Be careful when ordering the Alderbrook 100 Mini Lights
I've been using Noma lights for years, and can't usually fault their products, website, ordering process, or delivery. They're one of the few companies who still sell traditional fairy lights, which is what brought me to them again recently, so I was really disappointed that the Alderbrook 100 Mini Lights, when unwrapped, were actually a circle rather than a string, meaning that they couldn't be wrapped around a tree or stretched out along a length, and their usable length is only half their advertised length as a result. The website does say that they are "made of a loop construction", but I didn't know what that meant - I just thought that the cable was double-twisted, as with other lights I've bought from them in the past. The website says that they have a "1.5m lead length", and the box says that the length is 7.92m - confusing! Neither the 'Product Information' nor the 'Additional Information' on the product's webpage gives any more details about the length of the lit area.
I decided not to send these back, and gave them to my local charity shop instead.
I would also have preferred to send this review direct to Noma, but couldn't find a way to do so on their website - for that, Noma, I apologise.
December 16, 2024
Unprompted review