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Why Choose LED Christmas Lights

Light Emitting Diode lights, or LED lights, have become quite popular in recent years for use in holiday decorating. These lights have been around for awhile now, but they’ve only recently begun to gain ground for use in Christmas lighting, and this is due to the numerous benefits that have been discovered about this type of light. This year, before you dig your old incandescent lights out of storage, or run to the store to buy more since half of them don’t work anyway, think about purchasing LED lights. There are a host of benefits to LEDs, so keep reading to find out exactly why this is a better choice. Best of all, you’ll find that all of our berry Christmas lights are LED lights.



• More energy-efficient – One of the biggest advantages to using LEDs is that they use significantly less energy than incandescent bulbs. In fact, studies have shown that almost 150 LED lights can be powered using the same amount of energy as what is used to light a single incandescent bulb. That is A LOT of energy savings, which will not only save you money on your electric bill, but it’s also good for the environment.

• Longer lasting – LED bulbs are designed to last for many years and have about 25 times the lifespan of an incandescent bulb. Where incandescent Christmas lights will glow for about 3,000 hours, LEDs can last anywhere from 50,000 to 200,000 hours. They also won’t burn out or lessen in brightness over time, and you never have to worry about one bulb burning out and destroying the whole strand like you do with incandescent bulbs.

• More durable – LEDs are designed to withstand a lot, from weather effects to storage to rough handling. The bulbs are plastic, so they don’t break like the glass bulbs of incandescent lights. This is especially helpful during storage and handling, when bulbs are most likely to get broken.

• Different functions – Technology has come a long way with LEDs, and the diodes and the circuit board within the lights are capable of doing lots of different things. LEDs can flash, fade, brighten, pulse, change colors, and more. With all of these options, there’s no reason to just keep your lights shining at the same intensity all the time if you don’t want to; mix it up and have fun with lights that move and dance before your eyes.

There are obviously several significant benefits to using LEDs over traditional incandescent bulbs. But with all these advantages, why did it take so long for them to catch on? One of the reasons is that when LEDs first came out, they only came in red. All incandescent bulbs are white lights, so they could easily be changed to another hue with different colors of glass encasing the light. Also, LEDs didn’t shine quite as brightly as incandescent bulbs in the beginning. Advances have been made, though, and now these energy-saving lights have just as much, and actually more, to offer than their incandescent counterparts. They are a bit more expensive, but you’ll end up saving money over the long run with these lights, in terms of lower utility bills and less replacements. This Christmas, save yourself time, hassle, and money by choosing LED lights for your home.