Hei rama hiku tino pai, me whai i ēnei āhuatanga e whai ake nei:
(1) Te kaha o te māramatanga me te tohatoha tika o te kaha o te māramatanga;
(2) Te tere o te pikinga kanapa o mua;
(3) He roa te ora, kāore he tiaki, he iti te whakapaunga pūngao;
(4) Te pakari o te pana;
(5) He pai te ātete ki te wiri me te pānga.
I tēnei wā, ko ngā pūtake mārama e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā rama hiku o ngā motuka he rama mura. Hei tāpiri, kua puta ake ētahi pūtake mārama hou, pērā i ngā rama rama whakaputa mārama (LED) me ngā rama neon.