Outdoor Fairy Lights

[andy greenwood]

Hi

The gaffer is wanting to buy some outdoor fairy lights to maybe wrap round the poles on our railsail.
Can anyone recommend where to buy some from ? I've seen some on Amazon but they got poor reviews

 

[Andyf]

Andy


What about these

Volkswagen 3D Campervan LED Fairy Lights

No idea if any good, maybe some one may comment
Good or bad

Cheers

 

[andy greenwood]

Andy


What about these

Volkswagen 3D Campervan LED Fairy Lights

No idea if any good, maybe some one may comment
Good or bad

Cheers

Hi Andy

Unfortunately I think they would be too short for us as they are only 3m long, ideally were thinking between 5 to 10m long and also small led's like xmas tree lights ( maybe solar powered ?)

 

[Andyf]

Solar LED Telescopic Flagpole Lights

 

[Dellmassive]

The solar powered ones are rubbish.

Try looking at xmas string lights running on a small inverter. (Maybe connected to a spare battery)

Or a 12v led string lights... off the van battery or a second small battery.

Have a look here 》

FlagPoleLights | Online Shopping |Flag Pole Lights

And here》

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Waterproof...s=gateway&sprefix=warm+white+led+strip&sr=8-3

And....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/RONSHIN-Be...ry+lights+12v&qid=1563825366&s=gateway&sr=8-3

.

 

[andy greenwood]

The solar powered ones are rubbish.

Try looking at xmas string lights running on a small inverter. (Maybe connected to a spare battery)

Or a 12v led string lights... off the van battery or a second small battery.

Have a look here 》

FlagPoleLights | Online Shopping |Flag Pole Lights

And here》

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Waterproof...s=gateway&sprefix=warm+white+led+strip&sr=8-3

And....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/RONSHIN-Be...ry+lights+12v&qid=1563825366&s=gateway&sr=8-3

.

unfortunately I had already ordered the solar ones from Funk leisure before reading your post. I'll give them a go and see what they are like

 

[Andyf]

Andy
You will have to let us know what there like
I was going to order them as well

Thanks
Andy

 

[andy greenwood]

Andy
You will have to let us know what there like
I was going to order them as well

Thanks
Andy

Will definately let you know, we'll be testing them this weekend

 

[Andyf]

Thanks

Looking at there wind socks and poles aswell

Bought a awning from them last year, they were sound next day delivery
Couldn’t fault them


Andy

 

[andy greenwood]

Thanks

Looking at there wind socks and poles aswell

Bought a awning from them last year, they were sound next day delivery
Couldn’t fault them


Andy

Hi
I've bought quite a few bits from funky leisure, always good prices and great delivery

 

[Andyf]

Andy

Did you get your lights pal

If so any good

Thanks

 

[Hah!]

Not fairy lights but I can recommend the BioLite range... bit pricey but quality is ++ and thier service is superb - had a faulty PowerLite, they responded to email within hours, asked a few questions as to symptoms and sent a new one out next day delivery with no need to return faulty unit...

BioLite Outdoor & Off-Grid Energy | Free Shipping $75+ | UK

 

[andy greenwood]

Andy

Did you get your lights pal

If so any good

Thanks

Hi Andy
yes we got them and we have tried them this weekend , we thought they were spot on , well worth £7

 

[MatT6]

The mrs wants some fairy lights on our awning (don't they all?)

I was wondering how to power them. I thought about just buying battery powered lights and using rechargeable batteries since the lights will only be on for a few hours at a time.

Or buying a small car battery and buying some 12v lights. That brings me to how to connect them to the battery. I would like fool proof way of connecting, rather than using crocodile clips so a switch or a plug of some sort.

Any ideas on the above or alternatives? Sorry if this is really basic! I am new to vans & 12v.

ps I already have a leisure battery installed in my conversion

 

[superflyguy]

I got some that have a usb fitting, they cost about £10 from ebay

 

[MatT6]

Thanks, what are you plugging in to, your dash (so car battery)?

 

[superflyguy]

Thanks, what are you plugging in to, your dash (so car battery)?

My leisure battery is under the drivers seat and I have a Power source, you could always use the one on the dash as they have a couple of metres of cable before the lamps.

 

[superflyguy]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/OMERIL-Pow...rds=led+usb+fairy+light&qid=1577699617&sr=8-6

 

[Spaghetti]

May be easier to use a decent power bank USB supply as long as you can keep it dry. Could recharge in the van.

I made up some fairy lights that originally ran on 3v (2x AA) and put a couple of resistors in series and an old USB lead that I butchered and made them run on USB.

 

[blackDonald]

I bought fairy string lights, price is great. I used the lights to decorate my daughter's birthday party, it's nice and beautiful.