New Multichip LED Floodlights

[Darkness]

Looking to replace a few cheap led floodlights which have started to fail. Thought it was great at the time buying them cheap so if they fail, it doesn’t cost much to replace. Cost soon adds up and some of them need a telehandler etc to get access to.

Anyhow, a company called luxum led this past year are appearing in several catalogues quite often from Farming to Industrial and several companies are highly recommending their products especially the offer of a 5 year warranty. I know one company who are now installing their kit and they aren’t a company that would have the patience or time to install rubbish.

They use Phillips multichip leds in their products over the usual single chip 50w or 2x50w chips for 100w etc.

http://agriculture.luxum.co.uk/LED-Flood-Lights/LED-Flood-Lights-Outdoor-Heavy-Duty

They cost a bomb so just womdering if anyone has tried their products and what are your thoughts?

Sometimes paying a lot more is worth it in the end. I know many people now are buying lights based on lumens, not based on watts.

 

[aptsys]

Haven't tried them, but reducing the heat density on LED products is always a good thing and they don't look much more expensive (maybe double) than what you'd normally pay. It's rare you really need more than 30W on an LED flood as you're better off fitting multiple floodlights than one single high brightness unit.

Most of the LED floods on the market are pure crap just waiting to fail.

 

[bernardgreen]

They use Phillips multichip leds in their products over the usual single chip 50w or 2x50w chips for 100w etc.

Being pedantic they are no longer Philips as Philips have sold their 80% interest in Lumileds

“With the completion of the Lumileds transaction and the recent sell down of our interest in Philips Lighting, we are nearing the completion of Philips’ transformation into a focused health technology company,” said Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips.

source

 

[Darkness]

Thanks for that.

Would you be better sticking to the cheaper models then if it was you?

 

[SimonH2]

Simple answer is ...
You have little confidence in the cheap units, and you KNOW that replacing them if/when they fail will be expensive.
These others offer the potential to be more reliable, and if they are, you know that the extra cost of buying them is but a fraction of the cost of installing them.
If they don't turn out to be (much) more reliable, then it still hasn't cost you much - a few tenners extra cost when you're shelling out hundreds in labour/plant hire/downtime/etc.

They probably don't have to be much more reliable to cost less. The saving on just one replacement would cover the cost of buying quite a few of the more expensive units.