In recent years, as a new green energy-saving light source, LED enjoyed a vigorous development, from the outdoor landscaping lighting area to the indoor residential lighting area. In the very beginning of this year, many LED Panel Light manufacturers promoted new LED indoor lighting products. Among them, it was LED tube products that attracted most attention. Compared with traditional fluorescent tubes, LED tubes have many advantages: can save more energy, more environmental friendly, longer service life and smaller. Although, LED tube products are more advanced in technology, they still have not dominated the market and become the mainstream yet.
Expensive selling prices + unstable performances + insufficient supports make LED tubes hardly to be seen in the market. At present, most LED tube applications can only used in the industrial field and the commercial field, why they can hardly accepted by ordinary family? There are three main reasons: 1. Too expensive selling prices and unstable performances; 2. Inadequate supports and promotions from the government; 3. Many support policies but very few lighting projects. The cheapest LED tubes are 13 times more expensive than commonly used fluorescent tubes. The acceptance and acknowledge of this product among ordinary consumers are really low. LED tubes are more likely to be used for commercial purposes. But commercial lighting applications need to take account of multiple factors: energy-saving, environmental protection, appearance, government support, etc.. The unstable performances plus the unwarrantable service life plus government’s shifted focus from commercial lighting area to industrial lighting area made LED tube products even hard to find in the commercial lighting market.
PK with traditional fluorescent lamps, the over-expensive production cost of LED tube lights is real. But the 50,000 service life is not real. If take the lifetime, energy-saving effect and less pollution into account, LED is more cost-effective. The average service life of traditional fluorescent tubes is only 5000 hours. IF LED tubes can really maintain a normal condition for more than 50,000 hours, it is not surprised that the sell price of LED tube lights will be 10 times higher than that of traditional tubes. The energy LED lights saved during this time will become a pure income. However, the 50,000 hours story has been questioned.