I Refuse To Give Up My Incandescent Christmas Lights
Even though today’s technology is “better”
Last year, my wife and I put up our Christmas tree with LED lights instead of the old incandescent kind. We bought into the concept of saving on energy costs and believed the ads that claimed it would appear the same because of the color temperature of 5600K.
Instead, we instantly hated it. After decades of trees with incandescent lights, it just didn’t look “right” to us. To my eyes, even with trifocals, there was a noticeable difference. It’s hard to put into words, but if you saw the two types of lights together, you would know what I mean.
There’s proof that we’re not the only ones who feel this way. If you go into the Christmas department at many big-box stores, you will see that incandescent lights and decorations are still prominently displayed.
LED neon has the same problem. I even had trouble writing the words “LED neon” together. Lighting companies are using the word neon solely as a marketing term. It’s not neon, which are glass tubes pumped with different elements to get a variety of colors.
Cost savings aside, there are reasons for the change to LED. For example, LED signs are not as heavy or fragile as neon signs. I’ve collected a few over the years, and when I dropped…
