We install commercial-grade LED lights on nearly every home. The reason is not just the electric bill — though a typical roofline runs a fraction of the cost of old incandescent strands.
LEDs handle Minnesota cold. They do not have a hot filament to fail when the temperature swings from thirty above to twenty below in a week. That means fewer dark sections in January.
Color quality has caught up too. Warm white LEDs now read as genuinely warm rather than blue, and multicolor sets are punchier than the old strands ever were.
Incandescent still has a nostalgic look some homeowners want, and we will talk it through with you. But for reliability across a full season, LED wins.