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If you operate a retail establishment or you simply want a great way to display your logo, you might be tempted to go with a traditional neon sign or light. These can feature your logo or any other design or text to communicate your company or wares. New LED neon signs and lights offer much improved features to traditional neon signs. We decided to go with a solution from makeneonsign.com to see how it would perform.
Editor’s Note: Check out our article on incandescent vs LED lighting
Above everything else, what we like about the makeneonsign.com LED Neon Signs and Lights is the technology. Since they utilize LED technology, you get to avoid most of the hassles associated with traditional neon. What hassles? Well, neon signs use and require 120VAC and they break easily.
Filled with neon gas, these signs also leak over time, causing them to dim. That means your sign eventually looks less bright. Also, neon signs cost a lot of money. Given how fragile they are, you end up spending a lot of money on something you have to treat with kid gloves.
Every makeneonsign.com LED neon sign includes a hanging kit and it operates off a 12V DC system. A power supply comes with every sign, so if you need to run wiring behind the wall, it’s low voltage and doesn’t require hardwiring to a 120V outlet.
These LED neon signs also, as you may have guessed, weigh significantly less since they can replace the glass tubing with clear plastic.
To mount these LED neon signs to your wall, makeneonsign.com gives you plastic stand-offs. They have a cap that unscrews. This lets you use a standard screw within that secures the standoff to the wall. Then, you thread the cap through the holes in the acrylic surround, mounting the LED neon sign to the wall. Since the acrylic surround has those mounting holes, the unit itself serves as the template for marking your mounting points.
Instead of blacking out the non-visible areas with black paint, these LED tubes can stand alone, connected together via small low-voltage wires.
The sheer amount of light output also impressed us. The neon sign we received from makeneonsign.com almost blinded us with its brilliance. We love it!
It looks fantastic on our pallet wall, and we love the way they captured our logo perfectly. A neon sign would have weighed much more, included blacked-out areas, and presented a much more difficult mounting experience.
You can control LED neon lights and signs in a variety of ways. You can, of course, use a switched outlet and have a wall switch to turn your light or sign on and off. Included with our neon sign, however, we received a capacitance on/off switch. This allows for a simple touch to turn our neon logo on and off as needed.
You can find pre-made LED neon signs with creative designs starting at $163. Prices go all the way up to more than $1,100 depending on what size and design you choose.
Since the signs use LED technology, you can pick up a single-color sign or purchase one with multiple LED colors. You can also, like us, upload your own design or logo and get a custom quote. In any case, this technology far surpasses neon sign technology and we highly recommend it if you happen to need signage for your office or business.
When he's not playing with the latest power tool, Clint DeBoer enjoys life as a husband, father, and avid reader—especially the Bible. He loves Jesus, has a degree in recording engineering, and has been involved in multimedia and/or online publishing in one form or another since 1992.
Clint’s career has covered nearly the entire realm of audio and video production. After graduating at the top of his class with an Associates Degree in Recording Engineering, he began working for the famed Soundelux studios in 1994, one of the largest post-production companies specializing in audio for feature films & television. Working on a myriad of feature films, Clint honed his skills as a dialogue editor, foley editor, and sound designer. Years later, he moved into the expanding area of video editing, where he served as the company’s senior AVID video editor for three years.
Working for such clients as Universal Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, NASA, Universal Studios, Planet Hollywood, SEGA, NASCAR, and others, Clint DeBoer dealt extensively with client management as well as film & video editing, color correction, and digital video & MPEG compression. He also carries several THX certifications (Technician I and II, THX Video), and is ISF Level II Certified.
After founding the CD Media, Inc. publishing company in 1996, he went on to help start or grow several successful online publications, including Audioholics (as Editor-in-Chief for 12 years), Audiogurus, and AV Gadgets. In 2008, Clint founded Pro Tool Reviews followed by the landscape and outdoor power equipment-focused OPE Reviews in 2017. He also heads up the Pro Tool Innovation Awards, an annual awards program honoring innovative tools and accessories across the trades.
Crediting God and his excellent staff for the success of what is now the largest power tool review publication in the industry, Clint DeBoer hopes to see continued growth for the company as it rapidly expands its reach. Pro Tool Reviews critically reviews hundreds of hand tools, power tools, and accessories each year to help inform users about the best and newest products in the industry. Reaching everyone from the construction industry professional and tradesman to the serious DIYer, Pro Tool Reviews helps tool consumers shop better, work smarter, and stay aware of what tools and products can help put them at the top of their game.
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