How many lights on your tree?

OU812 · 04-12-2019 12:31am #1

Out first set of lights was one of those old style (it WAS 2001) little glass bulb strings with 160 white lights on it.

Gradually we added to it with strings of various lengths.

Last year however I replaced all the glass ones with LEDs including buying extra ones when they were sold off after Xmas. These extra ones didn't make the tree last year. There were 1,000 LEDs on it at that point.

It was 7.5 foot of glowing goodness...

So I hadn't told the missus about the ones I bought after xmas & added them to the tree this year for a total of 2,250.

It's one magnificent beautiful bright bastard my tree.

I actually have another string of 300 that I didn't put on it & may have to not as there's been complaints about the room being too bright

L1011 · 04-12-2019 12:37am

2250? How big is the tree? Or are they extremely low wattage?

I've one pack of 300 for when I get the tree. That will likely be it!

There's 200 much lower wattage ones wrapped around the stair bannisters already though.

Posy · 04-12-2019 1:00am

I've 1,500 LED cluster lights on a slim 7ft tree. Because they're small lights, they only barely cover it!

OU812 · 04-12-2019 1:33am

L1011 wrote: »

2250? How big is the tree? Or are they extremely low wattage?

I've one pack of 300 for when I get the tree. That will likely be it!

There's 200 much lower wattage ones wrapped around the stair bannisters already though.

7.5 foot, the majority of them are cluster lights, so the strands are shorter.

TRS30 · 04-12-2019 8:39am

OU812 wrote: »

Out first set of lights was one of those old style (it WAS 2001) little glass bulb strings with 160 white lights on it.

Gradually we added to it with strings of various lengths.

Last year however I replaced all the glass ones with LEDs including buying extra ones when they were sold off after Xmas. These extra ones didn't make the tree last year. There were 1,000 LEDs on it at that point.

It was 7.5 foot of glowing goodness...

So I hadn't told the missus about the ones I bought after xmas & added them to the tree this year for a total of 2,250.

It's one magnificent beautiful bright bastard my tree.

I actually have another string of 300 that I didn't put on it & may have to not as there's been complaints about the room being too bright

I hope you pass out suntan cream to any guests

Loughc · 04-12-2019 9:42am

I only have 500 lights on my 7foot tree but as they are spread put it covers the tree loads.

Toto Wolfcastle · 04-12-2019 9:49am

We have around 1500 on a 7ft tree. Almost 1000 of them are cluster lights so we bought a single strand of lights to fill the gaps.

CheerLouth · 04-12-2019 10:59am

480 here - although I did have a moment of doubt when we put it up as I was sure we had more last year but we didn't.

Postgrad10 · 04-12-2019 11:21am

Got the new 2000 set for an 8 foot tree which wider than average. Will see what it’s like, have a few smaller bunches if it needs a top up.

Toots · 04-12-2019 11:48am

Roughly 1000 on a 7ft tree, but we're getting a real one this year, which will likely be 9ft, so I may need more lights.

_Brian · 04-12-2019 11:52am

About 400 on a 6ft tree.
Same lights and tree since 1995

DvB · 04-12-2019 12:17pm

7ft tree, 600 white LED's none cluster, & thats plenty! Our 6ft slim tree has 200 white LED's, none cluster & thats probably about 100 short of what we'd like so will probably get another 200 for it, if not this year defintely in the sales for next year.

micks_address · 04-12-2019 12:20pm

DvB wrote: »

7ft tree, 600 white LED's none cluster, & thats plenty! Our 6ft slim tree has 200 white LED's, none cluster & thats probably about 100 short of what we'd like so will probably get another 200 for it, if not this year defintely in the sales for next year.

800 warm white led... uses 10 watts power when on.. 7 foot tree... biggest hassle was length of lights...very awkward to wrap around tree

Postgrad10 · 04-12-2019 12:35pm

I suppose it’s a prerogative how many lights go on. We’d always go for the more the merrier because my grandfather loved Christmas lights. He was always fixing at them both inside and outside . The more colorful the better with him.

Toots · 04-12-2019 3:08pm

My guide to how many lights to stick on is that it should have enough lights so as to be somewhat visible from space. :pac:

Postgrad10 · 04-12-2019 3:48pm

Toots wrote: »

My guide to how many lights to stick on is that it should have enough lights so as to be somewhat visible from space. :pac:

Our test is that we can see the reflection on our sitting room window. It’s a great test to see if it’s even or we’ve got blank spots. Then we go for a drive down the road and back up so we see them well from the road.

beertons · 04-12-2019 7:02pm

1500 lights, a few not working, tree is smaller than me, maybe 5 foot 5. I should ask my parents actually, it was bigger than them, and they are both 5f 4

TRS30 · 05-12-2019 2:22pm

How many lights would this bad boy need???

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50670477

Postgrad10 · 05-12-2019 3:59pm

Not enough branches is there or width. Probably not as many as we think.

TRS30 · 05-12-2019 5:32pm

Postgrad10 wrote: »

Not enough branches is there or width. Probably not as many as we think.

Complete random guess...........20,000?

SarahLil · 05-12-2019 5:55pm

I think my tree is 7ft or 7.5ft I have 2000 cluster lights on mine warm white it’s the first year to have that many

Calibos · 05-12-2019 11:40pm

Knew after all the blown incandescent fairy lights Xmas 2018 with all the spares gone, that XMAS 2019 was when I'd finally make the switch to LED. Had to be all or nothing because Livingroom Tree and Fireplace Garland is visible to and from the Hall Stairs Garland which is visible to and from the Diningroom Tree and Fireplace Garland. ie. Old incandescents in any one area would lash with the LED's in another area visible from it.

Saved a fortune buying all the sets of LED's I'd need in January 2019.

Bought in Woodies and 'Golden Glow' were the obvious choice because I loved the golden glow of our old incandescent fairy lights........except it turns out that was the wrong choice now that I've finally gotten to use them. Woodies Golden Glow is a harsh white with a pink tint !!! ARRGGGh. Next door also have LED's on their tree with exactly the colour temperature white LED's I would have wanted, so I just asked them what they were and he said, Woodies 'Warm White'.

The harshness and pink tint has taken the shine off what I thought was going to both look great, save electricity, be less of a fire hazard and end the yearly nightmare of replacing blown bulbs to get the sets working and watching them like a hawk to catch any further blown bulbs and replace before they hit critical mass, the fuse bulb for the series goes and a whole series of bulbs goes out and you can no longer pinpoint the genuinely blown bulbs, leaving a big gap of lights on the tree. Sure most of that is sorted withe the new LED's but God Damnit!! Wheres my feckin 'Golden Glow'. I didn't ask for Car Headlight White with a Pink Tint!! Arrgghh.

Oh yeah, Almost Forgot.

2 sets of 600 = 1200 LEDs on the Living Room 10ft Artificial Tree.

Some of you folks with 1500 LED's an a 7ft tree amazes me. I thought the density of lights with 1200 on my 10ft was borderline excessive as it is and I LOVE loads of lights on our trees,

1 set of 600 on the Dining room 6ft Artificial Tree
1 set of 600 on the 35ft of Hall Stairs and Landing Garland.
1 set of 200 on the Living Room Fireplace Garland
1 set of 200 on the Dining Room Fireplace Garland

Posy · 06-12-2019 1:30am

I've never found any LEDs that give off the same warm yellow glow as fairy lights.
I'm happy with my lights at the moment, but it's never been quite the same since I had to make the switch a few years ago.

I've 1,500 lights my 7ft tree, but cluster lights are tiny and there's about 4 lights where there would have been one fairy light because they're so closely packed together!!

I love only having one set though. Multiple lights and plugs drives me crazy!

cherryghost · 06-12-2019 10:13am

1100 on my 7ft tree

Nigel Fairservice · 09-12-2019 8:29am

I've got 520 on my 7 foot tree. I thought I had too many on it until I read this thread :pac:

zerosugarbuzz · 09-12-2019 8:40am

OU812 wrote: »

7.5 foot, the majority of them are cluster lights, so the strands are shorter.

Any chance of a pic?

Posy · 09-12-2019 9:12am

I put 920 on a pop up tree yesterday, clusters again, so barely made it all the way around!!

kieran. · 09-12-2019 9:14am

800 firefly lights on a 7.5ft tree.

DvB · 09-12-2019 1:53pm

Posy wrote: »

I put 920 on a pop up tree yesterday, clusters again, so barely made it all the way around!!

Not a fan of those cluster lights. We bought one set last year & ended up not using them on the main tree as they covered sucha small area.

We relegated them to the second 'skinny' tree on top of the ones we already have for that one.

Loughc · 09-12-2019 4:39pm

Posy wrote: »

I've never found any LEDs that give off the same warm yellow glow as fairy lights.
I'm happy with my lights at the moment, but it's never been quite the same since I had to make the switch a few years ago.

I've 1,500 lights my 7ft tree, but cluster lights are tiny and there's about 4 lights where there would have been one fairy light because they're so closely packed together!!

I love only having one set though. Multiple lights and plugs drives me crazy!

I got a set of LED lights called, ULTRABIRGHTS and they really are bright. I highly recommend them, I only have 480 lights on a 7 foot tree but they're so bright it looks like way more.

Scarinae · 10-12-2019 3:18am

Our is a 7.5ft tree, and we have 500 LEDs that can be white or coloured - there are eight settings to play with. At the moment we have it cycling between the two. Our downstairs tree is fibre optic and I can't be bothered counting

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