I will be building a new shop between 2100 and 2700 sq ft. I want a lot of light. From calcs it looks like 100 lumens per sq foot. The side walls will be 9 ft with scissor trusses that will give me 12" of span in the center of the shop. I would like as low-profile lighting as I can get. One path is LED panel lights and I would fabricate my own way to mount them in rows across the ceiling. It looks like I could do this in a way that has them only extend 2" down from the ceiling. Another option is fixtures that look like Fluorescent fixtures but are made for LED tubes. The third option is LED strip lights.

Panel Pros:
- low glare light
Panel Cons:
- higher cost than LED tubes
- lower lumens per watt and per dollar.

Tube Pros:
- cheapest
Tube Cons:
- More glare
- fixtures hang down further and they looks pretty fragile
- dust on the tubes ?

Strip Pros:
- slim surface mount
- Quickest install
Cons:
- Cost more than tubes but less than panels

Thoughts? Also I haven't found nice quality affordable fixtures that are designed for LED tubes. I would rather not buy fluorescent fixtures an then pull the transformers and rewire. Maybe the ideal solution is strip lights in aluminum housings with single larger power supplies for each bank?

thanks..joe