The Christmas tree, sparkling with colorful lights, creates a festive mood and is admired by adults and children. How to choose a garland so that it is amazingly beautiful, inexpensive and safe, could surprise both guests and children? Those who believe that a garland is just a dozen bulbs strung on a cord are deeply mistaken. Modern Christmas-tree decorations are incredibly diverse and can create an atmosphere of magic both in a country house and in a small city apartment.
LEDs or incandescent lamps
For the first time in 1906, several Christmas trees were decorated with electric garlands in the capital of Finland. In Russia, the release of electrical jewelry began only in 1938. From childhood, many people remember the New Year decorations with ordinary bulbs painted in different colors. Such garlands are sold today. The main advantage of such products is their low cost. The disadvantages are much greater: fragility, high energy costs, insecurity.
LED garlands have become a worthy replacement for obsolete Christmas tree decorations with electric mini-lamps. Despite the rather high cost, they quickly gained popularity. The advantages of these products are durability, strength, brightness, safety, economy and moisture resistance.
The color and type of wire matters
As you know, both LED and conventional bulbs in a garland are connected by wires. Therefore, the color and material of which the wire is made is important when choosing a Christmas decoration.
Today, rubber, silicone or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is used to make Christmas garlands. The first two types of materials are particularly durable and protected against moisture. Products with silicone or rubber elements can serve at temperatures up to -50 ° C. It is clear that for the facade of the house or Christmas tree on the site, decoration with a silicone wire is perfect. But for the interior, you can choose budget items with PVC wire.
The main color is of no small importance. If you need to decorate a spruce or pine, then the color of the wire is chosen dark green. For the design of artificial silver Christmas trees, it is better to take a garland with a white wire.
Power supply
In order for the New Year's garland to shine, a source of energy is needed.
- Power supply - Christmas tree decoration, like any electrical appliance, is connected to a central electrical network. It is used to create a New Year's interior in the house or with the help of an extension cord in a personal plot.
- Autonomous food - jewelry, powered by batteries, can be used to design a cottage or Christmas tree in the forest, where there is no way to connect to central electricity.
If before the start of the holiday the lights are suddenly turned off, the battery-powered garland will preserve the festive mood and magic of New Year's Eve.
Different types of jewelry
The variety of forms of garlands is amazing. Here are a few types of these products that are especially common on sale.
- LED strands - LEDs are festooned with PVC wire.
- Grids - consist of squares or rhombuses, in the corners are light sources.
- Curtains - a horizontal wire from which long vertical threads with bulbs come down.
- Icicles - vertical wires have different lengths, and light bulbs are made in the form of icicles.
- Fringe - bundles of LEDs are connected to the main wire.
- Duralight is a flexible transparent cord, inside of which there are LED bulbs.
- Beltlight - decoration refers to professional lighting and consists of several trains with different color colors.
When choosing a New Year's garland, you need to determine exactly what objects it will be used to decorate.
Selection rules
Buying another garland, few people think that this product carries a potential danger. A short circuit is enough - and the holiday can end in tragedy.
When choosing a garland, you need to pay attention to the following nuances:
- Information on the packaging - you must carefully read all the information on the packaging of the product.
- Certificate of safety.
- The performance of the product - you must make sure of this when buying: turn on the device, check the performance of the lamps and the compliance of the modes with the declared ones.
- Length is better when the length of the wire is 3 times the height of the Christmas tree. The length of the wire to the plug should be at least 1.5 m.
- Power should not exceed 65 watts.
When buying, it is necessary to clarify the availability of the controller, with which you can switch operating modes.
The Christmas tree blinking with colorful lights makes you believe in a miracle, returns to childhood, fills life with a fairy tale and magic. When purchasing a new garland, it is important to choose a safe product that will fit into the interior (or exterior) and will give only positive emotions.