Replacing fluorescent 2x4 fixtures with LED...which approach?

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We have been doing #1, bypassing ballasts as they fail, on our warehouse for the last four years, over 300 tubes replaced so far, the first 200 we brought from China, the second batch is coming from Costco, now that the market finally courght up. We have even started to replace HID units with the high bay LED tubes...