Lighted Address Numbers

What to know about shopping at Lighted Address Numbers

Lighted Address Numbers makes a single product: backlit LED house numbers, built to order in Albuquerque. The catalog is a configurator rather than a shelf, so buying here is a series of choices — finish, LED color temperature, font and numeral height. Six finishes run from black and white through silver, metallic gray, dark bronze and gold, and the LED is offered warm at 2,700K, neutral at 4,000K or bright at 6,500K. Warm light tends to suit brick and wood; the cooler temperatures read more crisply against pale stucco and modern siding.

Height is the choice worth slowing down for, because it is the one you cannot correct once the numbers are on the wall. The retailer publishes a curb-distance guide: roughly 5 to 6 inches for a house up to 75 feet from the road, 6 to 8 inches to 100 feet, 8 to 12 inches to 150 feet, and 12 to 14 inches beyond that. Measure the setback before choosing, because numerals that look generous on screen routinely look undersized on a facade.

Power is bought separately and is the line people forget to total. A landscape lighting converter is the cheapest route at around $35 if low-voltage garden lighting is already run; plug-in and hardwiring transformers and a solar power bank cover the other cases, up to about $99. The retailer states the units are IP65 rated and operate from -40°F to 140°F, and that every order ships with mounting hardware and a true-size template.

On terms, shipping is stated as free worldwide with no minimum, so there is no threshold to build an order toward. Pieces are made to order on a quoted 14 to 17 business day timeline, so order well ahead of a move-in date. The retailer states a two-year replacement warranty.

— MoneySaverCodes Team