New LED designs are already underway for 2017. One of the most popular in today’s market are the new decorative filament based LED bulbs with a glass outershell just like traditional bulbs. However these new efficient bulbs use a new LED technology that wraps around the filament and creates a warm glow well still saving tons of energy.
2017 generation LED filament
Traditional sockets can be used with these new LED bulbs which makes deployment much easier and cost-effective. The cost for this design has dropped dramatically in the last few months I will continue to drop until acceptable levels have been reached. Since this is new generation technology quality concerns are still present and long-term testing is still in the process for many distributors and resellers.