| Comparison Chart | Zeus Illumination | Trimlight | Astoria | Jellyfish Lighting | Haven X Series | Govee | Omni (Gemstone) | Celebright |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voltage | 12V | 12V | — | 48V | 24V | 36V | 12V | 24V |
| Lifetime-use Rating | 50,000 Hours | 50,000 Hours | 50,000 Hours | 50,000 Hrs Lights; 22,000 Hrs Controller | 50,000 Hours | 50,000 Hours | 50,000 Hours | 50,000 Hours |
| Warranty | Parts for 50,000-Hr Lifespan | Parts for 50,000-Hr Lifespan / 1 Yr Labor | 10 Yr + Lifetime Bulbs / 3 Yr Labor | 1 Yr Parts & Labor + 5 Yrs Parts | 5 Yrs or 30,000 (whichever first) | 3 Yr Limited | Limited Warranty | 1 Yr Labor / 10 Yr Parts |
| Additional Power Supplies Req’d | Every 200 ft | Every 50 ft (requires power box) | — | Every 300 ft | ~200 ft | ~200 ft | ~200 ft | ~200 ft |
| Lumens (brightness) | Up to 100 lm | 45 lm | Undisclosed | Up to 27 lm | Undisclosed | 50 lm | Up to 58 lm | 20 lm |
| IP Waterproof Rating | IP68 | IP65 | IP65 | — | — | — | — | — |
| DIY Option | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| True RGBW (white control) | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Light Spacing | 8″ | 3″/6″/9″/12″ | — | 9″ | 9″ | 12″+ | 8″ | 9″ |
| Track Material | Powder-coated Alu | Aluminum | Powder-coated Alu | Aluminum | Plastic/Aluminum | 3M & clips | Aluminum | Aluminum |
| Yellowing on Light | No | Yes | — | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Light Style | Flush, Hidden Puck | Protruding LED Nipple | Puck | 3 LED Puck | LED strip w/ diffuser | 3 LED Puck | 3 LED Puck | 3 LED Puck |
| How Many Wires | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Diffuser Casing | No | No | — | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| Number of LEDs | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | ? | 3 | 3 | — |
Why Lumens — Not Voltage — Determine Brightness
When shopping for permanent holiday lighting, you’ll hear a lot about voltage, and some companies talk about it as if a higher voltage number automatically means a brighter light. It doesn’t. Voltage describes how electrical power is delivered through the system — it is not a measure of how bright a light actually is.
The real measure of brightness is the lumen: the amount of visible light a fixture actually produces. Two systems running at completely different voltages can put out identical brightness, and a well-engineered light can easily out-shine one that simply runs at a higher voltage. If you want to know how bright a system really is, look at its lumen rating. Zeus Illumination delivers up to 100 lumens per light — the highest output of any system in the comparison above.
Lumens Are the Light You See
Brightness is light output, and light output is measured in lumens. The higher the lumen rating, the more vivid the colors and the stronger the glow across your roofline. When you compare systems, the lumen figure — not the voltage — is the number that tells you what you’ll actually see at night.
Efficiency Behind the Brightness
Zeus Illumination LEDs are engineered for a luminous efficacy of 100 lumens per watt, converting more power into visible light and less into wasted heat. The result is strong, vivid output that also runs cooler and lasts longer — rated for 50,000 hours of life.
So when a competitor leads with a voltage number, ask the question that actually matters: how many lumens does each light produce? Real brightness is engineered into the LED itself — through quality chips and efficient design — not into a voltage figure on a spec sheet.
RGB vs. RGBW — The Power of a Real White LED
Many lighting companies use RGB systems, meaning each light contains just three LEDs: Red, Green, and Blue. There is no white LED at all. When you ask for “white,” the system fakes it by blending those three colored chips together — a guessed-at white that often looks uneven, slightly tinted, and inconsistent from one light to the next.
RGB Only — Mixed, Fake White
No dedicated white LED. White is approximated by mixing red, green, and blue, which produces an off-tone, blended white that can drift and look artificial.
RGBW — A Real White LED
A dedicated white diode inside every puck produces genuine, single-source white — clean, crisp, and consistent — alongside the full RGB color spectrum.
With Zeus Illumination’s RGBW technology, white isn’t three colors blended together hoping to land close. It’s a real white LED doing exactly one job — delivering true, uniform white across every light on your home.
Designed to Disappear
The best permanent lighting is the kind nobody notices during the day. Some systems use bulky, bullet-style “nipple” lenses that hang down below the trim — a row of visible bumps along your roofline that reads as hardware bolted onto the house, not part of it.
Zeus Illumination uses a low-profile puck that sits flush and hidden inside a slim, color-matched track tucked under the fascia. By day, your roofline looks clean and untouched. By night, it comes alive.
Bumps Along the Roofline
Bullet and nipple-style lenses hang below the trim, breaking the clean line of the home and staying visible day and night.
Flush, Smooth & Hidden
A low-profile puck seats flush within the track, so the roofline keeps its clean silhouette — brilliant at night, invisible by day.
Your home should look like your home — not like it’s wearing a string of equipment. With Zeus, the lighting shows; the hardware doesn’t.
Built to Stay Crystal Clear
Many permanent lighting systems use lower-grade lenses that yellow and amber over time, discolored by years of UV exposure and heat. Once that happens, whites look dingy, colors lose their punch, and the only real fix is replacing the lights. Both Trimlight and Jellyfish Lighting are known to yellow with age — Zeus Illumination is not.
Yellowed & Ambered
After a few seasons of sun and heat, low-grade lenses turn yellow. Whites look dirty and the entire display ages badly.
Clear for the Long Haul
UV-stable materials keep Zeus lenses clear year after year, so whites stay true and colors stay vivid for the life of the system.
A permanent lighting system is a long-term investment. With Zeus, it still looks the way it did on day one — many years down the road.
Sealed Tight for Texas Weather
Texas doesn’t do mild. Triple-digit summer heat, punishing UV, sudden violent thunderstorms, hail, and heavy humidity all hit the same roofline — sometimes in the same week. Lighting only earns the word “permanent” if it can take all of it without missing a beat.
Every Zeus Illumination light carries an IP68 rating — the highest level of ingress protection there is. The “6” means each light is completely sealed against dust. The “8” means it’s protected against continuous water submersion: not just splashes, not just rain, but full submersion. A Texas downpour doesn’t stand a chance.
That gap matters most in the worst weather. When a storm rolls through, an IP68 system stays sealed, stays lit, and keeps working — season after season, year after year.