Advice on quality of LED's on different websites

We have a small travel trailer that we use to boon dock during the summer. If we didn't run the generator before bed after using the lights to read, outside floods to walk the dogs before bed and to run the heat during the night, we ran out of juice from our on battery.

I replaced all 36 incandescent bulbs in single and double pancake lights with LEDs purchased on eBay out of Hong Kong. Think the cost per panel was something like $3 each free shipping. They had adapters for the three types of bases. The seller had thousands of positive feedbacks. They arrived in about 10 days.

Camping World is currently running a "sale" on similar flat panel LEDs for $17.48 each. So I could spend $629 or $100.

China LEDs have two seasons of camping, probably a total of 60 days and not a failure. Have plenty of juice to read before bed, run outside lights, run the heat all night.

KATOOM wrote:
I'm curious what you guys are talking about in regards to the LED lights causing the convertor to put out more charge volts. :h Can someone elaborate on this? Is there some undisclosed risk with LED's and the batteries or charging system?

No risk at all. I believe 2oldman was referring to the LED not surviving the 14V a converter will put out when in it's bulk charging stage. This has been somewhat disproven as a couple of Forum members have tested the typical Asian LED panels and found that they survive at voltages up to 15V. I have not experienced a single failure. I know JiminDenver has had a panel hooked up at higher voltage for some time. Maybe he will post whether the panel is still surviving.

msiminoff wrote:
I bought all of my lights from LED Trailer Lights several years ago. They now have hundreds of hours of use and I have never had to replace one. They are the "warm white" color.

X2, these are best quality of the one's I've used.

I'm curious what you guys are talking about in regards to the LED lights causing the convertor to put out more charge volts. :h Can someone elaborate on this? Is there some undisclosed risk with LED's and the batteries or charging system?

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
"So Solly. Transportation disrupted. Promise to have item to you 20 January. Here is 20% discount offer to you."

A person reported he paid for a 5,000 watt inverter. They sent him a 220 volt 50 hz inverter instead of a 120 vac 60 hz. Three hundred dollars to ship back to ahsoland.

All these products come from 'ahsoland', but it sounds like you are better suited to buy at 400% markup from a US distributor.

I've had very good luck with dhgate and alibaba. You have to be patient on the shipping, but it is a huge savings over US retail.

with respect, I'm not sure I believe either of these two anecdotes you shared with us so generously.

Never mind.

Here's a heads-up,

Paid "Lite In The Box" 1 November for a load of lights. Monday I sent them one hell of an irate letter. They had sent a ITEM SHIPPED email notice on 4 November. 25-day maximum shipment transit time promised.

Almost 2-months have passed. Got an email today

"So Solly. Transportation disrupted. Promise to have item to you 20 January. Here is 20% discount offer to you."

A person reported he paid for a 5,000 watt inverter. They sent him a 220 volt 50 hz inverter instead of a 120 vac 60 hz. Three hundred dollars to ship back to ahsoland.

KATOOM wrote:
Any advice or opinions?

I bought all of my lights from LED Trailer Lights several years ago. They now have hundreds of hours of use and I have never had to replace one.
They are the "warm white" color.
-Mark

I love Amazon. Pretty much problem free.

I have no problem paying for LEDs that are tolerant of a wide-range of voltages. Many do not, and will not like it when your converter pumps it up to 14vdc. That's my opinion on what you get with cheaper LEDs.