The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it has completed Series 15 testing of a group of 10 LED flood . The summary of the results has indicated there are several key areas in which LED flood should be improved to make them more competitive with conventional flood . These include higher lumen output, narrower spot distributions and a wider range of accessories to allow customization.

The 10 LED flood tested represent a broad range of conventional luminaires designated as flood . As a result, performance varied greatly among the products. The LED flood performed well in terms of efficacy but they did not match the lumen output of high-wattage metal-halide lamps. CRI of the LED flood was in the range of typical metal-halide and CFL lamps, but the correlated color temperature (CCT) of several products exceeded that of conventional products (>5000K). In terms of luminous intensity distribution, the majority of the LED flood had wide distributions. Producing narrow spot with LED fixtures has proven difficult according to the report.

Traditional LED luminaire advantages such as longer lifetime, better quality of light and high efficacy could outweigh some disadvantages depending on the application for the LED flood light.lightslightslightslightslightslightslightslightslights