I kēia mau makahiki i hala iho nei, me ka hoʻomohala wikiwiki ʻana o ka ʻenehana LED, ʻo nā ʻāpana kukui, he "hoʻololi maʻalahi" i ke kahua o ka kukui, ua hoʻokani nui i ka hana nui i ka hoʻonaninani hale, nā wahi kūʻai, nā papahana waho a me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe. Ma waena o nā ala ʻenehana ʻenehana kukui LED, ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka hoʻokūkū ma waena o nā ʻāpana kukui COB a me nā ʻāpana kukui SMD. Loaʻa iā lāua nā pono ponoʻī a me nā hemahema e pili ana i ka hana, ke kumukūʻai, nā hiʻohiʻona noiʻi, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e hoʻomaka ana i nā kūkākūkā nui e pili ana i ka "ʻenehana mainstream e hiki mai ana" i loko a i waho o ka ʻoihana. E alakaʻi kēia ʻatikala i kahi loiloi hohonu mai nā hiʻohiʻona o nā loina ʻenehana, ke kūlana mākeke, nā pono noi, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, a e ʻimi i ke ala e hiki mai ana o nā ʻenehana ʻelua.