Does anyone else hate L.E.D. Christmas Lights as much as me? RANT ALERT!

[bkm]

I swear I hate these things with every fiber of my being. For the past three years we have had nothing but trouble with these damn things.

The first year half of them quit working half way through the season, the second year they worked fine the whole season, then at the beginning of this year I go to put them up and only half of every strand works.

So thank god we kept the receipt and take them back and get a new set from a different store. Put them up and what do you know, part of the 50' strand is not working. The first 1/4 is working and the last half is working. They have been up all of about two weeks. I was so damned pissed when I got home form work and saw this, I could have snapped someones neck and not thought twice about it.

I have checked the fuses and they are fine, so I guess a bulb is out somewhere along the way. Oh yeah we got freezing rain last night so getting up on the roof is out of the question for a while.

This will be the last year for L.E.D.'s on my house. I am switching to the good ole energy hogging screw-in old school strands and calling it done. /rant

[Mosh]

Personally, I hate all Christmas lights..Bahh humbug..

If I could be plucked off the planet from Dec 1st until Febuary 30th and avoid all that crap, That would be fine by me.

And before anyone attacks me for that comment, look at the whole situation from a realistic point of view and be empathetic with my opinion..

[briano]

Christmas decorations are nothing but a pain in the ass. You're better off to go around and check out the other lights that people put up. Let them deal with the headaches.

[bkm]

Oh I agree, but my daughter just loves it, so, well you get the picture. I love getting together with my grandmother and my in-laws (<-- Yeah crazy I know) and if it could be about family getting together like it should be and not commercialized like it has become, I would love it. Unfortunately its all about who gets what and all that crap.

But right now I would like to beat the designer of the L.E.D. Christmas light within an inch of their life.

[jb2wheels]

I understand and I agree with you Mosh but Mrs. JB does not so, since our house is a Democracy and I get 49% of the vote, I do what she says and those damn lights are up again this year...

Personally, I hate all Christmas lights..Bahh humbug..

If I could be plucked off the planet from Dec 1st until Febuary 30th and avoid all that crap, That would be fine by me.

And before anyone attacks me for that comment, look at the whole situation from a realistic point of view and be empathetic with my opinion..

[rdlsz24]

I finished putting up our icicle lights on Saturday. I had to run to the store to get some replacements since some weren't working. Apparently they went bad in the storage box over the summer?? They were working fine when I put them away lol. I still use the white small glass bulbs. I don't like the "blue" tint to the led's

Rob

[dcreel]

Just to show you how long it's been since I have put up Christmas lights.. I said "They have LED Christmas lights?" out loud when I first checked out this post.. LOL

[Dirtcrasher]

Do what I do; I place a wreath on the front door and I'm done decorating.

Packing up is a snap

[RIDE-RED 250r]

I have to admit, I love Christmas time. And I love putting lights on my house.

I kind of love/hate the LED lights. They are bright and vibrant, but once you get 10 feet away, the blue overpowers all the other colors. I still prefer the warm glow of the old school incandescent lights.....I better stock up before they get banned too!!!

[bkm]

Well Christmas has been saved. I got some sleep today and woke up not so pissed off. I was lucky enough to have been able to use my 6' ladder and get it from the ground so I didn't have to get up on the roof. It was just what I thought, a factory defect. The wire that comes out of the bulb had broken inside the connector and caused an open in the circuit.

Funny thing is when I first noticed them this morning it was kinda light outside so it looked like 20 or so weren't working, but this afternoon as the sun went down they were all very dim except of course the one that was bad. So I swapped it out and Bam! Disaster averted!

No the real kick in the balls with these things is that under the colored outer shell, each light is the same color as the outer bulb part so if a red one goes out (like mine did) you would want to replace it with a red one. I thought they were all white underneath and the colored bulb made the particular color. Well to my surprise (<-- sarcasm) they only give you a yellow and a blue replacement bulb, so I now have one purple light. Par for the course.

[Thorpe]

Personally, I hate all Christmas lights..Bahh humbug..

If I could be plucked off the planet from Dec 1st until Febuary 30th and avoid all that crap, That would be fine by me.

And before anyone attacks me for that comment, look at the whole situation from a realistic point of view and be empathetic with my opinion..

Amen Mosh! I made the wife put them up for the kids this year!!

[Mr_RPM]

you guys dont leave yerr lights up all yerr? we keep em on the trailer all yerr long. plug em in december first and yurr dun.

=P its been 10+ years since we used Christmas lights.

[tri again]

Guilty of all that is lazy.
I have christmas lights on all my motion sensors so it's a cross between
festive and functional, and trashy christmas lights all year long.

Also nicer than getting blinded by spotlights every time I go outside and plenty of light to
be able to walk around.

My Favorite shopping day is when the boxes of lights go from a few bucks each to
4 for a dollar.

[plastikosmd]

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"Do what I do; I place a wreath on the front door and I'm done decorating.

Packing up is a snap"

You are supposed to take the wreath down?
Note to self......

[Xpress]

I go all out, don't give a about what anyone else says. I love it, bust mostly because i just like LED lights in general. Sounds like you're buying cheap chinese brand, not quality chinese brand. I have 6 strings of LED's and all are working like new, they've been through rain, mud, cold, rats, ect. all work like new.