We have a large artificial wreath I put up on the chimney. It takes 200+ lights. Last year's string was a fun one with the control to make them flash and change color. About a quarter of them didn't work this year.. Took that string off and wound 2 100 light strings on. What a pain. Now I am about 2 feet short. Not enough empty space for another full string. I need to unwind the string and wind it back up not so close so I will have enough to make it to the end. I am about ready to just put it up without lights. Same old pain in the butt every year.