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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Tidings Multicolor Holiday Lights, January 2, 2008
This review is from: Good Tidings 23-Foot Indoor/Outdoor Holiday Christmas Light Set with 70 Multi-Colored LED (Kitchen)
In an effort to move from traditional holiday lights to LEDs, we purchased 5 strands of these lights about 3 weeks ago and have had them on every night since. We had no problems with them - everything worked perfectly out of the box. There were no flickering bulbs, as reported by an earlier user, though as with most LEDs you can occasionally get an odd optical effect of flickering in your peripheral vision that disappears if you look at them directly. For LEDs, the strands are a good length - we have a medium sized house and this was more than enough to cover the whole roof line. The colors are warm and vibrant, with a rich jewel-like look to them. We think they are plenty bright (not "dim" as reported earlier), though in a direct comparison they are not as bright as (for example) our neighbor's large C9 traditional lights. Overall, we are very pleased with this product, would buy them again, and think they are an excellent value for money compared to some of the much shorter LED lights we bought this year. If you are looking for multi-colored LEDs and don't want to spend a fortune, we think they are a good bet.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Christmas Lights, December 28, 2009
This review is from: Good Tidings 23-Foot Indoor/Outdoor Holiday Christmas Light Set with 70 Multi-Colored LED (Kitchen)
I bought this product for outdoor use around my upstairs window, facing the street. My neighbors have been adding more lights the past few Christmas holidays and I felt I should make my contribution. I'll try to make my description a technical one, to give the best overall view of the product.
The lights are about average in brightness and come in four colors: red, amber, green, and blue. The bulb portion is roughly cone-shaped and about one inch long. The bulbs are textured to produce variation in brightness depending on the viewing angle, a kind of glittering effect. Each bulb is an LED, which are polarized. This means the connections have both a positive and negative terminal. If reversed, the bulb won't work. For this reason, the sockets for the bulbs are "key-shaped" so that the bulbs will only easily insert in the correct orientation. I received two spare bulbs, red and amber.
One or two reviewers commented on dead strings. I suspect a forcibly reversed bulb might be involved. Not wanting to damage my string, I am reluctant to test this theory.
Each bulb is spaced at about four inch intervals and connected to it's neighbors by four green wires; a bundle about the diameter of a pencil. As a result, the string is fairly stiff and heavy. The coiling forces cause the string to twist slightly so that the bulbs tend to face alternating directions. Picture a zig-zag stitch. The coiling forces tend to frustrate any attempt to point the lights in a specific direction. For the use of decorating a tree or outside window this causes no problems since the light is well dispersed. In conclusion, I will simply say that the lights worked perfectly for me and looked quite pretty.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Okay, but 1 bulb flickers, November 25, 2006
This review is from: Good Tidings 23-Foot Indoor/Outdoor Holiday Christmas Light Set with 70 Multi-Colored LED (Kitchen)
I just hung these a few days ago, so I can't attest to their durability or value, which will be determined by how long they last. But one bulb is already flickering. Sometimes it flickers and sometimes not. It isn't really noticeable unless you watch it, but just knowing that it's there annoys me. Will it die prematurely? Only time will tell.
Two replacement bulbs are included, but the instructions say you should replace a bulb only with one of the same color; the flickering bulb is green, while the extra bulbs are red and yellow. Considering that I paid $19 for these I think no bulb should flicker.
The strand is somewhat heavy, so plan accordingly when hanging.
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