Old fashioned lights

Homestore and more had all the old fashioned colours last year and they were beautiful. I know they did smaller sets with lantern's on them but I have a feeling they were just the small battery powered ones

Deals had them last year, I remember looking at them with the mrs and we had a chuckle about them becoming back in vogue a tad... as much as I love my retro I much prefer the LED's we have as they really brighten up the place. Not a fan of the different colours either TBH, though I do remember them growing up and took them for granted, its really only since I moved out & lived by myself that my preference changed to limiting the colours of my decorations.

The ones in Deals were pretty good value too, so i'd check them out after Halloween.

Mutleyboo wrote: »

https://www.ukchristmasworld.com/products/40-pickwick-indoor-fairy-christmas-lights-multi-coloured.html

Lanterns! Don't show the OH just get the lights on when he's out LOL

I remember these well

I have bought retro ones in Johnstown Garden Centre a few years and have also seen them stocked in Arnotts and Newlands Cross Garden Centre. I can't quite remember brand possibly Noma.
I mix them with warm white super brights and the tree looks great

:P

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Colour or white?

It was colour ones I bought. Must take a closer look at them.this year!

Some Noma lights on Arnotts online
https://www.arnotts.ie/home/christmas-shop/shop-all-christmas/noma/480-led-warm-white-multi-function-cluster-lights/139598060.html?cgid=shop-by-department-home-christmas-shop-all&dwvar_139598060_color=White#start=1

Be warned, lots of problems with bulbs blowing and whole sets going down. Lovely when the work, but a pain to identify and replace bad bulbs

Smell the glove wrote: »

Me and my wife have no kids yet so at Christmas time we would have our friends over to ours for drinks a lot. Last year was the first year in the ten we have been living together that we didn't have the multi coloured lights on our tree and instead just used the bright yellow ones. One of my mates was devastated as he said we were the last "quality street" Christmas tree left of anyone that he would call round to! It's a great name for that kind of tree when you think about it ha.

I don’t give a ****.
I just bought a new house this year and I’m having a quality street Christmas tree this year.

Good for you. Just buy 4 sets from BT

Accidentally wrote: »

Be warned, lots of problems with bulbs blowing and whole sets going down. Lovely when the work, but a pain to identify and replace bad bulbs

I have two sets of Noma lights. They will still work if bulbs go except the "fuse bulb". You can identify the fuse bulb easily as it has a white top. It's worth getting a few spares as I find they need to be replaced every year or two. You get one spare fuse and coloured bulb with the set.

Posy wrote: »

Yes, they were a pain when a bulb blew, and the heat off them was unreal!

Real tree's drying out & the old fashioned lights were a disaster waiting to happen. In fact many a fire test was started using this method, I remember seeing videos of them & how dangerous they were in college, entire living rooms reached flashover in an amazingly short amount of time.

I'll be sticking to my fake fire retardent tree with LED lights, just to be safe

Posy wrote: »

I have downlight bulbs in my house. When I used 50 watt halogens, before replacing them all with LEDs, the bulbs would be too hot to touch within 10 seconds of turning them on. The light sockets were actually burned black from the heat off them. :eek:

Same. We're actually getting 6 halogens in our bathroom changed out to LED's in the next week or so, the heat they generate is incredible. One blew there a few weeks ago & i went to change it, had to leave it for about 20 minutes to cool down before I could touch it. LED's so much safer & energy efficient.