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Preference of Light
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:55 pm
by Nikki
So... I was wandering around the Spirit store over here this year.. I saw an abundance of LED make-shift candle lights.. cheap and easy..
BUT.. I have always been a die-hard candle-light person for my pumpkins..
Which do you prefer to use? LED or real-candles?
Do the LED work as well as Candle-Light?
I have never used an LED light in my Pumpkins and was wondering which works better?
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:21 pm
by Dadja
Nothing beats a real candle I find, but I've been using led lights more and more. Aspecially at my party. If I just light it up, while watching tv or something I tend to use candles.
3 reasons I use them at my party:
- My party lasts for about 7 or 8 hours. A normal candle burns for about 4 hours, but because of the high temperatures inside the pumpkins a lot shorter, and I'm busy enough as it is, I don't want to be replacing candles all night.
It's safer, someone can accidentally bump into one and tip it over. And I'm not saying my guest catch on fire but even just candle wax on clothing isn't much fun...
The rainbow lights Ryan sells, can give an extra dimension to certain patterns.
But I still like candles the best, their give a warmer light, smell nice, even if it's just burning pumpkin, and they are more lively.
Ok, that's my two cents
candle v LED
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:33 pm
by matspud
I have gone over to the LED side I am afraid pretty much for the reasons Dadja has given
1. Pumpkins last longer
2. don't have to keep relighting candles ( here it is usually raining and windy at Halloween
)
3. Like to have a selection of colours in my display.
4. Safer especially if displaying indoors.
Mind you..... not alll LED lights are the same
The PM and soem of the others are rubbish. The ones Ryan stocks are best.
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:35 pm
by CombichristGirl
i saw these on a thread at HF
http://www.jackstoolshed.com/index/page ... led+swivel
for that price and the job they do on props i wanna get some. the fact they do so well on props they have to be great in pumpkins
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:09 pm
by Nikki
Awesome responses guys and great reasons to switcheroo on to the LEDs.. I will be poking my head in to Ryans shop for a Cutting Kit as well as some LEDs
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:22 pm
by pagemaster1993
I only do foamies, so I use artifial candles.
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 7:26 pm
by SuperSonic
I'll always be a candle die-hard. I love the eerie flicker of the candle in the wind. Long as the wind doesnt blow them out. And I only need my candles to last an hour or two. Which tea-lights do just fine.
My two cents has now been posted
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:20 pm
by Nikki
SuperSonic wrote:I'll always be a candle die-hard. I love the eerie flicker of the candle in the wind. Long as the wind doesnt blow them out. And I only need my candles to last an hour or two. Which tea-lights do just fine.
My two cents has now been posted
Well thank you for your 3 cents Super! I myself have always loved the eerie glow as well.. It's a toss up for me right now.. I am deffinitely buying some lights from Ryans shop but at the same time I MIGHT do a couple with just candles.. especially the two that will be in the house
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:50 pm
by punchi
Candles for real kins, string of christmas uh i mean halloween lights for foamies. We usually have 20 or so real kins, so the teal ights are more cost effective.
PostPosted:Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:50 pm
by Joey
I'm a candle fan. I do a lot of shading and the LEDs just don't have the kind of light to really shine through. Though I do tend to use howler lights for long term displays that I'm not paying attention to.
PostPosted:Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:25 am
by Nightwatchman
I like to use a string of C9 lights for my pumpkins, this means that I don't need to spend time tending the candles to keep them lit, however I prefer the eerie flickering glow of a candle in a pumpkin, especially in a traditional pumpkin carving. I also love the smell of the pumpkin when the candle is burning the lid, it brings back memories from my youth, to me this is the smell of Halloween
PostPosted:Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:44 am
by Nikki
Nightwatchman wrote:I like to use a string of C9 lights for my pumpkins, this means that I don't need to spend time tending the candles to keep them lit, however I prefer the eerie flickering glow of a candle in a pumpkin, especially in a traditional pumpkin carving. I also love the smell of the pumpkin when the candle is burning the lid, it brings back memories from my youth, to me this is the smell of Halloween
Very well said! I also love the smell of a burning pumpkin
It's a very memorable smell..
This year I will be trying to carve more pumpkins than I usually do (3) so I might just use LED lights in the outside ones and real Candles on the pumpkins inside the window/house
PostPosted:Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:32 am
by Tkaraoke
I've always been a die hard candle person myself but I decided to switch over to christms lights due to safety concerns. I had a few pumpkins that just wouldn't stay upright and if the wind would have picked up it could have set them rolling. I had four real candles going for the shaded pumpins I did because they required extra light but this year I'm going to go with clear C9 bulbs.
PostPosted:Sat Oct 02, 2010 5:54 am
by zombombie
The first carving I did this year I used a candle, but when I do more, I'll be using LED lights simply because there will be more pumpkins and it'll be nearer my party - safety first!
Not really, I'm just lazy and would rather mingle than run around replacing candles
PostPosted:Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:48 am
by Zombie Pumpkins!
I too am a (mostly) traditionalist that enjoys the brightness, flicker and smell of a real candle. I use that lighting method often.
But there are good reasons to use battery or electric lights. Like others have said... they won't burn out, they aren't a fire hazard, and they let you do cool color effects to fit your design.
I usually have at least a couple LED pumpkin lights as part of my display on Halloween. Just for the variety of it. I always hear a few comments like "Hey, look! That one over there is changing colors!"