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In response to "Thinking about buying a prelit artificial tree for next year....anyone here have any experience with these? -- nm" by CrankYanker

You're stuck with either white or coloured lights (racist!). Not sure if any of them use LED lights yet. If want to

Posted by zork Dec 22 '09, 10:53

add more lights anyway for a fuller look, the built-in wiring can get in the way of putting the extras deeper into the tree (tip: this makes your tree look so much better).

on the other hand they are way fast and easy to set up. Five minutes and you're done, just add decorations (or not). storage is easier and no untangling of wires.

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and don't get the fibre optic ones. they look ugly, have already gone out of style, and probably have more problems with the wiring failing. -- nm - zork Dec 22, 10:57
I'm pretty sure I saw one at Target with LED's, but I could be wrong. -- nm - JaxSean Dec 22, 10:56
This is sounding more and more like a good idea. I was figuring on getting two years out of it.... hell, if they last longer than that, BONUS! -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 10:55 5
- you'd better get more than 2 years out of it, that's a large item to throw in the trash in two years! -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 10:59 4
  - But you throw a real tree in the trash every year. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 11:01 3
    - no, i don't. they have 'tree pick up' and it goes where our green bin waste goes. - Elf Andie Dec 22, 11:04 1
      - (green bin waste is organic and gets treated and used for ground cover, etc.) -- nm - Elf Andie Dec 22, 11:05
    - we recycle in this town, -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 11:02
er, what is there besides white or colored? -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 22, 10:54 3
- All one color? I've seen trees with all red lights; not my style, but people do it. -- nm - CrankYanker Dec 22, 10:57
- integrated! -- nm - zork Dec 22, 10:55 1
  - real answer: some years we want just white lights on the tree and others we want coloured ones. best compromise if getting pre-wired is to get white.. - zork Dec 22, 11:00

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