Where to buy string/market/bistro lights?

bride044

Hi! I am looking to buy string/market/bistro lights. I love how they look, but the couple quotes I got for renting them are just crazy...thinking it will be cheaper to just buy them myself but am not sure the best/most-cost effective place (but still quality) place to get them!

Any advice/insight is so helpful!

ohannabelle

Target has them.

bride044

I saw that! However so many of the reviews mention that the bulbs burst...that makes me nervous, especially since hanging them in my venue won't be easy (I want to string them across the balconey:http://www.heatherkan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/55.jpg) 

ohannabelle

Hmm. I have several strings, and no bulb bursting going on. No idea. I spent weeks researching lights, and found them to be about the same price everywhere. Which is to say, overpriced. Love cafe lights, hate the prices. On the other hand, you should be able to resell them easily afterwards, which makes the price a little less awful.

emmyg65

Target. We bought seven sets of the globe lights and had no problems. In fact, we've been using them pretty regularly throughout the year since the wedding and still no problems. The only tricky issue with the ones we bought is that you can only string 3 strands together, so it's hard to get a long string of lights.

Maggie0829

I bought 4 strands of those lights from Target.  The only time one burst was when my H stepped on it while we were hanging them.