Erik Reuter wrote:
Even the packaging looks identical - they would all come out of the same factory in China somewhere... Maybe ours just burn brighter for a shorter time...Another interesting question. I can't think of any quick way to check if your 240V bulbs are the same as our 120V ones. I assume yours look like the picture of the 2.5V mini-bulbs in the link?
They're cheap enough now that people wouldn't care too much.
And we have LED light sets with all the colours except blue (which remain more expensive as components, so it's not surprising), hooked up to a simple control box which generates all manner of patterns along the length and between the colours. They are sold on the basis of the better electronics giving more patterns than the simple coloured bulb ones, plus the long-life of LEDs (to the point where they claim the LEDs never burn out, which is a bit misleading). They are enclosed inside a clear plastic tube for longevity.
Still way cheaper than the rice lights in the second link.
Obviously must not be a link to Wal-Mart, where they have had battery-operated sets of 10 (IIRC) for something like a buck or two . . .
(In fact, as it is 26 June, I expect the Christmas decorations to go up in the stores any day now . . . )
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