Costco 5-panel LED Garage Light

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At Costco yesterday with Mrs. Manithree, a rare (for me) impulse buy ended up with a pair of these bulbs in my cart. It was only $20 for the pair at my local brick-and-mortar store.

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$10/bulb is pretty steep (again, for me), but so far I’m not disappointed (they’re even more expensive at walmart.com). My garage has one light fixture in the ceiling, and this is the best bulb I’ve had in there yet. I tried it out on its 8000 lumen, 6000K cct setting first just for maximum effect. But, eww, gross. At the 4000 lumen setting, 5000K cct, it lights up more of the garage than any other single E26 bulb I’ve tried. Too soon to comment on reliability, but has anybody else tried these bulbs? Or any of the many similar multi-panel E26-based bulbs?

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Ages ago, I got one of those propeller-type ones, probably 6500K, hella bright, but something like 50W draw for ~5000 lemons.

Actual switching power supply inside, so relatively cool.

I was gonna use it in the basement in a single-bulb fixture, as I recall that one having a pull-chain switch, only to find out that the fixture’s always-on and the pull-chain is a doodad that screws into the live socket and the bulb screws into that.

Yanking on the chain would also push the big light sideways, so I didn’t want to risk anything snapping, whether the switch or fixture itself.

So can’t speak to longevity, but when I had it in there and on, yeah, it was hella bright. And I do like that you can angle the “blades” of the propeller to shine where you need more light to direct as needed.

What I got there now is a 4ft LED tubelight replacement, 4500K, quite nice. Think it’s 2200lm at 22W. Been on 24/7 for something like 3yrs.

Nope, 18W, 2300lm, 4000K, got in late 2020, so 4½ yrs. Yow!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088WN968R/

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I like it but I think I prefer the COB style lights for a garage. Example below.

XYCN 2 Pack 100W Corn LED Light Bulb Fanless,5000K Daylight(1000 Watt Equivalent) E26/E39 Large Mogul Base LED Cob Lamp 15,800LM for Outdoor Indoor Garage Warehouse Factory Workshop Street Backyard - Amazon.com

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I JUST got a set of these…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQ513WVT/

…and they’re NOT 100W/10000lm, despite being marked on the bulb itself that way.

They only draw 45W and put out maybe 4000lm-4500lm if I had to guess.

I’m definitely gonna piss’n’moan to the mfr, see if they offer a “rebate” of sorts, else I’m gonna return them.


Same as these…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZSQ2L8Q/

which are supposed to be 150W equivalents. Wanted a super-bright bulb to stick under the patio. Idgaf about quality (flicker/CT/CRI) out there, and just wanted brute-force lumenage.

Nope. About exactly on-par with 60W equivs, drawing 7.1W. Grexed to the mfr, asking if maybe they sent the wrong bulbs, spelled out the details above. They just said sorry and refunded me the full price!


Same with those “100W equiv” Tsunkatse snowcone blubs in the 24pak. Same 60W equiv despite markings on the bulbs and boxes. “100W equiv”, 13W real, vs “60W equiv”, 7W real. Grexed, and got half back.


Common theme. Sellers put out mislabeled blubs and hope no one calls 'em out on it. Most people have no clue about power draw, lumens, etc., and just use 'em. But the mfr figures that the very few who DO call 'em out, get paid off just to stfu and go away, and they still come out ahead.

Wellp, gonna see what’s the deal with those huge bulbs I got, and what the mfr says. Imagine they don’t like returns any more than I do. Go through Amazon and they’ll insist on the return for you to get refunded, but go through the mfr, and the mfr is more likely to just pay you off to keep quiet.

Cave canem.

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Lol, I wonder if the “Corn” is actually somebody being clever, or just an AI mis-translation. I like COBs, too, so maybe I need some corn bulbs.

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I’ve seen them marketed as such for years.

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Its the same thing like a hot dog, its not hot and its not a dog. Its just marketing.

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The LEDs are arranged like corn-on-the-cob, hence the corny name.

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So, you’re saying Chip On Board (COB) is actually a backronym and “Corn” came first :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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COB emitters are the big yellow patches, whether circular, square, rectangular, etc. Many emitters directly mounted to a base and slathered with a phosphor coating on top. You can’t nondestructively access any individual emitter without jackhammering up the phosphor, busting bond-wires, etc.

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“Corn” lights have rows and rows of discrete emitters arranged like kernels on a corncob. You can rework individual emitters if you want to.

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I think you are referring to the movie Childern of the Corn.