BRILLIHOOD T8 LED Shop Light Tube, 4FT, 18w (40W Equivalent), Dual-End Powered, 6000K Cool White, 2000 Lumens, Clear Cover Lens, T8 T10 T12 Fluorescent Bulbs Replacement, Pack of 10

Have two suspended ceiling fixtures with 4 tubes each. One of them had some bulbs that were dying (the old Fluorescent types). So I decided that I would replace them with LED tubes. The only LED tubes I could find locally required the newer electronic ballasts and that would have increased the cost of changing over to LED tubes.I found these which run directly on 120V AC so figured I'd give them a try.There were no instructions in the package on or the tubes to tell you how to install them. I knew from reading on line that I needed to disconnect the ballasts and connect the tubes directly to 120V AC. Just to make sure I went to the Brillihood website and they have instructions on how to re-configure your fixture to use these LED tubes.First, if you are going to install these yourself and are NOT familiar with working with 120V wiring you should probably hire an electrician to make the changes for you. That said the following common sense safety tips may help:1 - Switch off the circuit breaker that feeds the fixture that you are going to be modifying and also turn off the light switch for the fixture.2 - Cut the wires to the old ballasts. I cut the white and black wires very close to the ballasts, and the wires to the tombstones so that I left plenty of length about 12" from the tombstones to make it easier to tie those wires together.3 - Make sure that you don't have any bare wire exposed after you have made the modification. Be sure to use Wire Nuts to secure the connections.4 - Double check your wiring to make sure it is correct.5 - When putting things back together and putting any covers back in place be sure to not pinch any of the wires which could cause a short over time.6 - After everything is buttoned up and the LED tubes are in place turn the circuit breaker back on and switch on the light. It should "just work".I disconnected the two old ballasts and connected the tombstones at one end of the fixture to the neutral (White) lead and the tombstones at the other end to the hot (Black) lead. You tie all of the wires from the 4 tombstones together at each end of the fixture and then connect all 8 of those wires to either the Black or White line from the input power.In my case I used the two white wires from the old ballast in parallel, and the same for the two black wires from the old ballasts for the other end. Use a large wire nut at each end to connect the wires together and for good measure wrap with electrical tape.I physically removed the ballasts since they are heavy and are no longer needed.Finally I put the wiring cover back in place and installed the 4 LED tubes.Turned on the power there was plenty of light. These are quite bright, much brighter than the old tubes were. Note that if your lighting fixture has a clear (or no) cover these will be extremely bright.In my case I have a diffusing cover so I didn't try this trick, but if they are too bright for you then try rotating the LED tubes so that the LEDs are facing up towards the fixture. That will reduce the light a bit. Again I haven't tried this but it might be something to try if you find they are too bright.I'll be changing out the bulbs in the other fixture in a couple of days. Since I order the 10 pack of LED tubes I'll have two spares left over.So far these are working great.Note: Do NOT just try to pop these tubes into the fixture without making the changes to disconnect the ballasts. It either will not work or you will damage the LED tubes and shorten their life.I'll have to see how these hold up, but if they do as well as other LED bulbs I've installed in the home these should go for a good number of years. At least that is what I'll expecting.

Slowly replaced all the shop lights, garage lights, storage room lights, etc with LED's, and couldn't be happier. Glad I can get from Amazon, previously bought from another vendor, and was always scratching to come up with enough for free shipping, otherwise shipping was expensive. I have always removed ballasts and re-wired fixtures, easy once you get the hang of it - more trouble to get them apart than anything. Thought I read that even the ones that did not require ballast bypass gave a greater light output when the ballast is removed.Good light output, excellent color, reliable, no flicker. Would buy again as needed.

The hardest part of installation was modifying the fixture. The bulbs worked great and provided great light output while they worked. The bulbs had a Three Year Warranty. Some started losing LEDs at around three years and within a few months every one of the 16 bulbs originally installed had failed.Changed brands for replacement..

These aren't that bright as for lens. They are to white. They are easy to install, if you know how to remove the ballast.

Update: Even though the vendor doubled my order for free, they cost me a lot of money because I have to replace entire fixtures well short of the 5yr/50,000hr warranty. I'm replacing fixtures because I had to rewire the ballasts. These lights were on a motion sensor (with a neutral, so it wasn't bleeding current through the bulb) with automation that shut them off nightly if left on manually. They were used less than one hour per day and were cycled less than four times per day (not a lot of use during pandemic lockdown)High failure rate. Poor/Nonexistent warranty support. Requires fixture modification that is difficult to revert should you decide to use fluorescent bulbs again. They were nice and bright while they lasted, but they didn't last. If these worked well I would have bought 40 more.I lost money purchasing these 'bulbs' and replace my fixtures to return to fluorescent bulbs - because installation requires removal of the fluorescent ballast. The 5yr/50,000hr warranty is poorly-supported or unsupported.I have eight two-bulb fixtures in the room. I converted five of them using this 10-pack. Five of these 'bulbs' failed within nine months of use. Nine months of 24x7 is about 6,500 hours, a fraction of the 5yr/50,000hr warranty. My occasional use amounts to one or two hours per day. The three existing fluorescent lights are doing just fine.The surviving five 'bulbs' are questionable. Some of them have individual/groups of LEDs flickering.Going back to fluorescent is difficult because I had to disconnect/remove the ballast to install these LED 'bulbs' - I feel bad for any subsequent homeowner that tries to install a fluorescent bulb in a converted fixture. There is no way to tell without opening it up.The warranty is poorly supported - or is unsupported. My room has been dark for a month because the seller has not fulfilled my request for replacements. They respond to email within a day or two, but I have yet to see a tracking number or a delivered replacement a month after my request.If they sent me ten replacements tomorrow I would be in the dark a year from now.

Done buying these. They start out nice and bright and then lose strength after a couple months. And you better order extra because both times I ordered there was always 1 or 2 bad ones. I have 24 in my garage. Definitely will be changing brands.

LED’s are an excellent light source and replacement for fluorescents.Good price point compared to local retailers and no need to keep the ballasts.

Tired of replacing increasingly expensive T12 bulbs in my basement, I purchased these. They require rewiring the fixture to remove the fluorescent ballast and wiring both terminals at one end to neutral and both terminals at the other end to the hot wire. Please make sure the power is off, and consult a professional if you're unsure on doing light electrical work such as this. It took us about 5 minutes per fixture to make the change.These bulbs are nice and bright, with a cool colour temperature. The only potential drawback in fluorescent bulb replacement is that the light is focused mostly down. It shines most brightly in the 90 degrees just below the bulb, slightly dimmer in the 20 degrees outside of that and won't cast a full 180 degree (or greater) arc.

I purchased these LED lights and also the non shunted posts to replace my existing florescent lighting. I wired all the post correctly but when I installed the LED bulbs they did not work. I checked all my wiring and it looked ok but thought may be the posts were defective. I removed the posts and rewired the electrical with 4 new posts. Installed the bulbs and still did not light up. I checked Google and YouTube and my wiring was correct.I tried another bulb and still no light.I moved to another fluorescent unit and rewired it the same way as the first one. Installed the LED bulb and still did not work. I decided to manually connect the bulb to a jumper and it did not work. I unpacked another bulb and did the same (did not work), I tried a third light and it did work so I placed the bulb that was working into the fluorescent unit I rewired and it worked.I continued to remove the bulbs from the box until I went through all the 10 bulbs in the box and only three (3) out of 10 worked.I removed a cap from the bulb that was not working and found that the wires were not soldered to the mother board.I wasted all the time thinking my wiring was incorrect and re-wiring my unit and at the end found that the quality of the bulbs were bad.What a waste of time!!

The package arrived intact, however two out of 10 had small cosmetic defect that did not affect the lights performance. I used two light per fixture to replace 4 X T8 32W bulbs in the fixtures. They are in my opinion as bight as the 4 neons they replaced with a significantly lower power consumption (2X18W). Time will tell if they hold up to 50,000 hours lifetime.

It's very bright, and works just as expected.