So I had been on the hunt for some "wedding-like" string lights for my backyard but found out that what i'd really love to have (the vintage wedding string lights) just cost way too much for simply 25 bulbs. I found out through a guy at Home Depot that LED works longer and costs much less to buy and run when turned on for hours. LED bulbs are cool to the touch, so you won't deal with HOT bulbs. I had actually puchased this exact brand at Target in the "soft white" color and was pleasantly surprised as to how affordable they are $14.99 a box of 40 bulbs on 20 feet of cord and how far 20 feet can really go. What i really liked was that i could string up to 87 sets of these LED lights together! I am trying to mimic the wedding light look and eventually want to add several tows of these string lights and insert Chinese paper lanterns to every other bulb.
When these are lit, you can't tell that they are plastic, nor can you see the tiny parts where they are held together. They just look like string lights! They are also water-proof and are for indoor / outdoor. LEDs also last longer and costs less.
A typical 40 bulb set of string lights would take 175 watts to run....well these Philips G40 LEDS take only 2.4 watts to run! and of course they won't get hot, risking burning your cheap paper lanterns.
I personally got the warm white color cause i can have the basic white light but then once i insert any color paper lantern, i'll get that lanter's color to glow up the room and i can change out the paper lanterns to reflect another color for another type of party. So just buying the white light allows you to just do more by changing the color of the paper lanterns.
I buy my paper lanterns very cheap from OrientalTrading.com but you can also find them at Big Lots, Target, Walmart, IKEA, Garden Ridge Pottery or somewhere online for just like $1.50-$300 each
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