When it comes to warehouse lighting, you have 3 options: HID lights, fluorescent lights, and LED lights. For the longest time, HID lights were the only lights used in warehouses. In fact, they are still used in some warehouses as they haven't become obsolete. Let’s have a look at each of these lights.

As far as type of lights go, the technologies are:

- HID (high intensity discharge) lights: very few colour temp options, high lumens, take time to get to full brightness, consume huge energy, don't work with sensors

- Fluorescent lights: consume less energy than HID lights, high colour temp range, come in various sizes, but don't handle cold or hot environments and short lifespans, and don't handle being switched on and off frequently, costly to dispose, don't work with dimmers, they can flicker and make noises

- LED lights are best: energy efficient, can last huge amount of time (up to 100,000 hours), can handle cold and hot environments, can be dimmable, can be ultra-high brightness, immediately go to full brightness

Most popular warehouse lights are:

- High bay lights

- LED panel lights

- LED batten lights

- Ultra-bright downlights

There ae a couple of other types of lights you should consider:

1. I have seen a warehouse that was outside the grid lit up completely with solar floodlights (the panels were on the roof), worked beautifully

2. If you are in mining you might need explosion-proof lights