Strobe Lights versus Blue LED Safety Spotlights for Forklifts

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Strobe Lights versus Blue LED 

For a long time in the past, workers in large warehouses were accustomed to blinking red strobe lights that were attached to the top of forklifts. These strobe lights were meant to serve as warning signs that let the people in the warehouse know that a forklift was approaching and that they should get out of the way especially when the forklifts were approaching from corners around which they were not easily visible. But the picture inside the modern warehouses has been changing drastically over the past few years thanks to the introduction of new forklift blue light safety. Instead of being mounted at the tops of forklifts, the blue LED safety lights project on the floor some distance ahead of the forklifts and are meant to serve the same purpose as the strobe lights and warn workers of approaching forklifts. So how do the two types of safety lights compare and why should you opt for the latter over the former?

One of the biggest problems with the top mounted strobe lights is that they are redundant when it comes to warning people around corners and blind spots of approaching forklifts. This is because by the time they are able to see the lights and know that a forklift is approaching, they are already able to see the forklift itself which means that the lights do not serve any essential purpose. Add to that the fact that flashing red lights are distracting and it is easy to see why the LED blue safety lights are becoming more attractive. They serve as effective red zone forklift lights around bends, corners and blind spots since workers in the warehouse are able to see them before they can actually see the approaching forklifts and are therefore able to get out of the way before it gets too late.

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