Hello Tron fans,

I am receiving some questions regarding el wire LED suits technology and if it is worth to build suits with that. The answer is very simple – definitely not, even if they are very slim and bright and you can make very nice shapes with that. We have used them once and it was simply enough experience for us to leave that technology forever. Here is why:

Tron Dance show with EL wire combination done for semifinals of Czech & Slovak Got TalentVideos play from YouTube or Vimeo, which may store cookies once you press play.

However, we don’t like this technology, here are some of our reasons

  • Maintenance – one of the biggest problems with this technology is how often you need to repair it or how often el wire cables break. And it’s almost all the time. For us, it’s not any point working with something that is not reliable for the shows that we are offering and the quality of shows that we expect to do for our clients.
  • Changing colors – significant disadvantage of el wire is that you can’t actually change colors – you install one color that you can only turn on and off. Your suits will look the same all the time, which we also don’t really like.
  • Dangerous – EL wire is working under high voltage and can be dangerous for the dancers if something breaks.

Some of the advantages:

  • el wire cables are cheap,
  • very easy to install, and actually control.

Also because you can’t change the colors it’s easy to program, because you can’t really do a lot with it just turning it on and off.

Five dancers in a dark room in costumes outlined with glowing EL wire in green, pink, blue, yellow, red and purple, with glowing glasses and caps, reflected on a shiny floor
Picture 1: The design of EL wire was done by Janet Hansen

Conclusion

EL wire technology has some advantages and some disadvantages, for us, it’s a big red flag because they are not reliable and need a lot of maintenance that we don’t like. We are not the only ones who think so – you can read about it from a fashion maker here. Also, big point is that you can’t change any colors on the suits and we think it’s boring to create shows with and then compare much better reliable technologies like LED analog suits – fiber optic that looks similar but doesn’t have maintenance problems at all.

Would you like to buy LED suits from us? Don’t hesitate to contact us!