Is LED neon now also true neon?

Someone claims it's a scam when we call our signs LED neon signs. They do so because LED neon is, after all, a material that gives the illusion of old-fashioned gas neon, only doing it in a more sustainable and cheaper way.

What is real neon then? Neon is actually an element and is the tenth element in the periodic table. Under certain conditions, Neon, also called a noble gas, will emit a red/orange light. This is what you see in old-fashioned neon tubes, where other gases are added to produce other colours. For example, argon and mercury are included in the ultraviolet light, which is also known from neon tubes. All this was invented around 1910 and was widespread around the world by 1920.

It was the classic neon. Jump forward to the 1960s when LED lights were invented. LED stands for light emitting diode or simply diode light . In the version used from time to time, and also in the signs from Neonful, the LED light is placed in a flexible tube or wire called neonflex.

Neonflex is available in a variety of colours and the cord can be either white or coloured when not switched on. There's even a version where you can switch between all neon colours with your remote control. This version is called RGB neon.

So to get back to the question in the title, whether LED neon is true neon, the answer is NO.

LED neon is not really neon in the classical sense. You could say it's a brand new technology that gives us a cool neon look, where it's simply much cheaper to produce, much cheaper to keep lit, and at the same time it's a more sustainable product. At Neonful, we're clearly biased, but we actually see nothing but great benefits from the "new" product of the 60s.

Now it's common knowledge with LED lights and also LED neon, and we do what we can to always refer to our signs as LED neon, because we would really hate our customers to think that it's the old-fashioned gaseous technology we're working with. With. We don't think it's misleading, but indicative and fair. There is simply no other comprehensive name for LED neon than just... LED neon :)