argument for years, with many people, so, please understand that it's not you that I'm upset with.

I'm upset with people who can't THINK about DETAILS, so they pick a SIMPLE number as their indicator of quality.

Sure, price is a SIMPLE way to think about things. So is warranty.

But neither is ANY indication whatsoever of quality.

Sure, some quality stuff costs more, but a LOT of things are overpriced (e.g., lettuce at safeway, housing in California, HP ink cartridges, etc.).

None of those are high quality.

I agree with you that this so-called "spec" sheet was just marketing fluff. But I had nothing better on the net. That's why I asked.

On the one hand, you realized the "spec" sheet was BS, but on the other hand, you make quality decisions based on a single nearly meaningless number, simply because it's easy to do.

SO I'm confused by your advice.