I want to thank you immensely. Purchased the 600 RGB Gen 2 from Amazon for around 250$ (Tax and shipping included). I put all 600 lights on my 7 foot tree. On installation, I had the identical problem as you with difficulty getting the App to connect to my WiFi. Unlike you, I created my Twinkly account using my email (not via Facebook ). I suspect a bug is in the App. I ended up deleting the App from my phone and downloaded it again. Another install attempt and this time everything connected correctly. Twinkly's product support is a real PITA. No place to call, just email. Spent 4 day's trying to get things to work. Still waiting for Twinky's support to respond. Once I got the lights and App working, now I think I'm hooked.
I bought 2 sets last year (600 for indoor tree, 400 for 50" outdoor wreath) and they still work great this year. So I bought 3 more sets for outdoor wreaths. Only problem I had was they don't like my 5ghz wifi - they only connect to the 2.4 guest network. They may seem expensive but its a lot cheaper than diving into a full RGB setup, and not nearly as much effort. I may try the icicles next.
It’s generally fine. 2.4GHz is slower and more congested, sure. But speed isn’t really a concern, and 2.4GHz generally has better range since 5GHz is more easily blocked by walls.
Just discovered Twinkly lights about a month ago. Already I have purchased 2 of the 600 LED strings, 3 of the 210 LED curtains, and 3 of the 50 LED 24“ wreaths, all are generation 2 RGB+W. Great review from a fellow addict!
That’s a great price! I was looking for some deals after Christmas but was too slow and they all got snapped up. I’ll try again this year, I need more to feed the addiction 😂
Great video! I'm looking at these for an upcoming project I'm thinking of, one question I haven't been able to find an answer to that maybe you know, when linking multiple strings is there a way to have them perform effects in sequential order? For a simple example a 'chase' that starts on the first string and once it reaches the end starts on the second string and so on. From what I can tell is the effect would start on all strings at the same time. Thanks!
I hope this helps, (if you haven’t purchased them yet) They have different settings were you can have all the individual lights sets doing the same thing, you can mapped them as a group so you can see the effect in a bigger scale, you mapped certain sets to do one design and other groups or individual sets with a different design or each one with the same effect individually. They do have a lot of designs on the app… You can also freestyle your own. They also have now “twinkly music”…(usb with a sound sensor) where the light sync to music playing , you just need the buy the “usb” and plug it to a power source. Is pretty neat 👍🏻
@@kyouman999 We ended up returning our defective RGB+W and purchasing a regular RGB due to the vast price difference. We want a lot of these and the price-point of the RGB+W to fill our needs would be ridiculous.
Just picked up a few. Biggest issue i see is that the tree that I mapped is too small (5 feet tall) to display some of the patterns that they have, so i picked up some curtains to see if that will work better.
I took a set of 400 and hot glued them into a pegboard to make a " sign " to run specific effects like the reindeer, candy pattern and some of the Halloween effects.
@@Eric-qm4vm I read somewhere that you don’t suppose to leave them outdoor more than 5 Months 😂 but were too lazy to take down the icicles from the roof last year 😂 and this year they’re working absolutely fine (I live in Toronto, 🇨🇦 so yes, crazy weather 😂) I only have two suggestions… 1- to turn them on Inside so you can update the firmware before put them outside… every year! 2-invest in a wifi extender if you’re putting a lot of them so you have no issue with connectivity. Update: WE BOUGHT THE 7’5 INDOOR XMAS TREE 😍😍😍😍😍
Espero q esto le ayude, (si no las a comprado todavía) La aplicación le permite 3 opciones. 1) mapear todas las luces para un diseño gigante… como para toda la casa (diseños están en la app y se pueden hacer los propios) 2) mapaer cada set de luz con el mismo efecto ( individual, pero el mismo diseño) 3) usar diferentes diseños en diferentes sets de luces. Y ahora tienen el “twinkly music” que es una USB con sensor de sonido que se sincroniza con la música que esté sonando. (El mapeo, es como hacer un video dentro de la aplicación… cada luz en los sets de luces parpadean y la aplicación lee la ubicación en el set de cada lucecita según van parpadeando)
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I want to thank you immensely. Purchased the 600 RGB Gen 2 from Amazon for around 250$ (Tax and shipping included). I put all 600 lights on my 7 foot tree. On installation, I had the identical problem as you with difficulty getting the App to connect to my WiFi. Unlike you, I created my Twinkly account using my email (not via Facebook ). I suspect a bug is in the App. I ended up deleting the App from my phone and downloaded it again. Another install attempt and this time everything connected correctly. Twinkly's product support is a real PITA. No place to call, just email. Spent 4 day's trying to get things to work. Still waiting for Twinky's support to respond. Once I got the lights and App working, now I think I'm hooked.
Thank you. Concise and contained lots of information. Starting my journey now for next years setup.
I bought 2 sets last year (600 for indoor tree, 400 for 50" outdoor wreath) and they still work great this year. So I bought 3 more sets for outdoor wreaths. Only problem I had was they don't like my 5ghz wifi - they only connect to the 2.4 guest network. They may seem expensive but its a lot cheaper than diving into a full RGB setup, and not nearly as much effort. I may try the icicles next.
Almost all “SmartThings” I’ve used only work on 2.5ghz for whatever reason. LG washer/dryer, Philip’s Hue, Twinkly lights, etc.
It’s generally fine. 2.4GHz is slower and more congested, sure. But speed isn’t really a concern, and 2.4GHz generally has better range since 5GHz is more easily blocked by walls.
Just discovered Twinkly lights about a month ago. Already I have purchased 2 of the 600 LED strings, 3 of the 210 LED curtains, and 3 of the 50 LED 24“ wreaths, all are generation 2 RGB+W.
Great review from a fellow addict!
You’re hooked!
@@EverydayReviews2022...and broke!!! 😂
They're neat but so expensive! They really nailed the app, packaging, in store displays and branding to make it look premium though.
Very nice lights. Bought $800 worth for ourselves and $500 for family gifts, this last week. I'm buying more for our house...
Got a box coming for my tree. This year will be a beautiful tree
Great review! How many lights are on each column?
Thanks for the review of Twinkly Strings 🤩✨
We loved it and we are ooking forward to see more about our products on your channel!
Send him some free ones!
That's such an advanced feature! So impressive, but still quite pricey.
Yup. That’s why I hope they last for many many years.
I bought the 600 light set for $120 at Best Buy on sale during the summer … I’m glad I bought it while it was cheap, well worth it ..
That’s a great price! I was looking for some deals after Christmas but was too slow and they all got snapped up. I’ll try again this year, I need more to feed the addiction 😂
@@EverydayReviews2022
Yeap😂.. gotta jump on those deals quick or eles
When I turned into nineteen years old I would buy that box Of string music lights for free!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Where did you get Santa climbing ladder thing ? :)
My mom gave it to me years ago. If you Google climbing Santa, you’ll find some similar online.
Cool, thanks for speedy reply. He’s bad assed :)
Really high quality video
Just ordered some myself. Have a pretty large display but wanna move into a show eventually
Thanks for enlightening us. Fun video.
Great video! I'm looking at these for an upcoming project I'm thinking of, one question I haven't been able to find an answer to that maybe you know, when linking multiple strings is there a way to have them perform effects in sequential order? For a simple example a 'chase' that starts on the first string and once it reaches the end starts on the second string and so on. From what I can tell is the effect would start on all strings at the same time. Thanks!
I hope this helps, (if you haven’t purchased them yet)
They have different settings were you can have all the individual lights sets doing the same thing, you can mapped them as a group so you can see the effect in a bigger scale, you mapped certain sets to do one design and other groups or individual sets with a different design or each one with the same effect individually.
They do have a lot of designs on the app…
You can also freestyle your own.
They also have now “twinkly music”…(usb with a sound sensor) where the light sync to music playing , you just need the buy the “usb” and plug it to a power source. Is pretty neat 👍🏻
I saw these at the check out lane of my Best Buy. After I saw the price, i didn't bother to look at the box in detail. I'm glad for the review though.
Great review, thank you!
Awesome review 👏
Thanks!!
If I have two trees 30ft apart what should I buy?
What's the climbing Santa called? Looks pretty funny.
Any recommendations on RGB or RGB+W? I'm wanting the best of the best but RGB+W seems a lot more pricey.
Just be aware that you can’t group the two different types together in the app to have them synced.
@@kyouman999 We ended up returning our defective RGB+W and purchasing a regular RGB due to the vast price difference. We want a lot of these and the price-point of the RGB+W to fill our needs would be ridiculous.
Just picked up a few. Biggest issue i see is that the tree that I mapped is too small (5 feet tall) to display some of the patterns that they have, so i picked up some curtains to see if that will work better.
Yeah you need to have some pretty dense light setups I order to display some patterns.
I took a set of 400 and hot glued them into a pegboard to make a " sign " to run specific effects like the reindeer, candy pattern and some of the Halloween effects.
@@stain0269 That's a neat idea. May give that a try... Thanks!
@@7StrokeRoll No problem. It actually turned out really good. I have videos on my channel if you wanted to check it out
Great review. I am currently down that rabbit hole you mentioned. haha
What do you do for large hedge row?
Can you control on and off with alexa?
Yes.
Cheoragraphed light show
Don’t buy this !!!!! You become addicted 🙀 we are at our 35 box of Twinkly light in 3 years 🤦🏻♀️
Between 20 to 600 leds and 2 outdoor trees 😂😂😂
I know!!!!!
Hi there, do they hold up ok outdoors? TY
@@Eric-qm4vm I read somewhere that you don’t suppose to leave them outdoor more than 5 Months 😂 but were too lazy to take down the icicles from the roof last year 😂 and this year they’re working absolutely fine (I live in Toronto, 🇨🇦 so yes, crazy weather 😂)
I only have two suggestions…
1- to turn them on
Inside so you can update the firmware before put them outside… every year!
2-invest in a wifi extender if you’re putting a lot of them so you have no issue with connectivity.
Update: WE BOUGHT THE 7’5 INDOOR XMAS TREE 😍😍😍😍😍
@@MaryMary-tf8gc Thank you so much for the quick response. Enjoy the 7’5 Xmas tree.
@@Eric-qm4vm thank you 🙏🏻
I’m glad I could help. enjoy the holiday 🎄
como sincronizar más de una extensión de luces para que hagan los mismo al mismo tiempo.
Espero q esto le ayude, (si no las a comprado todavía)
La aplicación le permite 3 opciones.
1) mapear todas las luces para un diseño gigante… como para toda la casa (diseños están en la app y se pueden hacer los propios)
2) mapaer cada set de luz con el mismo efecto ( individual, pero el mismo diseño)
3) usar diferentes diseños en diferentes sets de luces.
Y ahora tienen el “twinkly music” que es una USB con sensor de sonido que se sincroniza con la música que esté sonando.
(El mapeo, es como hacer un video dentro de la aplicación… cada luz en los sets de luces parpadean y la aplicación lee la ubicación en el set de cada lucecita según van parpadeando)
Tu pareces hablas español?
Rabbit hole is right $2,000 later...
I love them though my house looks awesome
Yup 😂
way to damn expensive
Yes not cheap but I’m into season 2 and still love them and pretty well the most unique lights in the neighborhood.