fiber optic/pre-lit xmas tree please help!!

wendybendy25

Good morning, my husband i have just discovered has thrown my xmas tree away when we moved earlier this yr so now need a new xmas tree!!
Looking for a bargin 5ft/6ft pre-lit or fiber optic that i can decorate with my daughter but all the nices ones i have seen are 40-90 and want a cheapy but thats gonna last a few yrs any help or advice welcome.
silly question coming up lol....
whats the diffrence between pre-lit and fiber optic?
thanks in advance wendy.xx:eek:

aliasojo

I think pre-lit has the (ordinary standard fairy lights) lights already fastened to the tree branches whereas fibre optic is thin fibre already in the branches which ARE the lights, iyswim.

jodie114

arn't hubbys wonderful eh? lol

prelit trees have normal tree lights attatched to the branches so you don't have to evenly space them when you put the tree up, but you do have to be careful putting the tree away, they can be easily crushed!

Fibre optic have one bulb in the base of the tree, and thousands of tiny strands threaded through the tree that the light travels down to give the light. This makes the tree branches soft, and are really tough, if you have young children or pets that like to run around and knock everything over!

HTH

jodie114

Just had a look here: http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/christmas/trees/1

they have a few, and actually quite good prices!

aliasojo

jodie...you said that so much better than me, lol.

wendybendy25

just need to find a cheap one to buy now!! men grrrrr lol

jodie114

lol i tend to use the idea that why use one word when ten will do!!

wendybendy25

jodie114 wrote: »

Just had a look here: http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/christmas/trees/1

they have a few, and actually quite good prices!

thanks the 60inches one think thats 5ft is still near on 50 squid thanks though hun.x

Mrs_Thrify

Hiya, you should go mad and have a real tree this year and then buy a half price onr in the January sale

Or

wait till nearer Chrishmas as the sales now seem to start in advance of the big day.

I haave a fibre optic one I bought in thr half price sale. it looks wonderful, but I would never have paid the full price for it.

jodie114

http://homeshopping.24studio.co.uk/christmas/trees/12/greenprelittree/2

sorry, that was one of the ones i was looking at!