Bought this string for an outdoor Christmas garland this year. I was skeptical about the lighted fork because I didn't want to distract from the rest of the lights, but it wasn't too bright and the lighted end helped with some tweaking of some of the strings of lights that weren't working. A fuse blew on one of my lighter strings after a heavy downpour. I think the seal between the plug of the light cable and the socket of this cable could be better. The plug just didn't fit all the way into the outlet. However, I tend to blame the blown fuses in the light cord plug on a cheap garland rather than an extension cord.