Light bulbs? Any that work/are available?

[bae]

My garage has 3 300-watt incandescent bulbs, in the classic bare-bulb-on-the-ceiling fixture. The bulbs are very heavy in construction, and typically lasted years. They have all burned out in the past year, and I went to replace them. My stash of GE 200w and 150W "household" bulbs don't seem to last more than a couple of weeks before perishing. I replaced two this week that I'd replaced last week, so a total lifetime of < 20 hours or so... And this is in moderately reasonable summer weather.

I also have 5 fixtures that take 75w->150w regular incandescent bulbs. The clamp-on-to-beam moveable work light fixture that you see in shops and garages for task lighting. When I set those up this last week, I've found the GE household bulbs have sometimes lasted less than a couple hours of use. I am perhaps spending more time changing light bulbs than getting any work done.

Our local stores only carry the low-end GE Soft-White brand that seems to have near-zero lifespan now.

What to do?

Does anyone make easily available industrial-quality light bulbs for shop/garage use anymore?

All help appreciated.

[Bronxboy]

My garage has 3 300-watt incandescent bulbs, in the classic bare-bulb-on-the-ceiling fixture. The bulbs are very heavy in construction, and typically lasted years.
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Does anyone make easily available industrial-quality light bulbs for shop/garage use anymore?

Have you looked for "Rough Service" or "Vibration Resistant" bulbs? Grainger may be a source if you have an institution or business name to use.

Philips or Osram Sylvania may be better sources than GE, which seems willing to license their company name to a lot of low-end stuff these days.

[SteveinMN]

I agree with Bronxboy. "Rough Service" bulbs might just do the trick. You may not find them at that huge box store; in that case, try an Ace Hardware or TrueValue or whatever; they should have them (though 300 watts is pretty big; you may end up a a real lighting store).

Another consideration is to make sure your garage door opener (if you have one) is adjusted properly. One that jiggles and shakes on the way up and down or slams the door some will vibrate the garage enough to kill most bulbs....