Running costs for festoons have been dramatically lowered by the use of LED technology, which requires much smaller amounts of power to create much more brightness – so your electricity bill isn’t impacted nearly as much as it once would have been! In fact, festoon lights can be completely free of electricity costs if they are intended to be used outdoors if you choose solar powered ones, which simply need the solar panel to be in the sun for a few hours, and they will run all evening. Festoon lights first became mainstream in carnival settings and in industrial settings, where there were generators that could create the large amounts of power that they needed. They were not only expensive to buy, but they were also expensive to run, and if a bulb was accidentally broken, it cost a lot to replace. Thankfully, today festoon lights are available to buy at an affordable price, for homes to use both indoors and outdoors – and replacement bulbs are much cheaper too.

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When you want to light up a space with a more festive look and feel, string lighting has always been a great option, with festoon lights offering the highest impact. Their bigger size makes them far more visible than fairy lights, and means that they can be used as a source of ambient light in a space, as well as for decoration. We pride ourselves on offering a wide range of lights, in a variety of different styles. If you’re wondering where to start in finding your perfect lights, why not use our handy lights guide Please note, being an LED product the Perspex globes are only coloured when illuminated. When switched off the globes have a white, frosted bulb effect.These Festoon Lights are supplied in 3m sections, with a 30cm gap between the 10 globes on each string. This means you can achieve added light density along with greater flexibility with regard to the total length of the festoon light set. Built to on rubber cabling, they are also compatible with our other festoon lights, with the same style of connectors and bulbs. Many of our range of festoons are now LED styles, and with smaller amounts of power required, there are several options for powering your festoons. Mains power is always an option, but if you’re lighting up an area where access to electricity is difficult, then solar powered festoons are great – you just need the solar panel to be in the sun for long enough to charge the battery. Where that isn’t possible, battery power is always an option too.