Thread: Pics of new LED pin lights everyones buying

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Originally Posted by Shockwave199

I never am comfortable ordering from overseas on ebay. To each their own. If someone gets them and they work out ok, let us know.

Dan

I would agree with you but for the crazy high rating they have. I ordered a ton of LED xmas lights last year from Hong Kong no problem. And they are Paypal certified and lists 444 of these sold.

As far as these being the correct batteries folks don't hold me to that it I only said they LOOK right. I'm holding off until I see the lights just in case. But hey for only 2.23 it's not much to lose.

Thanks for sharing these. Too cool! So you just clipped them onto wooden chopsticks & stuck those in the ground?

Just FYI for everyone, I am placing an order of the LEDs this moment & it says they are clearance & trying to liquidate their current stock. Don't wait too long or they may disappear.

OK, I'm convinced. Thanks, Jaybo, for the test pics - those lights are amazing. Just placed an order for 20 of them. Since they probably use LR44 batteries (3 X 1.5VDC) you could safely wire two of them in series with a 9 volt battery and save some $$ on replacement costs. Easier to change, too. Using a wart would be just as easy, but a regulated supply would be best. Given how bright these are, you could probably allocate 3VDC to each light for series wiring, so a 12VDC wart would run 4 lights.

Yeah, for those who bought tons of these, you're in for a difficult time if you actually use them all! I don't recommend it unless someone comes up with a wire or a battery hack. Otherwise, maybe plan to use some and this way your fresh stash will be spread over a couple of seasons. Either way, plan on spending a night, a full night, swapping out batteries after the fact. Or, you could consider these disposable, frankly. I have every intention of changing out batteries if I can get them at a decent price. But the lights may not all hold up- I can see breakage occuring.

My opinion on the colors-

Green is the brightest no doubt, but a wee bit washed out.

Blue is the second brightest and is very rich in color- the best of the three I think.

Red is rich in color but the least bright.

I could swear red is the most battery hungry too. It seemed like the batteries wore down on them during my half hour or so demo setup for these pics. I could be wrong. The others may have outshinned the red. But I could have sworn they were brighter when I first put them on, to when I turned them off. Blue and green kept on shining bright.

I also recommend using wooden dowels for mounting these. Using anything like an icecream stick or something flat is no good. You'd think the clip would do well, but that only means you'll be pulling the flat STICK out of the ground numerous times for adjustment, as opposed to using a round dowel and just adjusting the position of the LIGHT on it. Trust me, dowel all the way and the clip actually digs in and is quite sturdy. And dowels come in long lengths too, which is great for when you need elevated lighting, or down lighting.

Nice lights for a whole bunch of uses. It's a question of reuse, with these.

Dan

Originally Posted by Shockwave199

Glad this was useful. I'll take a look at those batteries, but they have to be exactly right. But changing batteries in 30 lights....painful! 300 hundred batteries! I'm not looking forward to that! Not to mention, I can't figure how to get them outa there yet.

Dan

So are you telling us each one uses ten batteries? DAmn, I thought they used 3 each.

Edit...I just checked and it does in fact use 3 button batteries. So why would you have to change 300 batteries? Are you using these for a week long haunt? That would indeed be a pain. Mine only have to last 5 hours a year.

For the big night and maybe a night or two leading up I will run these over running electrical cords anyday and deal with the battery change out. Love the color and the cost! I cannot wait to put these into action and allow a larger area of foot traffic through the cemetery as a result of less cords!

WOW u know i seen those before, but thought that they would be weak! They r really powerful! I want them now. And they where a really good price, How long does the batt last?

I just ordered 20 more.

Originally Posted by JustWhisper

So are you telling us each one uses ten batteries? DAmn, I thought they used 3 each.

Edit...I just checked and it does in fact use 3 button batteries. So why would you have to change 300 batteries? Are you using these for a week long haunt? That would indeed be a pain. Mine only have to last 5 hours a year.

LOLOL! Yeah, my math was pretty bad with that one! 30 lights= 90 batteries. If you have these lights on for around five hours a season, you may get two seasons out of them before changing batteries. But take into consideration storage for the off season too. If you keep the batteries in there, I'm sure they'll be dead by next year. I always take the batteries out of anything when I'm doing long term storage. And like someone else said, swapping out batteries is for some folks a welcome tradeoff. I certainly know one thing- the lights are great and will do very well this year. What happens after that remains to be seen.

Btw- sorry I created another thread on these lights. I lost track of the original thread. Sorry.

Dan

Originally Posted by bobzilla

I did.....after about 12 hours they dim to about 50% in brightness. I'm not sure if they make longer lasting batteries ?

I'm sure they are the bottom of the lot batteries that come with them.

I was looking for some cheap lights for the new props this year... this might be it.