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Outdoor string lights
Posted on 3/16/21 at 7:58 am
Posted on 3/16/21 at 7:58 am
The wife wants to put some outdoor string lights on our "gazebo" area in the back yard. Should be easy enough to do, but need recommendations or advice on what to buy or not buy.
Seems like there are a large number of options. Some dimmable. Remote control operation. I'm thinking the simpler the better as they will be in the elements in South Louisiana.
Was gonna just do Amazon unless there is a better alternative locally.
Seems like there are a large number of options. Some dimmable. Remote control operation. I'm thinking the simpler the better as they will be in the elements in South Louisiana.
Was gonna just do Amazon unless there is a better alternative locally.
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Posted on 3/16/21 at 8:03 am to sosaysmorvant
Consider Harbor Freight?
Posted on 3/16/21 at 8:47 am to sosaysmorvant
I've got Hampton Bay that came from Home Depot. I really like them. They made it through the winter vortex.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 8:54 am to BankLSU
I second the Hampton Bay recommendation.
With any string lights, make sure you get the LED lights that have the built-in acrylic bulbs, not the glass screw-in incandescent bulbs. The LED's don't break if you drop the string and last a long time (mine are going on 5 years). The incandescent bulbs break if you breathe on them wrong and burn out in less than a year.
With any string lights, make sure you get the LED lights that have the built-in acrylic bulbs, not the glass screw-in incandescent bulbs. The LED's don't break if you drop the string and last a long time (mine are going on 5 years). The incandescent bulbs break if you breathe on them wrong and burn out in less than a year.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:01 am to texn
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The incandescent bulbs break if you breathe on them wrong and burn out in less than a year.
The glass ones are also susceptible to annoying-arse squirrels that run across the cables and knock stuff around and break them.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:08 am to sosaysmorvant
If you don't want every storm or branch to cause the lights to fall at connections, consider getting these:
Amazon - Cord Lock
When I lived in NO I had a courtyard with tree cover, and branches/wind/whatever would put force on the line and they'd fall and of course break bulbs. Once I put these on that solved that, even if they became unplugged.
Amazon - Cord Lock
When I lived in NO I had a courtyard with tree cover, and branches/wind/whatever would put force on the line and they'd fall and of course break bulbs. Once I put these on that solved that, even if they became unplugged.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:17 am to sosaysmorvant
Costco has a great deal on a box of string lights. I put four strings in the backyard and they were very well made. I still ran cable to reinforce the strings, but the Costco deal was the best deal I found.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:26 am to TBoy
I have had costco lights in my yard for a few years and no issues. They had some multi colored ones and some only white ones. the ones that were only white are much brighter that the changing ones.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 9:56 am to sosaysmorvant
Thanks for the info!
Posted on 3/16/21 at 5:50 pm to Hermit Crab
I've also bought the acrylic LED patio lights from Sam's as well as HD, and I'm happy with both purchases
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