LED Christmas Lights Save Money in Three Ways

LED-based Christmas lights have been available since 2002, but are only now beginning to gain in popularity and acceptance due to their higher initial purchase cost when compared to similar incandescent-based Christmas lights.

For example, as of 2006, a set of 50 incandescent lights might cost US$2, while a similar set of 50 LED lights might cost US$10.  The purchase cost can be even higher for single-color sets of LED lights with rare or recently-introduced colors, such as purple, pink or white.

Savings with LED Christmas Lights

Regardless of the higher initial purchase price, the total cost of ownership for LED Christmas lights would eventually be lower than the Total Cost Outlay for similar incandescent Christmas lights since the LED requires much less power to output the same amount of light as a similar incandescent bulb.

More to the point, LEDs have practically unlimited life and are hard-wired rather than using unreliable sockets as do replaceable bulbs. So a set of LED lights can be expected to outlive many incandescent sets, and without any maintenance.