On 7 Dec 2006 17:50:06 -0800, "Chris Snyder"
wrote:

My wife and I bought a few strands from Lowes (in Grand Rapids, MI)
just a few days ago. They had a bunch in stock. We bought the Forever
Brite 70-light multicolored strands. They use a fraction of the
electricity,

I had so many (very few LED) last year that it took 7 house circuits
to supply the power. I have 5 connected now, and would expect it to
work with 4. That eliminated the need to not use the microwave in the
evening.

are brighter,

Those are bright.

more durable (solid plastic bulbs,

And hopefully the colors don't fade and lose color as badly as the
incandescent ones do. I've had to replace too many of those
(incandescent's) that weren't burned out, but looked bad because bits
of the colored coating were missing.

)no
sockets to corrode, cool to the touch, and are supposed to last 20
years (according to the box). Just like I've sworn off purchasing
incandescent light bulbs for all but the most unusual cases, I'm now
swearing off incandescent Christmas light sets (unless these give me
problems).

I bought very few incandescent Christmas lights this year. Just a few
unusual ones that weren't available in LED versions yet.

They were $10 per strand.


The Lowe's ones are good. Also, some Wal-Mart stores have good ones.
Even LED icicle lights. More colored than white, which is a good
thing. I get tired of seeing those boring nearly-all-white displays
everywhere.

-Chris Snyder

Joseph Meehan wrote:
Last year I saw a far number of LED Christmas lights. Not a great
number, but not uncommon. This year, I have only seen a couple. Anyone
know what happened. I would guess they did not sell well last year. Were
there other problems?

--
Joseph Meehan

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