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Sign Basics

Background rather than buying advice: what LED neon flex actually is, how it differs from the glass tube it is named after, what a driver does, and why an IP rating on a component is not an IP rating on an installation. Understanding the material makes every later decision easier — and makes it much harder for anyone to sell you the wrong thing.

A grid of LED neon signs in different shapes and colours showing the range of forms the flexible tube can be bent into

Sign Basics

LED Neon vs Glass Neon: What Is Actually Different

Both get called neon, and only one of them contains any. The differences that matter are not really about looks — they are voltage, weight, what happens when something breaks, and whether you can move the sign afterwards. Here is the comparison, including the cases where glass is still the right answer.

22 August 20268 min read

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