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How many lights on a 6 1/2ft tree?

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BobbyMcGee · 08/12/2012 08:10

Previously we've had a pre-lit artificial tree, this year a real one.

How many lights do you think for a tree between 6 and 6 1/2ft?

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DoesntTurkeyNSproutSoupDragOn · 08/12/2012 08:20

Lots.

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I think my 5ft one has either 80 or 100.

HoHoHokeyCokeyPigInAPokey · 08/12/2012 08:22

We have 400 i think on a 6 foot tree

Grumpla · 08/12/2012 08:24

I've got 100 on a 5ft tree and was just thinking it looked a bit sparse so I'd get more than that.

If you get an extension thing you can switch them all off at the plug at the same time anyway.

Astelia · 08/12/2012 08:30

I have 4 sets on a 7 foot tree, which seems ok. I don't know how many are on each set though and I'm not counting.

undertheduvet · 08/12/2012 08:30

our 7ft tree originally had 240 but looked sparse so we got another 240 looks much better now. previously we'd had a pre lit tree so wasn't expecting to need so many lights this year!

DoesntTurkeyNSproutSoupDragOn · 08/12/2012 08:34

I use little mirror balls and other mirrored decorations to reflect the lights so they look like more.

mamababa · 08/12/2012 08:36

I think my set is 200 and we have a 6 foot real tree

BobbyMcGee · 08/12/2012 08:45

Ok a wide range there.

Will start with 400 and see what that's like.

Is there a thing as too many lights?

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HoHoHokeyCokeyPigInAPokey · 08/12/2012 08:47

No!

BobbyMcGee · 08/12/2012 08:49
Xmas Grin
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woopsidaisy · 08/12/2012 12:50

We had a 7ft tree once, I had over 1000 lights on it! Blush

gregssausageroll · 08/12/2012 13:25

240 on a 6ft but they are the little ones. Not enough. Will get another set for next year of around 150.

MobileDad · 08/12/2012 19:29

We have 614 traditional fairy lights on our tree. Once tried the LED version but not big enough for us.

Tesco are selling 100 lights for £4.70 I have one spare set as replacement bulbs

MildlyMonica · 08/12/2012 20:39

def go as many as you can - we've got 480 on ours and it's still not enough for me! I'd love to have 1000 on ours!

Doitnicelyplease · 09/12/2012 05:13

We have three sets of 100 it seems enough to me the tree is 7 ft

Bertrude · 09/12/2012 06:19

I have 720 on my 8-9ft ish free

There is no such thing as too many lights.

ByTheWay1 · 09/12/2012 08:33

We have 400 - but soft glow - not superbright white LED ones - would give me a migraine....

DoubleMum · 09/12/2012 09:54

It depends if they are LED ones I think as they are smaller and closer together. We have 360 LED on a 7 ft tree and definitely wouldn't want any more.

PottedShrimp · 09/12/2012 09:56

we have 400

lunar1 · 09/12/2012 09:58

300 warm white on our 6.5 ft tree. I keep them on static too

SilverAndSparklyKat · 09/12/2012 09:59

Oh. I have 40 on my 6ft tree. Am I very very wrong? They're quite big Confused

BobbyMcGee · 09/12/2012 23:47

I'm going for warm white ones I think.

The tree arrived today and is REALLY bushy, much bigger than I imagined. (Our artificial one was 6ft but this one looks much taller)

I don't think 400 lights is gonna cut it tbh. Think I'll start at 600 and go from there.

Thanks for all the replies though Xmas Grin

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janji · 10/12/2012 01:26

800 on a 7ft tree here.

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