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Nov 16, 2022 2:40 PM

250-Count Twinkly RGB LED Smart Light String

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Raven6009
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For those asking what's so special about these lights...

https://youtu.be/g4CEtVZaXVg
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rightone
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Just an fyi... I have two of the 600 lights set. I have been unsuccessful in grouping them together despite my best efforts. If you look at 1 star Amazon reviews, you will see the same thing mentioned over and over - can't group, can't connect to wifi (they must be connected to wifi to group), crappy app, etc. It's a LOT of hassle folks... just saying. But I'll add, when they do work, they are beautiful and almost worth it. Almost. OHHHHHHHHH and don't spend the extra to get the music unit. You've been warned.
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Whats special with these ? Seems so expensive
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Nov 16, 2022 6:14 PM
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BenB5780Nov 16, 2022 6:14 PM
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Quote from 1slick007 View quoted comment :
+1. Trying to understand why the price is so high on these compared to regular LED Christmas lights.

I also thought I read these are not good for outdoor xMas lighting. Can someone confirm??
Same question here. I'd like to know if anyone use these on the outside of your home trim like traditional outdoor christmas lights?
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Nov 16, 2022 6:16 PM
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Jdsnut
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Nov 16, 2022 6:16 PM
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Quote from 1slick007 View quoted comment :
+1. Trying to understand why the price is so high on these compared to regular LED Christmas lights.

I also thought I read these are not good for outdoor xMas lighting. Can someone confirm??

I have two 400 sets outside. One on a tree and the trim of my house. pushes your lighting to the next level, sure LED is a thing, but don't have the artistic ability or level of customization with those LED lights verse these.

Additionally, these are all outdoor IP rated, just don't submerge them in water and you'll be fine.

I was SUPER annoyed with the price, but if you do a similar setup DIY, you'll be paying this much just for the lights, and not the wire, or controllers to run these, let alone the time to program them.
Nov 16, 2022 6:16 PM
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McWettyNov 16, 2022 6:16 PM
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Quote from Roja View quoted comment :
Whats special with these ? Seems so expensive
These are like Hue Christmas lights (except not, since Hue just launched their own to compete). They are smart lights that are individually addressable so you can make cool patterns and designs in the app. I have a set and love them. They also don't get as tangled because the LEDs are shrink wrapped. Plus, at $150, I'm less likely to sacrifice them to the trash can demons when the holidays are over.
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Nov 16, 2022 6:18 PM
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Jdsnut
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Nov 16, 2022 6:18 PM
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Quote from Jacknwater View quoted comment :
I wonder if there will be any better for black Friday.....even though that doesn't seem to be a thing anymore
I picked up an extra set just incase they didn't, January 15th is return window for everything at BBY.
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Nov 16, 2022 6:19 PM
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Jdsnut
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Nov 16, 2022 6:19 PM
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Quote from cloudyview View quoted comment :
And if you're looking for the tree, it's still cheaper at Michael's ($419)
https://www.michaels.com/7.5ft-pr...43169.html

Edit - to be clear, this isn't a good deal, just a slightly better deal than what's posted
I stopped looking at Michaels after the last drop ended on their side.
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Nov 16, 2022 6:22 PM
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Nov 16, 2022 6:22 PM
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Quote from rightone View quoted comment :
Just an fyi... I have two of the 600 lights set. I have been unsuccessful in grouping them together despite my best efforts. If you look at 1 star Amazon reviews, you will see the same thing mentioned over and over - can't group, can't connect to wifi (they must be connected to wifi to group), crappy app, etc. It's a LOT of hassle folks... just saying. But I'll add, when they do work, they are beautiful and almost worth it. Almost. OHHHHHHHHH and don't spend the extra to get the music unit. You've been warned.

As someone who does QA, I've noticed little quality-of-life issues.

I'd imagine they would be able to push updates to this, as you do update these things when you open them. So not sure were that is with Twinkly.

Other quality of life issues, if you have multiple lights, you have to select each light to control, instead of a giant toggle, or an option to control all with one color option.
Nov 16, 2022 6:31 PM
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ThatTallGuy21Nov 16, 2022 6:31 PM
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Quote from 1slick007 View quoted comment :
+1. Trying to understand why the price is so high on these compared to regular LED Christmas lights.

I also thought I read these are not good for outdoor xMas lighting. Can someone confirm??
I would need this confirmed, but I thought twinkly lights were fine to be used outside. To your other question, they're more expensive because, like Philips Hue lights, you're paying for a known brand. You're also getting smart features that regular "dumb" LED lights wouldn't have, such as being able to choose from 16+ million colors, being able to customize the look (ex: bottom half of the tree can be a different color than top half, etc.), as well as being able to sync them to music (if you have the special music device to do so, although I heard it's not the best).

All in all, for 600 colored lights, a quick search appeared that I could get dumb LEDs for maybe no more than $60, and the value of the above was worth the added premium. Hope that helped.
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Nov 16, 2022 6:33 PM
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Neil1985Nov 16, 2022 6:33 PM
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There's some open box rgb+w sets of 400 on ebay for $120 right now, which is as cheap as I have found, cheaper than most used sets. I bought two sets for this 7.5 balsam hill tree I just purchased.
Nov 16, 2022 6:36 PM
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kblommelNov 16, 2022 6:36 PM
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Quote from rightone View quoted comment :
Just an fyi... I have two of the 600 lights set. I have been unsuccessful in grouping them together despite my best efforts. If you look at 1 star Amazon reviews, you will see the same thing mentioned over and over - can't group, can't connect to wifi (they must be connected to wifi to group), crappy app, etc. It's a LOT of hassle folks... just saying. But I'll add, when they do work, they are beautiful and almost worth it. Almost. OHHHHHHHHH and don't spend the extra to get the music unit. You've been warned.
The majority of the grouping/Wi-Fi issues are the same. You can't group RGB and RGBW. And they require 2.4GHz Wi-Fi.
Nov 16, 2022 6:54 PM
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chizcwishNov 16, 2022 6:54 PM
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interesting, but I need white also
Nov 16, 2022 6:55 PM
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BraveTeam7995Nov 16, 2022 6:55 PM
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Now this is a slick deal
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Nov 16, 2022 7:12 PM
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rightoneNov 16, 2022 7:12 PM
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Quote from kblommel View quoted comment :
The majority of the grouping/Wi-Fi issues are the same. You can't group RGB and RGBW. And they require 2.4GHz Wi-Fi.
Too bad mine are the same RGB profile and on the same 2.4 wi-fi Confused
Nov 16, 2022 7:15 PM
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upandbNov 16, 2022 7:15 PM
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Quote from cloudyview View quoted comment :
And if you're looking for the tree, it's still cheaper at Michael's ($419)
https://www.michaels.com/7.5ft-pr...43169.html [michaels.com]

Edit - to be clear, this isn't a good deal, just a slightly better deal than what's posted
That's actually a different tree. The Michaels tree is 435 LEDs and RGB. The Best Buy tree is 400 LEDs and RGB+W. The +W is a warm white dedicated channel. Twinkly describes the differences here: https://help.twinkly.com/en/help/...ds-profile
Nov 16, 2022 7:18 PM
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rv0Nov 16, 2022 7:18 PM
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Quote from 1slick007 View quoted comment :
+1. Trying to understand why the price is so high on these compared to regular LED Christmas lights.

I also thought I read these are not good for outdoor xMas lighting. Can someone confirm??
you can map each led using the camera on your phone. Its not just a string pattern, but a collective pattern

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Nov 16, 2022 7:59 PM
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