Currently switching my garage over from 4 8ft fluorescent bulbs to 8 4ft leds from this company and same model. After only getting 4 of the 8 up it is already brighter than my old fluorescent bulbs. Can’t wait to get the other 4 up and see just how much brighter it’ll get in my garage. Your review sold me on these. Super easy to install. Can’t recommend them enough.

Bought these 3 years ago for my garage, out of 6 only one is left working. Don't waste your money on these.

@mrnoedahl

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info

@michaelraiman573

6 ай бұрын

I’m at 4 years and 3 out of 8 went out. I considered other brands, but these are so cheap that at about 9 bucks a light, I think I’m ok if I only get a few years out of them, especially how easy they are to install/ reinstall. What alternatives are you, or did you consider?

@markvalente480

4 ай бұрын

Terrible lights. 12 purchased. Only 2 working.

@pete7894

4 ай бұрын

Wow Thanks, almost bought them.

@liquidrockaquatics3900

3 ай бұрын

Where are you located? What is your average temperature in the summer? Winter? Humidity?

Excellent review. Thank you for taking the time to do that. Really helpful.

You answered a ton of my questions, great video thank you

I just installed the lights in my garage,what a difference.Thanks so much.👍

@adamcutmore2661

23 күн бұрын

They’ll be burnt out in 1 1/2 yrs lights are junk out of 12 I have 3 left

@TravelinTim

23 күн бұрын

@adamcutmore2661 mine lasted over five years before I lost one

Great review Tim! Liked it so much I subscribed. I have these and plan to install them soon; TY for the motivation on how easy they look, I'll take my 6-pack and make 2 strips of 3.

I have this brand and model of these LED strip lights in my garage. Installed them about three years ago and I love them. I got the 5000K color temperature fixtures, which is similar to daylight, but not as blue as the more popular 6500K fixtures. As far as your garage door opener interference, maybe you can just take out the one 4’ section that runs over the opener and use an extension wire to connect the two ends of adjacent fixtures together which should hopefully fix the issue. I would think this company would make a 4’ or longer extension for this purpose which would help you maintain the proper locations and fixture spacings between the three rows of fixtures. This might not work if the connection point between fixtures is too close to garage door opener.

Thanks for this video, I will be ordering these for the 2-stall garage 👍

I bought some (T5 and 8 of them)...i literally just installed 4 out of the 8 tonite and turned it on just to see how much it lit up...WOW....i was Blown away what a difference it made. I dont even need to install the other 4 because its so lit up it seems like overkill if i did lol. I spent like $50 and it was well worth it....mine came with various plugs (with switches, 7 extension cords of 4 feet each to plug into one another (or the small connecters if you want them running as one unit). Im really surprised how good this turned out. I would rate 10 Stars out of 10. Wish i would have done this before

Great review with your laid back review...Awesome. Mine are coming today.

@Maxspeed7Dab

5 ай бұрын

How are they?

Appreciate the review and produce recommendation. Been thinking about going with those Hyperlite LED shoplights, but will have to compare the Barrina stats with those and see which will work better for me. Thanks!

@stevevinas

5 ай бұрын

Did you have any time to do the comparison

Awesome; just what I needed for my garage! I'm going to snap a chalk line, to install some.

well the weather we get here in wisconsin this will work perfect.

I couldn’t agree with you more! A review should be someone who actually use it for a while and was it with the price. Excellent review. Thank you! I pulled the trigger on a few of them

@TravelinTim

Жыл бұрын

I hope you have as good of luck with them as I have.

@TheGoldenTriangleAcademy

Жыл бұрын

@@TravelinTim thx! I’ll let you know. I pulled trigger after your review. I bought the ones that do not give off rf interference

Something different I appreciate you for this video.

Great Video I’m fixing to buy me some of these lights I put some of these strip lights up for a friend and he loves them

Thanks very well done helped me decide.

Good review. 3 years ago I used 10 - 8' lights for my 30x40 pole barn of this make and the lighting is nothing short of amazing all for less than 200.00 bucks. Got rid of those POS heavy, flickering in cold florescent lights and constantly changing tubes and having to get rid of them. These are the nail in the coffin for the florescent lights. Amen

@claytonlayman349

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this comment. I just built a 30x40 pole barn and have been looking for lighting. I just didn’t know how many to get.

@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644

Жыл бұрын

@@claytonlayman349 Your welcome. Mine are still working great and it's lit up like a operating room.

@steveneisen6705

Жыл бұрын

@@goaheadmakeourdayscooterpe9644 I just finished my 56 x 40 shop and have w hard wire connections for a north bank and south bank of lights.. most of the adds say dont hook more than 4 8 footers in series with only two breakered power sources i need to link no less then 12 per run... do you think thats possible?

@jrhardy6147

Жыл бұрын

@@steveneisen6705 install piggy back breakers give you 4 instead of 2 breakers

@sociopathmercenary

9 ай бұрын

​@@steveneisen6705I think the referring more to not connecting more than five of the light fixtures together using their connectors because the interior wiring is a very small gauge and can't handle the increased current. In your case, you need 12 lights per run, Do three separate junction boxes for each run... Four lights in series wired into each junction box. That should do ya.

Thanks for the review on these lights Michigander as I am from Michigan and have a place up north and was wondering on the climate changes if they affected them in any way and was also wondering about the RF interference with WiFi signals and lastly hearing that they have lasted for you because theres nothing worse than installing something and not having it last. I have a 24x32 pole barn and a 40x40 I would like to light up so I appreciate the informative review!!! Lastly I was wondering on how many you have actually have linked together because I see you can only link 5 8 footers together...

@TravelinTim

Жыл бұрын

They are not 8 foot each. I have 4, 6, and 8 linked together in different places with no issues except heat expansion in the dead of winter when I warm up the garage.

Thanks for the video review. I have about 18 4ft of them connected together in my garage and plugged them into an outlet. The on and off switch of the Berrina switch connecter got real hot and they started flickering. So I had just work off if 7 to that one plug/outlet. I contacted Berrina and they recommended only connecting 6 (not much help on there end) -Would I be able to connect them all straight to the light switch or breaker? Or what would you recommend to have them all on with no issues? Thanks

Perfect review 👍

Just bought a 6 pack using your link ty for the information

@TravelinTim

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Good luck.

Are they like the old Christmas Tree lights, wired in series, if one goes out they all go out?

I just got some and they have a random studder- not really a full on flicker, but definitely a noticeable studder.

ive been looking for lights to make the garge less "shadowy" its so annoying when im trying to work on my bikes. I think these should do!

@TravelinTim

6 ай бұрын

Same thing with me. When I want light, I want a lot of light

FM radios are out of the picture as well due to the RF interference. A workaround to the remote garage door opener would be to place an aftermarket RF system outside the building and hard wire it into the lifter

How far away do you recommend having these bars away from a garage opener?

Thank you.

thank you great info

wow i didnt know that fact about the leds interfering with the arage door opener, thanks

Thank you for the in depth review. Wished to see how you plugged it in tho.

@TravelinTim

8 ай бұрын

I direct wired them to a switch. Just cut the plug off and went to a junction box.

@kindredmalise6633

8 ай бұрын

@@TravelinTim Yeh I'm trying to avoid work, and or getting tools. Guessing I am going to have to work more if I want a clean look.

How many do you link up ? 5-10 ? Does it matter how many you link for the power ? Or can you link as many as you want then plug it in

great review

Each section draws 5 watts@110VAC (inrush). They work well. Hint: A single section is light enough to be used as an under-hood portable lamp, hung using magnets or bungies.

Great video, just what I needed to know for my garage addition! How did you hard wire them and what box did you use?

@TravelinTim

Жыл бұрын

I just ran the wires into a junction box with wire nuts.

@fluxrandom

Жыл бұрын

​@@TravelinTim Even just a 5 min walk through of the wiring would be great! Looks like lots of other commenters (me as well) are curious to know more details about exactly how this was done. Either way, super helpful video ;)

Do these lights flicker I’d you record in slow motion?

sold! i just bought two six packs my garage has really shitty lighting atm.

I've had these installed in my 3 car garage for awhile now, I love the light output however I'm having issues with the some of the light strips failing (they just stop working). I have the lights plugged into my garage door opener light socket (I removed the bulbs from the GD opener sockets) so I'm wondering if that is causing the lights to fail? Would appreciate your thoughts on the matter!

@TravelinTim

Жыл бұрын

It's possible that the garage door opener doesn't supply enough amperage depending on how many you have plugged into it. I have had these for about eight years. I have had one fail randomly after about three years and the other strip failed after I knocked it off the ceiling with a ladder. When I put it back up it didn't work. Other than that I have had no failures in eight years.

Have you considered removing the single light directly at the garage door opener and jump between the other light?? It seems to me, I have heard about this issue and it only bothers RF if within a few feet of the receiver. I have also heard of people adding an antenna wire that simply hangs down about 10 inches to a foot to make the receiving tip far enough away from the lights. Maybe you don't need to worry about it, but in my shop, the wife gets my attention by opening the door. (I am a bit deaf)!! lol.. And yeah, we use a remote opener button in the house about 50 feet away.. Actually it would make for a good, interesting video on how to solve it!! Thanks for the video!!

Thank you for the video, what are the dimensions of your garage. I have a 20x36 garage and the three rows looks good. How far apart are the rows?

@8upJoker

Жыл бұрын

@@TravelinTim thank you very much

After a long period of being turned on, have you ever felt the back of the light? Many reviews have stated that they get extremely hot and should be mounted with an air gap to allow air circulation! Just wondering if you ever noticed that or not.

@markmielnik5474

Жыл бұрын

@@TravelinTim Warm, but don't think they are going to start a fire any time soon! Lol. We have had issues here in Canada(Alberta where I'm from) where there have been building fires and the inspectors are looking to see if the lights are CSA approved seeing's how everything is being bought from Amazon these days.

Fire?!?! Sorry to hear that…. Do you know what started it?

Would have been useful to know what amperage your single breaker is...

Nice video. Can you tell us how many total lumens you have for what garage space?

@TravelinTim

6 ай бұрын

Garage is 26x60 I don't know what the total lumens is

I've been considering these for our basement/garage, but the ceiling is only 9ft or so. Do you think they would be too bright?

@TravelinTim

Жыл бұрын

I'm probably the wrong person to ask that. I don't think that anything can be too bright. Lol. But you can also space them out so you don't use as many. That's what I did in my other garage that I didn't want surface of the sun light. The garage in the video is my workshop so I wanted a lot of light but I still put them on two different switches so I can turn some of them off if I don't need it so bright

I wish these had the ability to turn at a 90 degree angle in

They only recommend connecting no more than 5 together from power source, looks like you have a lot more than that

Can you connect ten all together?the specifications said up to five.

@TravelinTim

11 ай бұрын

I don't know. I have eight of them connected together with no problems for several years.

How tall are your ceilings? I have 14ft ceilings in my 28x36 shop. I'm currently running those other bright (high bay) E58 lights with 4 fins. problem is they don't last much longer than a year. I'm looking to replace them with something durable and these look to be it. I'm just curious how much light I'll be losing in comparison.

@TravelinTim

8 ай бұрын

My sidewalls are 10 feet. It’s a lot of light at that height. But for the price of these lights, how long they last and how cheap they are to run, you could put more in and still be ahead.

@TMSFab

8 ай бұрын

@@TravelinTim Thanks for the quick reply! Looks like I found my new light source! thank!

I like the lights, Tim. Nice video. Are they American made by chance?

@terrywatson9128

2 жыл бұрын

@@TravelinTim I know what you mean Tim. We are no longer a nation of manufacturers..we have became wholesalers instead. Damn global economy or politicians who would rather make money on hidden off shore investments!

@ihikefar

Жыл бұрын

American made? lol

@jack91522

Жыл бұрын

I think this is a French company

@youtubeuser5424

9 ай бұрын

lol another one of you guys, the device you rely on on a daily basis, and probably do most of your media/everyday life tasks on is made in China, and yet your concerned where a little strip of LED light is made.

Any update how's it going now ? Is all working well ?

@TravelinTim

2 ай бұрын

I don't know how many years I've had these now but I've had two sections fail over all these years. I think that's a pretty good track record

How are these wired that you can only turn on a few?

@TravelinTim

2 ай бұрын

They are on two different switches. One switch controls the Centerbank, the other switch controls the two outside banks together

Very nice! How did your previous shop burn down?

@TravelinTim

9 ай бұрын

They said it was squirrels or a porcupine most likely. It happened at 3 o'clock in the morning. I believe it was electrical because the animals chewed through the wires

@kevinb6102

9 ай бұрын

@@TravelinTim ah sorry for your loss. It looks like your new shop looks great !!

Is there any haze or led glare?

@TravelinTim

3 ай бұрын

None. Bright white. And no LED flicker either

do they interfere with internet too?

@Samandcocoa

Жыл бұрын

@@TravelinTim awesome. Tha ks again. Just ran power to my pole barn and im ordering lights now. 👍👌

Thanks much! Rebuilding from a fire as well

I have like 16 of these and 5 of them went out after a year or so.

@TravelinTim

Жыл бұрын

I have 48 of them. Had 1 fail after 2 years, one I broke with a ladder. That's it. The rest have been working for between five and seven years.

@TravelinTim

Жыл бұрын

And even if you lose one or two every couple years they are cheap to replace like a regular lightbulb. I had to replace several daylight fluorescent bulbs every six months.

@danjim7056

Жыл бұрын

@TravelinTim I'm definitely ordering more to replace them. The price is pretty dang good.

Do they interfere with Wi-Fi?

@TravelinTim

11 ай бұрын

Only if the router is within maybe 18 inches or less

Anyone know what color temp is used? 5000k, 6500k?

@TravelinTim

6 ай бұрын

These are 6500 but they come in several temps.

You get -30c ? And have NO insulation? Do y’all just not use/don’t heat the place in winter?

@TravelinTim

5 ай бұрын

Hahahaha it's a long story but ran out of money when building the garage. Old garage burned down. Only so much insurance money. The back wood shop is insulated. I dont heat it 24 hours a day so I just have a large heater in the car area and smaller one in the wood shop. The ceiling is now closed off and insulated. Walls in the car area aren't yet.

Might extend your antenna to the outside of your shop.

I agree, these light fixtures are nice.....I installed Barrina T8 in mine about 3yrs ago. I don't turn them on all the time unless I do some work on my cars. I have started to notice some individual LEDs in a couple fixtures are starting to burn out or flashing. So they don't last forever.

@TravelinTim

6 ай бұрын

No they don't last forever but they kick a lot of light, are low power and are cheap.

@stevevinas

5 ай бұрын

​@@TravelinTim So they don't last long and they cause fires so what do you like about these lights, Just at their bright and Cheap? I'm amazed that you didnt do a update video

@TravelinTim

5 ай бұрын

@stevevinas what are you talking about? They have lasted for years in my garage with zero failures. I also haven't had any catch on fire. I don't know where you are hearing that information. They are cheap, bright, last a long time and efficient in electrical usage.

@TravelinTim

5 ай бұрын

@stevevinas the only update video I could do is point at the lights and say look they are still working.

@tmanch1

5 ай бұрын

@@stevevinas I have used these lights to detail my own cars that can take me about 8hrs as a DIY'r. No fires no bad issues. Just a few led's starting to wear out, but I still like them. Anyone have an issue with fires?

"best budget shop lights"

These don't last long! Mine were toast around 5-6 months!

@TravelinTim

6 ай бұрын

lol ok. Sorry you had that experience. Mine are still working after 5-6 years.

Gotta call BS. I've had two sets of Barrina LEDs and neither lasted over a year before the tubes began to flicker or just fail completely. The "50,000 hour" guarantee is a flat-out lie: I ran the lights no more than 5 hours a day 250 days per year and by the time a year had passed a quarter had already failed. In another 6 months, half were gone. Their customer service is a laugh. On me.

@TravelinTim

6 ай бұрын

Well, you had bad luck. I have had them for years with no real issues. But even if you have one fail after a year...replace it. They are cheap. I have one flickering now but it has been there for years. Many years.

I wonder, have you thought about shielding your door opener with a small piece of sheet metal between it and the led's right above it? I only ask because I spent a number of years working at an aluminium smelter and the cells that the aluminium is smelted in have a bus work that gives off a massive magnetic field that used to screw with our computer monitors so we had to have them shielded. While not the exact same problem it might go some way to helping.

6:50 so take a wire gauge same as the antenna in the garage door opener (looks like a hanging wire) and extend it by connecting the extra length of wire. Try to experiment with its mount direction with respect to the LED lights. Perhaps just extending it to outside should solve the problem.

buy

dont but these, they are cheap and only last a year, i bought six of them and they all crapped in a years time

@TravelinTim

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you installed them wrong or there is something wrong with your electrical system. The only failure I have had is when I hit one with a ladder. They have been hanging in my garage for 8 years.