There are a lot of proponents of CFL bulbs out there in the big wide world. Thats a Compact Fluorescent Light for those that havn't yet seen them stacked on shelves at Costco or Home Depot. They were originaly marketet as a way of lighting your home while minimizing your use of energy, and your effect on the environment. There are a couple of problems with that.
CFL Bulbs Have One Hitch: Toxic Mercury by Elizabeth Shogren. That was the first article that can up when I conducted a search on CFL’s and the Environment. To provide a very brief overview of what Elizabeth had to say would be to say that CFL’s contain small amounts of mercury. As the actual light is quite a fragile piece of technology, disposing of this product for the average person becomes a serious challenge. Most people don’t even know that the disposal of these types of lights could be contaminating where they live, landfills, groundwater and the poor guy that actually picks up the trash.
The price on LED’s is falling more every year. Our business is involved primarily with the wholesaling of LED holiday lights to professional installers around the U.S. In the past five years we have seen a growth in sales of LED Christmas lights of over 50% a year. This growth rate has been so high as to leave a lot of wholesalers and distributors caught shorthanded the closer we would get to Christmas. It has also meant that every year over the last five years, the prices for these products have been falling further and further.
From the perspective of the installers who use our products, the installation of LED Christmas lights is substantially easier. The construction of the LED in almost entirely from plastic. This results in a product that is substantially more durable from season to season. Rough handling from installers doesn’t seem to phase this product from working at all. The low energy usage is a great selling point for customers, and is also a bonus for the installer as well. There are no complicated calculations to ensure that the lights will continue to function as designed. You just plug and go!!
For the first time in 130 years, technology and some smart individuals out there have finally managed to reinvent a product that has been integral to our society and our everyday lives. As the world catches on to the exciting developments in this field. Manufacturing processes will speed up, economies of scale with come into play (volume increasing/decreasing price)and world wide production will ramp up. Its only a matter of time before the old incandescent bulbs are sitting next to picture of Thomas Edison in a museum somewhere!!
Mark McGinty
Sales Executive
Smart Strands.com
1888 LED CHRISTMAS
1888 533 2474
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