Seems like every day we get a phone call with questions about why LED Christmas are so expensive and what all the hype is about. Light Emitting Diodes (LED) are expensive, if you go to radio shack to pickup the same type of LED's that are used inside our lights you're going to spend anywhere from 75 cents to 2 dollars on a single bulb. Granted, when manufacturers use them they aren't paying that much a bulb, but it just shows how much the technology costs inside these sophisticated lights. LEDs have different costs depending on the color of the bulb itself, unlike traditional filament style Christmas bulbs that all light up a white/yellow color, LED bulbs light up a specific color. So when you see a LED light string that is blue, the LEDs inside the plastic bulb casing is actually lighting up blue. The result is a pure color, whites are white, blues are blue, and so on. Also unlike a traditional Christmas light string, LEDs generally require some sort of device to change the power so that it will work with the lights. This means there is either a small circuit board wired to, or separate from, the string which also makes them more expensive up front.
Now, even though the costs of these lights can be anywhere from 2 to 10 times the costs of traditional lights the benefits definitely outweigh the initial expense. Part of the hype surrounding LEDs in general is their amazing life span, some commercial mini lights can have a life up to 3,000 hours. Compare that to the amazing 200,000 hours life span that LED lights have! I've already mentioned the amazing pure colors that LEDs have, but another great reason to step up to Christmas LED Lights is the fact that their hard plastic shells wont break from regular use. We all know that traditional Christmas light bulbs, even the classic mini light bulbs are subject to breaking, but with LED light strings you won't have to worry about that anymore. The last and best reason to make the move to LED lights, is the fact that they don't use nearly as much precious electricity as traditional Christmas light bulbs. Your standard C7 bulbs uses 5 watts of energy, compare that to a screw in replacement LED C7 bulb which uses and amazing .96 watts! That's .96...less than 1 whole watt. Other LED strings can be just as a amazing, take for example our Commercial 25 Light LED sets only draw 1.8 watts, 25 bulbs....1.8 watts! This allows for more connectability and less of a headache when that electric bill comes in the first of January.Please visit our LED page and check out our wide selection of LED lights we have for sale. I hope that you can see the great benefits of making the switch.