How many tree lights?

karamunroe

Ok now I feel really bad.... I haven't even looked into buying a tree this year :-( I'm always soooo late!! I can't imagine how big your tree is if it's got 400 lights!!!!!!

carlamarie_2

we have a slimline 7FT tree and it has 300 on - the right amount, anymore and it would be overkill

emiff6

What do people go for? LED or "proper bulbs"? I have heard people say that LEDs have to be directly facing out or they don't appear very bright, (i.e. you have to be at the correct angle to see their full brightness). Is that right?

sethsgran

I like LED lights and I would say in the case of quantity go for MORE MORE MORE

papoosue

Wow! Thanks for the advice, guys - it's very much appreciated.

Who knew it would be so complicated to buy tree lights lol.

I was wondering about LED light too, emiff - the ones I have now are the traditional fairy lights but I'm going for LED as the fairy lights seem to be being phased out now I'd be interested to know the answer to your question too :question:

blue_monkey_2

I bought a rather expensive set of LED's a few years ago from Homebase, now most of them are not working, they are non-replaceable bulbs. The other sets I have had for years are still going strong - today the LED's are going in the bin as what is the point if only 1/4 of them are no longer working. Has put me off LED's, that is for sure.

I've got 300 rice bulbs on our tree (they were white from around 9 years ago, I wanted blue which 9 years ago were very expensive, so I painstakingly painted them all blue with glass paint, LOL) and we have a tree with built in lights but the puppy has chewed something and half them are not working.

I love lights, the more the merrier.

luckys100

does anyone know where I can get warm white lights for a 6ft tree - not sure if i should go for LED or normal lights but don't want to spend too much and got no idea how many I need. thanks

jcr16

we have super bite led ones. premier brand i think. they are super. a really nice blue. quite bright. there is 7 or 8 diff setting's. from fading, twinking, random, satic etc. think they were about £20 per 100 or 200.

southwestmaid

luckys100 wrote: »

does anyone know where I can get warm white lights for a 6ft tree - not sure if i should go for LED or normal lights but don't want to spend too much and got no idea how many I need. thanks

I paid £10.00 (half price) for a set of 300 white 'normal' lights from Tesco on Monday.

bravobeastie

luckys100 wrote: »

does anyone know where I can get warm white lights for a 6ft tree - not sure if i should go for LED or normal lights but don't want to spend too much and got no idea how many I need. thanks

We have the warm white lights, they are micro lights and we bought them from Hooties. Think they were either £9.99 or £14.99 for 300.