LED-Flex: An Efficient Substitute For Neon
by Justin Thomas, Virginia 
on 03.20.06
How many times have you seen a broken or flickering neon light? Durability is not one neon's strengths. But now a new product, LED-Flex, has been introduced as a substitute for neon. The producer, Mule Lighting, has managed to make the flexible LEDs have the appearance and brightness of neon. The biggest advantage of this product is the efficiency level — it reduces energy costs by about 70%. It also has all the advantages of LEDs — durability, a cool operating temperatures and longevity. :: Mule Lighting via Transmaterial
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Has anyone looked at the manufacturing side of LEDs? They save a lot of energy and are very durable, but they're made from semiconductors, the production of which I think is pretty polluting. Is all this gallium nitride just going to poison us down the road? Anyone? Bueller?
Has anyone ever tried out the regular style bulbs from Mule that screw into a typical socket? I would like to see some lumen ratings on the website, as well as prices. Even if I needed ten of these to light a room, the energy savings would be enormous.
While things with names like Gallium nitride sound like they might be poison this one doesn't seem too bad. [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium_nitride]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallium_nitride[/URL] has the information on it with a side bar of materals information.
Rosebrand, a theatre supply company also sells these. I really like the fact you can bend and twist the lights, without having to deal with glass.
Yes its true. Rosebrand do this also
Go to http://ledneonlight.com and you will find better pricing for this product. We even sell color changing flex neon using RGB led technology.
Go to http://ledneonlight.com for this product. Lowest price on the web for it
Don't be MisLED by the LED People that their products are more effecient than neon in cost, power and lighting.
Here is a good article with straight facts
http://www.thesignsyndicate.com/forums/
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editor note: Most of what I read about LED doesn't say that they are more efficient or cost-effective NOW, but they certainly have the potential to be in the future.
LEDNeon-Flex is becoming more energy efficient 0.58 Watts/Foot that's almost 95% more energy efficient then Neon.
Check the specs on all the LEDNeonFlex products at LEDNeonFlex.com
We have both manufacturer's of both LED's and Neon. I'm sure we'd love to hear your facts and figures on lighting for say a simple configuration of 100' Lumens and primary power consumption.
95% more "energy" efficient is very interesting.
Sorry, mistake in the literature I was getting this information from. The lowest is 0.96 Watts/Foot for Yellow and Orange LEDNeon-Flex. The light output for Yellow is 9.2 Lm/Ft and 16.2 Lm/Ft for orange.
Dear Miss/Mr manager,
We understand from your information posted on internet.I think maybe we can supply the LED for you .We would like to take this opportunity to introduce our company and products, with the hope that we may work with Bright Ideas Imports in the future.
Guangzhou Hongli Opto-electronic Co., Ltd. is the leading manufacturer of LEDs and LED-related products in China. We have almost 1000 employees including about 50 engineers. We have powerful R&D and production capacity with up to 600KK LEDs out of the lines. Hongli Opto imports all the fabricating and testing facilities from Japan, U.S.A and Taiwan. The chips and other materials are from those countries as well, to assure all products from Hongli of top quality.You can go to www.honglitronic.com
Hongli was certified with ISO9001 in 2002 and carries CE certificate and our products apply with RoHs directive. Having passed SGS testing reports, all components from Hongli are Pb-free and environment friendly. Our big customers include Volvo, Medecesz-Benz, Volkswagen, Wal-mart, Kentucky Fried Chichen, Bostch, etc.
We have been engaged in LED manufactury for eleven years. The product line includes
- LED Display screen
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single super flux (piranha) LED, SMD LED, through hole LED (3/5/10mm and other leaded types) in all colors
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- SMD flexible strip in single colors and RGB color with wireless controller
- SMD light bar in single colors and RGB color
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- SMD and piranha modules for signs and channel letter, waterproof type
- Waterproof long light bar
- 1W & 3W spot lamp and flood lamp, assembled with original Luxeon LED
- OEM designing and production
Hope we can establish business relationship in the near future. If you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact me at any time.
Best regards,
Bettina Xiong
Export Manager
Guangzhou Hongli Opto-electronic Co.,Ltd.
Add: West Side of Dongfeng Highway ,Auto City ,Huadu District,Guangzhou ,China
Zip Code:510800
Tel: +86-20-86733796 Fax: +86-20-86733938
Website: www.honglitronic.com
Email: bettina@honglitronic.com MSN: xiongbinting@hotmail.com
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Watts per foot tells you nothing without information on light output. Find out how much power is needed to produce equivalent light and you will see that virtually all neon colors are several times more energy efficient than LEDs.
The figure you need to compare is LUMENS PER WATT.
Flexible LED manufacturers say they are brighter, more efficient, etc. Let's see the real figures.
Check out http://www.4GreenLighting.com for the best prices on led neon flex and other neon products.