Specifying LED Luminaires today is a process that matches the disruptive nature of LED Technology in its complexity and increased level of knowledge. The days of HID "Bulb in a Box" products that were relatively easy to compare are gone.
The US lighting market is being inundated with Chinese companies offering LED highbays at amazingly low prices. Companies are offering container quantity 150-200 watt LED highbays to replace 400 watt Metal Halide fixtures for less than $100 each....Most Big China highbays available at these low prices simply cannot last due to extreme cost reduction measures that affect engineering performance.
