Cost Of Light

One question that is regularly asked is: Why are LED's so expensive?
The answer is: They really are NOT.

Lets take an example of replacing ten of your regular 35W halogen downlighters with ten of our equivalent strength 3.7W LED downlighters. Our lights will cost you £20 each to your door. A halogen light will cost you £2.00 to your door. Each light lasts for 50,000 hours. An average halogen will last for 2000 to 5000 hours before it fails and has to be replaced. Lets be generous and call it 5,000 hours. So, over the 50,000 hours you will need 100 (10 x 10) halogens (costing £200 in total) or alternatively 10 of ours (costing £350).

The price is one thing, the running cost is another. To run each halogen requires 35Watts and to run each LED takes only 3.7Watts. Todays average domestic electricity price is around 20p / kWh. So over 50,000 hours the cost of running the halogens will be around £3,500 and the cost of running the LEDs will be £370. That is a saving of roughly 90%.

In total you will spend £3,700 (£200 + £3,500) buying and running your halogens. If you replace them with our lights you will spend only £570 (£200 + £370) in all saving over 85% in the process.

With 10 fittings over 50,000 hours, you will save almost £3,100 at todays prices by replacing each 35W halogen downlighter with a ecolite LED .... and they're greener (less electricity means less carbon) and safer (they dont burn to the touch).

LED Vs Halogen I LED Vs Fluorescent