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hi everyone and happy holidays.
I was wondering if you guys could give me some opions on lights so i can pick the best ones. i was wondering if you consider the mini, led, or solar polar power the best for saving energy cost. Has anyone tried the solar xmas lights? And if so, how are they? Also was there a marked improvment from regular bulbs to the new led ones?. thanks for any advice or opions 😉 and happpy holidays!!
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“”and if i did get smart with you…how would you know?” 8)LED bulbs are supposed to alot more energy efficient compared to regular bulbs. You also don’t have to check the strings to make sure all the bulbs still work. Personally I would never go back to using regular bulb strings. As for solar christmas lights, I’ve never heard of those before.
The LED ones are especially good if you are looking to not damage your tree… the regular ones tend to burn really hot – my grandparents had to chop the top half of their outdoor tree off because the regular bulbs burned it! But the LED’s run cooler – less of the energy used to make the light is lost to heat. They also last longer. ALOT longer, since they run off of a chemical reaction rather then a filament.
-And I haven’t heard of solar powered lights either.
The LEDs are a lot more environmentally friendly too, may as well cut back on our environmental footprint especially since they are just for decoration and aren’t a necessity. 🙂 If you can afford ’em they are totally worth it.
I haven’t heard much about the solar ones yet, I’ll have to look into those!
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Dreamscape, Orion, Poison Dart, Fireberry, Spangler + Tigerberry DragonsI’ve only seen solar lights as garden lanterns and such, not in the form of Christmas lights. LED (light emitting diode) are very energy efficient. They only use about 10 % the energy that regular lights use. They do cost a little more, but they should last much longer.
I would totally go for the LED lights if I could, but I can’t stand the sight of them. The colors on the LEDs bug my eyes something horrible, particularly the blues. I can’t stand looking at a black light either (I can be in a room with one though), and the blue tones on the LEDs remind me very much of that, but then again, I’m weird anyways *lol*. Until they fix the color (I think they just need to figure out how to change the bulb outer part), I’m going to be a hold out on the regular Christmas lights.
The color on the LED lights is very ‘cold’ to me. I don’t like to look at them, no matter their color, and they hurt my eyes a little bit.
I much prefer the warmth of color of the old glass mini lights, I only have them on my tree, and my tree is only lit when I’m at home, which seems to be about 20% of my time lately, so I’m not burning that much energy with them.
I think its ‘to each their own’ really.
I like LED – no burnt out bulbs to change, much cooler, better for the enviroment. the only thin that I don’t like is that you can’t make up your own color pattern like you could with the old bulbs.
This year we got some really neat color changing LED lights for the tree 😀
Solar Christmas lights are strings with little solar panels attached to them, each string has a panel. They work fine if you get lots of sun (and position the panel to face the sun) I find that sometimes where I live (southern Alberta) we don’t get enough sun to power them for very long. I want to solar candy canes and snowflakes 🙂
One day after reading this, someone bought me some GE LED lights, which I’ve put on my Christmas tree. The info on the box states (basically info everyone else has already said) it uses 80% less electricity and costs less than a dollar a season to operate (I guess that means just for one string?), 20,000 hour average LED life, replaceable, cool to touch, break resistant, operates even when a LED burns out, and 25 sets can be connected.
All great qualities, but I think they are very cold looking, even the yellow and red ones. And they bother my eyes after looking at them for a bit. From now on, I’ll probably reserve LED lights for outside, and the incandescent lights for the tree.
Maybe find some on display in a store (or your friends’ houses) to see if it’s something you’d like 🙂
I’ll be sticking with the old fashioned lights, myself. The LEDs bother my eyes and I also think they are very cold looking. They remind me of circus/concert lighting. I do my part the whole rest of the year to conserve energy….I’ll splurge the few weeks at Christmas. 😉
siberakh1 wrote:I’ve only seen solar lights as garden lanterns and such, not in the form of Christmas lights. LED (light emitting diode) are very energy efficient. They only use about 10 % the energy that regular lights use. They do cost a little more, but they should last much longer.
I would totally go for the LED lights if I could, but I can’t stand the sight of them. The colors on the LEDs bug my eyes something horrible, particularly the blues. I can’t stand looking at a black light either (I can be in a room with one though), and the blue tones on the LEDs remind me very much of that, but then again, I’m weird anyways *lol*. Until they fix the color (I think they just need to figure out how to change the bulb outer part), I’m going to be a hold out on the regular Christmas lights.
i cant tolerate the blue LED, they hurt my eyes. I cant even read a sign with Blue LED , for some reason i cant make out the letters its all a big blur to me
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