I looked into medical lights and didn¡¯t like what I found for cost. Several thousand bucks, which is ok but I wanted a light I could use across the shop to help my aging eyes with joinery and hand tool work. Also looked at Hoffman task and inspection lights. Nice as well but I didn¡¯t find the mounting options ideal for ceiling mount. So I needed them to be something I could afford 10-15 of. I settled on cheaper studio lights. not dust rated mind you but I hang them off the ceiling off joists using any of the endlessly available studio mounts using a 5/8th stud and receiver. Impact brand wall/ceiling mount paired with an impact magic arm are what I settled on. The manfrotto magic arm is slightly more sturdy but not worth the extra cost. I ended up with aputure amaran 200x s lights which output about 25000 lumen, if I am recalling correctly. Dimmable, Bluetooth controllable, 200w led. It They are like $350 and work great for working and also couple with bowens mount light modifiers, umbrellas, narrow beam spot light adapters like fresnel, barn doors, or reflectors. Hard or soft diffuse lighting is possible. Obviously they are good for filming your work if that¡¯s your interest. There are also fb adjustable ones that aren¡¯t as bright and cost more; these are white balance adjustable. Machines I set to 4000k, hand work at night I approach tungsten. Filming in 4k /24 I set them to 3200.?
more expensive models meant for production work are going to be dust resistant, but I run a clean enough shop and can air blast them clean if needed. Let you know if they all die or catch on fire in a few months.
Oh these are also app controlled so you can save and set a scene instantly. I think I¡¯m approaching 1m lumens in 800 square feet when everything is on. My eyes love the extra cri. The difference between 80 and 95 cri is the difference between my eyes tolerating light and feeling great. Anecdotally.
