

"Then you plug it in and you're like, 'Dear Lord, five strands aren't working.' Then you have to go up and testing each bulb to find the loose one.

They're just lighter, flimsier - break easier in the cold," he said.Īnd while the new design does allow for the replacement of individual bulbs instead of throwing out the entire strand, Fleising says the bulbs always come loose. "It seems like the grade of the plastic and the wiring isn't as high as it used to be.

Several Calgary companies that professionally hang Christmas lights say they've had an influx of callbacks from customers this season to fix Noma-branded strands sold by Canadian Tire that keep burning out.
