Hi everyone. I’m talking about the strings of lights with the little control box that gives you about 15 different options for how the lights will behave (chasing, twinkling, etc.). If I recall correctly, they came on the scene in the early 90’s and were pretty popular until the icicle lights hit the market. This year, it seems to be the “swag lights” that are being pushed. Anyway, the multi-function lights were still always in stores for those of us who liked them. I can’t find them anywhere this year (I’m in Pittsburgh BTW).
Although they were advertised as indoor/outdoor, they never lasted very long for me as outdoor lights. I would always lose at least one color within a couple of weeks. For that reason, I gave up on them as outdoor lights last year. I still like them for the indoor Christmas tree though, and I’m starting to wonder if they were pulled from the market for any particular reason. I have one fully functional set that I plan on using on the tree but if they were discontinued for starting fires or something, I’d like to know so I can just get rid of them. If they were discontinued due to the fact that people were disappointed in their performance, or just didn’t like them, I’ll go ahead and use them again.
Sorry if anyone considers this OT, but I’m really wondering where the heck these things went.
Mike