Originally Posted by blue dragon

Come on, its not anything as complex as an iPhone, which is only manufactured in China, but the design, engineering and support is done in the US.

Lux was the first to establish a market, but the others are in no way knock offs. Look at the MTEC bulbs which are brighter than Lux with no EMI. Look at the 20W cree LEDs again, which are brighter than Lux.

The only reason Lux prices were that high were because they were the only product at the time. It is no way a reflection of the engineering/maufacturing cost. MTEC is a bigger company than LUX, and now there are other alternatives that sell for $85 per pair on Ebay and come with a warranty as well. I'l take my chances there. An LED is an LED, the resistors and simple circuit to make things error free are not hard to design or exclusive to LUX.

The exact same thing happend with the CCFL or LED rings for the E46. First they were over $200, then when the competition came, they were $99.

Its your money, spend it as you see fit (including buying those LED strips you wanted)