LED Christmas Tree........ (looking to buy) Have questions

[CorCentral]

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+ 8 more Oh Christmas trees!

Last year I kept our regular ($75.) 7' lighted tree up for 2 months and burned out alot of the bulbs. So I'm looking for a decent 7' to 7.5' LED lighted tree so I don't have to go through the hassle of changing 100's of burned out bulbs every year.

Looking to spend up to $300.00/Pre strung (as long as the lights LAST)

Questions........
1--- How much longer do the led lights last compared to the regular ones?
2--- Any decent led "tree" brands out there or are they all generic?
3--- If an led light eventually goes out, is it easy to replace like the regluar ones?
4--- Or am I just better off buying a cheapy $75. reg. lighted tree each year?

I've looked on Ebay and Google but I get every generic name under the sun! I suppose the only trees that aren't generic are the real/live....... I mean, dead ones eh?

 

[mugs]

I would expect LEDs to last pretty much forever... they usually have a rated life of 100,000 hours.

But come on man, buy a REAL tree and put the lights on yourself.

Edit: Unless you live in a place where the anti-fire nazis won't allow it

 

[Throckmorton]

LEDs don't look the same. Is it really worth that much to you to never have to replace lights?

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: mugs
I would expect LEDs to last pretty much forever... they usually have a rated life of 100,000 hours.

But come on man, buy a REAL tree and put the lights on yourself.
Edit: Unless you live in a place where the anti-fire nazis won't allow it

Uckfay athay! I love the times at Christmas but the lights can go to hell. I forgot to mention our last tree was a pre-strung regular lighted tree and it was great for two years! After that.....? I'm not changing 100's of crappy bulbs.

Real tree= dead anyway unless you plan on buying one with a root ball that you plant yourself.


PS--- Before I bought the prestrung, I usually put 7x100light strings on my real/fake trees!

 

[Brainonska511]

I don't know if LED trees would look the best. At home, we have a fake 7' tree that splits into 3 sections for storage. It also has all the lights pre-strung, so we just have to plug in the wires to light the tree up; I don't think we've changed one light bulb in the 4 or 5 years that we've had the tree. It looks pretty good; a real tree isn't an option (allergies and other reasons).

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
I don't know if LED trees would look the best. At home, we have a fake 7' tree that splits into 3 sections for storage. It also has all the lights pre-strung, so we just have to plug in the wires to light the tree up; I don't think we've changed one light bulb in the 4 or 5 years that we've had the tree. It looks pretty good; a real tree isn't an option (allergies and other reasons).

That's how ours was for 2 years but lights started burning out after I left it up for 2 mths.
I love real/dead trees but I have 7 cats and it's not an option. If I find a cat pissing in my house......... It's going on the grill that night!

I'm just looking for suggestions on an led tree. That's all.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
I don't know if LED trees would look the best. At home, we have a fake 7' tree that splits into 3 sections for storage. It also has all the lights pre-strung, so we just have to plug in the wires to light the tree up; I don't think we've changed one light bulb in the 4 or 5 years that we've had the tree. It looks pretty good; a real tree isn't an option (allergies and other reasons).

That's how ours was for 2 years but lights started burning out after I left it up for 2 mths.
I love real/dead trees but I have 7 cats and it's not an option. If I find a cat pissing in my house......... It's going on the grill that night!

I'm just looking for suggestions on an led tree. That's all.

WTH does a cat pissing have to do with a Christmas tree?

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: CadetLee

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: Brainonska511
I don't know if LED trees would look the best. At home, we have a fake 7' tree that splits into 3 sections for storage. It also has all the lights pre-strung, so we just have to plug in the wires to light the tree up; I don't think we've changed one light bulb in the 4 or 5 years that we've had the tree. It looks pretty good; a real tree isn't an option (allergies and other reasons).

That's how ours was for 2 years but lights started burning out after I left it up for 2 mths.
I love real/dead trees but I have 7 cats and it's not an option. If I find a cat pissing in my house......... It's going on the grill that night!

I'm just looking for suggestions on an led tree. That's all.

WTH does a cat pissing have to do with a Christmas tree?

I've had cats all my life and having a real plant or tree in your house= cat pissing near or on it. In this new house?........ I think not! I just paid 4k for new carpet when we moved in. No chance on the cats pissing on it!

They stay on a 20x20 screened in porch most of the time though.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
LEDs don't look the same. Is it really worth that much to you to never have to replace lights?

I would give up one testicle to never have to chase down another broken Christmas tree light.


I told the wife we're not buying any more of those wire deer figures until they come out with one with LED lights.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: CorCentral
Real tree= dead anyway unless you plan on buying one with a root ball that you plant yourself.

Yeah, but it's still a real tree.

 

[squirrel dog]

Afew years ago I got one of the fiber optic trees with the small bulb in the base,and I like it.

 

[1prophet]

led string lights

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: CorCentral
Real tree= dead anyway unless you plan on buying one with a root ball that you plant yourself.

Yeah, but it's still a real tree.

It's a dead real tree. It's like when guys buy dead flowers to give to thier wives, same thing........ Here's some dead flowers honey :laugh:

So, does anyone have any suggestions on where to buy or what LED tree to buy?
Squirrel Dog----- I saw one of those in FL but it was'nt lit up. Are they bright?

As I said, I'd like it pre-strung, so it's ------ Set up, hang ornaments and plug it in= DONE

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: squirrel dog
Afew years ago I got one of the fiber optic trees with the small bulb in the base,and I like it.

I actually like the look of the fiber optic trees. They shimmer in a pretty multicolor manner. As long as they don't get TOO carried away with blinking patterns.

 

[TTM77]

It look nicer when all the lights are off. And it use fiber optics.

 

[Papagayo]

I saw the LED lights at Costco.. 100 lights for around 7-8 dollars..

They were nice, only used about 6 watts combined, but they just weren't bright enough..

I think i'll wait till next year.. hopefully they will be brighter..