This is the most helpful video I've seen! ❤️ Ya need lights for Christmas so I though I'd throw my money at some and hopefully they'll last for many years. But I can't wait for them to arrive. My tree ends up looking the same every year so I'm gonna be well happy! ☺️❤️
I have a 9 foot tree, any ideas on how many I need?? Someone said 100 per foot. Was thinking 3 strings of 250. Little less than 100 per, but trying not to break the bank .
I'm going to be a very colourful living room this year setting up my Twinkly along side the year round Hue, Lifx and and Nanoleaf setup already in place lol
I got the 600 string for my Father for Christmas. We just now put them up and I was messing around for hours with these lights. I have Android and I had ZERO issues with mapping. I believe they had an update recently that resolved that. I should mention I did the 3d mapping from 4 angles and it was straightforward, fast, and easy. The app is not perfect, there is a waiting period between editing the lights and loading all the preset modes but the amazing depth and color detail triumphs over these minor blotches with ease. I freaking love these and want very much to snag some for myself!
How big is your tree? I bought 2 sets of 600 for a 7 1/2 foot tree, but I haven't installed them yet. Do you think it is overkill for 1200 lights? Thanks.
Hey there, How would you recommend putting on these lights? Did you just wrap the lights from top to bottom, keeping the bulbs close to the tips of the tree branches? Or did you go in and out on the branches? Also did you have to purchase separate controllers or anything? Or does everything come with the sets?
Thanks for watching. Because I had the dual strand strings, I wrapped both ends at the same time from top to bottom. It would be much easier if I had bought single sting versions. Unless you are lighting two different things, it doesnt make sense to have the lights i have since there is more cable routing to deal with. I bought my lights from these guys, and it looks like they are on sale! You do buy lights and controller separately on the pro version, but is included in the non pro version. www.christmasdesigners.com/christmas-lights/animated-rgb-christmas-lights/twinkly-pro-rgb-christmas-lights.html
This is the question I was looking for. We just got a set and I was confused with the “two sets”. Though they look nice the wrapping was done separately, and I don’t get the affects. I’m going to rewrap tomorrow and map 2D. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
@@stevepeters4185 consider when wrapping your lights that this strand is designed to wrap from bottom to top as 2 strands on one controller so as to place power cord in middle at base of tree
@@ashleybeck1630 thank you for the advice! Of course time got away from me and I didn’t get to restring it but next year. I did rescan in 2D and it looks a lot better.
Super helpful video !! Thank you so much for posting. I recently purchased the 600 lights pack. Question: my favorite effect from the ones you show is 'Clepsydra'. But that effect does not appear on my Twinkly app ! Is it your own creation or something?
Thanks for a great video, I’ve been thinking of getting theme as well. Going through the app showing the different themes and how you can edit them, help me made up my mind I’ll be getting them. Thanks!!,
Thanks for the great review! My question is: if the tree is placed in the corner of the room, it turns out that we will see only the outer part and the lights look more beautiful and rich, I want to dress the tree with a set of 250 LED's from the outside and put it on 2D mode. What do you think? At the moment I have ordered such a kit and I am thinking how best to get it. My tree is 180cm. Hope to get a professional answer)
Hey great video. I see you have the option for the whole spectrum such as RGB, RGB+W, and AWW. I thought they can only be separate. Can you please show a link for which Twinkly Pro lights you bought. Thanks!
This is what I bought plus you need controller. I would recommend single line instead of dual since it can get tangled. www.christmasdesigners.com/twinkly-pro-rgb-capsule-250-lights-4-spacing-green-wire-dual-line.html
@@rieskame Awesome! we ordered a Balsam Hill tree with regular lights… We wanted the twinkly lights (they partnered with twinkly lights for one of their tree light options), but we were told by the Balsam Hill rep that solid white (and solid other colors) was not an option. guess we will circle back with them and re-order the one with twinkly lights. Loved the “E” you made in the lights at the end 🙌🏼
Awesome video.... Just of curiosity, can you please let me know how tall is the tree? I just want to make an ideea at how would a 250 pack would look on my tree. Thanks
so do they come in 3 types ? one that has RGB only which is the one in the video and then one with RBB plus tunable white called "special" and one that is just tunable white called "gold" ?
@@rieskame "if they can do color they can do white"not necessarily , some RGB lights strips do "white" but it is not really white at all It is just all 3 channels the red ,the blue and the green all turned on to 100% which is called white but is not really white ,it looks very cool like 6 or 7k blueish and purplish Other RGB strips have a dedicated channels for white, either warm white 2700k ,cool white 500k or both , they have the red blue and green LED's plus separate white LED's
Go to devices in bottom right corner of app. Then select "create group" then you can select "join" to create one big strand, "sync" to do multiple trees with same effect, and "scene" to create a large scene with multiple light sets
@@rieskame I’ve tried several times to set these lights on my tree but for the last 2 season I’m not getting the effects, is there a way I need to sting up the lights on the tree to get the effects. I have 2 250 lights. Any help would be appreciated thank you
Hi I’m looking to buy some of these for my 10ft Christmas tree I’m putting outside. Just wondering once I’ve programmed the lights can I have them going through all the different settings or is it just one setting? Also how many ft is your Christmas tree? Great video 🙂
My tree is officially 7.5 ft. Twinkly updated the app recently so that you can create a playlist of up to about 10 different effects. Good idea for a quick video.
@@rieskame it’s looking like I’ll be getting them for next year now as I’ve spent a lot on outside decorations this year but would be great to see a video of that 🙂
I have been in contact with Twinkly about some issues I had with the app on my Note 20 Ultra, and they said that the Twinkly Pro is only compatible with IPhones. Screen video is from my Samsung, so it obviously works, but it takes more patience compared to my IPhone XR. Be prepared to randomly need to reinitialize and remap the lights if you have an android device.
Well twinkly company can most defiantly keep those over priced Christmas lights, I was thinking of getting a strand of (if I recall correctly) 150 lights or 250 and they were $70 on amazon for 2nd generation. But, nope, I been a Samsung Galaxy Note fan since the release of the Note2. Knowing what I know now, I definitely will not get them since the app is a piece of junk and will not work on my Galaxy Note20 Ultra. I would like to know how the app acts on a Galaxy Tab device? Again, there should NOT BE ANY ISSUE AT ALL WITH ANY DEVICE, THE COMPANY BETTER GET ON THE BALL AND FIX THE ISSUE BEFORE THIS RIPPOFF COMPANY GOES OUT OF BUSINESS BEFORE THEY EVEN START.
I've found the RGB+W Special Edition lights work with the Android app on my Samsung Note 9. I was able to pair a 400 strand with a 250 strand and the music dongle. We'll see if it gives me issues when I add another 400 lights. I feel like it isn't that hard to hire an engineer who could fix Android capabilities. It seems unwise to alienate half of your available market.
The original version of twinklie and I believe the pros also are only rgb (red, green, blue) so each led is capable of producing the color white but only by combining all 3 colors together which ends up producing a harsher almost blueish "cool temperature" white, and the leds in the rgb-w version can produce it's own soft "warm temperature" white color on top of rgb.. so they have 4 color leds instead of the only 3 color leds that the original has. So basically the rgb-w version gives you the ability to choose the temperature of white that you prefer because they're capable of producing a softer warm color white on their own (similar to an incandescent) or just like the original version they can also combine rgb together to produce a harsher cool color white instead.
My tree is the same height. I had a hard time fitting all 500 lights on my tree, but I did leave the base in the corner empty since it cant be seen. If you cover the whole tree, 500 lights is about perfect.
Another note: I want to make a video about Alexa and Google Assistant integration, but it doesn't appear to work just yet. I have been chatting with Twinkly and they will get back to me when the skills are fixed.
Yeah, bulb shape is different and bigger on the Pros, higher wattage on the Pros, IP rating is better on Pros, but the Pros are barely Android compatible. Pros are a lot more expensive too.
@@rieskame this is’nt pro. It works with a connection port. This is just the normal consumer stuff. It’s great, but NOT pro. The connection port alone cost 500$ with no light. 250$ for 400RGB+w string.. each port Can connect 6x400 light strings
Can you segment a strand into different effects? I'd like to use one strand to light up different items. Can you control the time a segment is on or off?
@@jenniferstadwick2155 i havent tried that, but i think if you don't map a bulb it won't light up, so if you cover them when mapping they shouldn't come on
The closest I can get to that is editing "color explosion" to slow it down and choose a max of t3 colors. Pretty close. "Bubbly" is a decent option too
I need to create this pattern: lights that don't move (or simply twinkle)all with different colours. I like twinkle or vintage pattern but I want to be sure I can change the colours for these options. Could you help me? Thank you! Kisses from Italy
No all the lights will light up, but only the lights that the camera sees will display correctly. If you can move tree temporarily to map all the lights, it would be better
If the lights still show up in your account, delete them by swiping on them in the light bulb tab and start over. I had to do that to get the app working on my ipad.
Amazon sells a 600 string regular Twinkly light that might be a good option on a semi budget. I don't think I could fit an extra 250 on the tree. It looks ridiculous already with lights off!
Sorta.. If you have patience and only a few letters. The effect creator will allow for 10 sec animations, but as of right now there is no way to pause the counter. 4 letters is about the best I can do before it loops, because each light takes time to fade back out. Just looks like i am scribbling on the tree.
thanks for the video! I searched through comments and did not see my question, apologies if it was asked, but you have far more effects on your app than I show. I did the cloud and there were only a total of 5 more, in total 19 effects. you showed several more that would be really nice to have! any ideas? running Android latest and 256gb ram storage so dont think that is the issue;-) Twinkly shows nothing I can find in their support. e.g. dont have Love, dont have diagonal, nor, a ton more on your app. Thanks
Hmm. App is updated? And you've downloaded everything in the cloud store? Do you have the generation 2 controller? I don't know if thats related. I checked the online cloud store and there were about 6-8 new effects including a Batman theme!
I had to update my firmware just before Christmas this year on both gen 1 and gen 2 to get the new scene options of emojis, batman, signal, candy cane and more
@@ashleybeck1630 thanks, it turned out to be defective twinkly lights. they actually came on a tree and the top shorted out, although it actually turned out to be the bottom shorting the lights out. when I got the new tree all the effects were there...60 vs 19...why it would affect the app makes no real sense, but everything worked fine after that. thanks again.
Forgot to mention in the app cant set up automatic turn on and off the lights daily. You need to do it manually every time. The app is crashing a lot. With outside home Wi-Fi cant control the lights.
@@rieskame Not just the timer. All the lights are offline. But if you connect to google home you can turnit on. If you want to make a schedule for turn off you will need a hub. Im using a Homey Athom. Its works well.
@@TronApostle gen II string lights. I don’t have the box laying around to see if they’re the pro model or not, but they’re the rgb models. I didn’t want the old school white color.
No bb only has the regular version and the 600 was sold out in my area. Pros are sold out on the site I purchased from, and I read online that lights and decorations were sold out everywhere in general.
The top 4 foot is wrapped all around, but the bottom 3 foot or so is only wrapped 3/4 of the way around since it cant be seen or mapped easily. Thats why it lights up the wall so much near the top.
I just got the lights but, now I'm trying to figure out if I should put the light on first then the ornaments or vise versa.. what do you think is better to put first?
@@rieskame OK! I bought another extension cord and they are all working. Problem is, I’m not able to select the playlist button on the top right. It won’t select.
@@m.miltiadous8768 Best Buy dot com, I got 3 sets of them curbside pickup. Hopefully I can get another 3 to do the outside of my house before next Christmas.
The twinkly app must be open and in test mode of a music option to use without twinkly music controller. But with twinkly music USB device you can set it in the settings in the app
In the app select devices in lower right corner then click create group then there are 3 options join sync and scene. Join will make strands act as one device, sync will make same effect on multiple trees and scene will allow for multiple trees or areas where the lights are to flow together
Can you make it look like it's going crazy? Set it to where it can do all kinds of things. All modes. instead of just being just set to one mission.lol i guess you would call it.
The gen 2 can store a play list of different effects and automatically change between that play list at set intervals. With twinkly music device you can actually get the lights to dance to music
I added the twinkly skill to my alexa app and it found my tree. I can change the colors on the app and by voice which is cool, but cannot get the tree to turn on or off. I might make a video if it works better.
Check the settings of the light strand. It is possible that only half of your strand is connected to the controller. Make sure that the number of lights matches what you have and that the port is 1 or 2 (depending on what you have)
2D seems easier for trees for me. On IPhone mapping in 3D, it put the beating heart on the back of the tree, which wasn't ideal. Plus its really hard to take pictures in the corner.
@@rieskame ofcourse then you dont wrap IT around the tree but Just put in on one side. So if you have 400 and you wrap IT around you Lose like maybe 150 when you put IT in the corner. .. Shame in that case.
@@rieskame I now have 600 and I have to say for good animations that's the least you need. If it's still OK but on the animations side a little less then 400 is your minimum. 250 is just OK for nice twinkly lights I would not buy 250 again 400or 600
Well at around $120 for those lights, the damned company needed to add a second plug with the those lights especially for a strand of lights which have a total build cost of what maybe $8 if that. Come on twinkly lights company, you do realize we have a pandemic going on and tons and tons of people lost their job due to covid, the nerve of you to charge as much as you do. These lights are pretty cool and all but you can keep it. Pandemic or no pandemic, there is just no way any Christmas light compay set prices that much and lights that will get used 4 maybe 6 weeks out of a year, then when the following year you get your xmas decorations out and plug those twinkly lights in and those $120 strand of lights do not work.
If you put them in the outside of your house, you can run pink and red during Valentine’s Day, red white and blue for Independence Day, etc etc. use them all year long. Rep your favorite sports team colors.
These lights r incredible! I have just 100 on a 6 foot tree n they light up the room! Definitely recommend! This was a great demonstration!
This is the most helpful video I've seen! ❤️
Ya need lights for Christmas so I though I'd throw my money at some and hopefully they'll last for many years.
But I can't wait for them to arrive.
My tree ends up looking the same every year so I'm gonna be well happy! ☺️❤️
Your video is so helpful! I ordered a set of 400 lights a couple of days ago. I'm super excited :)
Same super simple too. I love em
I have a 9 foot tree, any ideas on how many I need?? Someone said 100 per foot. Was thinking 3 strings of 250. Little less than 100 per, but trying not to break the bank .
I'm going to be a very colourful living room this year setting up my Twinkly along side the year round Hue, Lifx and and Nanoleaf setup already in place lol
Thank u for this video, sooooo helpful. I just purchased these & will set up tomorrow :)
Thank you for going through all the themes!
This looks awesome and has been my chosen asmr and now next purchase!
I got the 600 string for my Father for Christmas. We just now put them up and I was messing around for hours with these lights. I have Android and I had ZERO issues with mapping. I believe they had an update recently that resolved that. I should mention I did the 3d mapping from 4 angles and it was straightforward, fast, and easy. The app is not perfect, there is a waiting period between editing the lights and loading all the preset modes but the amazing depth and color detail triumphs over these minor blotches with ease. I freaking love these and want very much to snag some for myself!
Thanks for the heads up! Im looking for more on sale too
Thank you so much for this review! I saw it in the store but I wasn't sure yet... Now I am! I need this in my life haha
Bought a 400 set just put them on and they are awesome! Super simple. Way easier than I anticipated
How big is your tree? I bought 2 sets of 600 for a 7 1/2 foot tree, but I haven't installed them yet. Do you think it is overkill for 1200 lights? Thanks.
I usually use a couple sets of 250 on my 7 foot tree. I can’t imagine having just 1 strand. How far do they stretch?
@@ann-mariemurray3378 They sit only on the outside of the tree, so you don't need as many.
Great video! like the "Night Rider" reference.
You had me at "2020's been a disaster"
Great video , just got mine so thanks for sharing 👍🙏, I’ve subbed to mate get you to the 1000 good luck
Thanks for this. I was doing it wrong and wondering why it wasn't working correctly. I was choosing "sync"
This is 7 5 tree ? . You have 500 lights ? . Did i wrap all around or only front ?
Hey there, How would you recommend putting on these lights? Did you just wrap the lights from top to bottom, keeping the bulbs close to the tips of the tree branches? Or did you go in and out on the branches?
Also did you have to purchase separate controllers or anything? Or does everything come with the sets?
Thanks for watching. Because I had the dual strand strings, I wrapped both ends at the same time from top to bottom. It would be much easier if I had bought single sting versions. Unless you are lighting two different things, it doesnt make sense to have the lights i have since there is more cable routing to deal with.
I bought my lights from these guys, and it looks like they are on sale! You do buy lights and controller separately on the pro version, but is included in the non pro version. www.christmasdesigners.com/christmas-lights/animated-rgb-christmas-lights/twinkly-pro-rgb-christmas-lights.html
@@rieskame Awesome thank you!
This is the question I was looking for. We just got a set and I was confused with the “two sets”. Though they look nice the wrapping was done separately, and I don’t get the affects. I’m going to rewrap tomorrow and map 2D. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
@@stevepeters4185 consider when wrapping your lights that this strand is designed to wrap from bottom to top as 2 strands on one controller so as to place power cord in middle at base of tree
@@ashleybeck1630 thank you for the advice! Of course time got away from me and I didn’t get to restring it but next year. I did rescan in 2D and it looks a lot better.
Super helpful video !! Thank you so much for posting. I recently purchased the 600 lights pack. Question: my favorite effect from the ones you show is 'Clepsydra'. But that effect does not appear on my Twinkly app ! Is it your own creation or something?
Good catch.. They must have updated the effects within the year since I don't see that either. Color snow is pretty similar.
Awesome video, thanks for the helpful tutorial.
Thank you for posting this!
Very nice and informative video! Thanks.
I love my twinkly lights!
Thanks for a great video, I’ve been thinking of getting theme as well. Going through the app showing the different themes and how you can edit them, help me made up my mind I’ll be getting them. Thanks!!,
Hi. Is this an original Twinkly christmas tree with Twinkly lights build in or just a regular ch. tree with a separate set of Twinkly?
Regular tree with twinkly pro lights. I just got 1200 twinkly lights that I hope to test soon
Thanks for the great review!
My question is: if the tree is placed in the corner of the room, it turns out that we will see only the outer part and the lights look more beautiful and rich, I want to dress the tree with a set of 250 LED's from the outside and put it on 2D mode. What do you think? At the moment I have ordered such a kit and I am thinking how best to get it. My tree is 180cm. Hope to get a professional answer)
Thanks! According to the calculator, 250 is enough to look good on that tree. www.twinkly.com/leds-calculator/
Hey great video. I see you have the option for the whole spectrum such as RGB, RGB+W, and AWW. I thought they can only be separate. Can you please show a link for which Twinkly Pro lights you bought. Thanks!
This is what I bought plus you need controller. I would recommend single line instead of dual since it can get tangled. www.christmasdesigners.com/twinkly-pro-rgb-capsule-250-lights-4-spacing-green-wire-dual-line.html
This video was SO helpful…thank you. Question: Can you do just a plain white tree?
Thanks! Yeah you can program solid colors too.
@@rieskame Awesome! we ordered a Balsam Hill tree with regular lights… We wanted the twinkly lights (they partnered with twinkly lights for one of their tree light options), but we were told by the Balsam Hill rep that solid white (and solid other colors) was not an option. guess we will circle back with them and re-order the one with twinkly lights.
Loved the “E” you made in the lights at the end 🙌🏼
Just purchased 600 leds rgb+ w for my 6ft black tree
Just bought the 400 set for $137... there are some decent sales going on..!
Since you use 2 sets of lights, does it mean you have to use a 2 port controller? Or can you use 1 port controller with a Y splitter?
I use two 1 port controllers, but you could use a two port controller since it can handle 500 itself
Hey! I was wondering, do you know how you got yours to keep the effect? Mine goes solid when I change color through Alexa
I use the app and hit apply. Alexa only can do solid colors unfortunately
@@rieskame Unfortunate! Thank you!
Awesome video.... Just of curiosity, can you please let me know how tall is the tree? I just want to make an ideea at how would a 250 pack would look on my tree. Thanks
mine is 7.5 ft. 250 would be a little thin unless you only cover half.
Sorry maybe I missed it but what size tree do you have I’m thinking of getting some for my 9ft tree. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!!
7.5 ft. You too!
Is it possible to use it freely and make it so that it is also matched with the music?
Thats the Grinch's heart growing! Super rad
so do they come in 3 types ? one that has RGB only which is the one in the video and then one with RBB plus tunable white called "special" and one that is just tunable white called "gold" ?
That would make sense like Hue lights that are either white or color. If they can do color they can do white
@@rieskame "if they can do color they can do white"not necessarily , some RGB lights strips do "white" but it is not really white at all
It is just all 3 channels the red ,the blue and the green all turned on to 100% which is called white but is not really white ,it looks very cool like 6 or 7k blueish and purplish
Other RGB strips have a dedicated channels for white, either warm white 2700k ,cool white 500k or both , they have the red blue and green LED's plus separate white LED's
These look like 8mm leds, basically ws2811 leds with a custom controller. ws2811+wled firmware is definitely the option for those who can tinker.
There is a neighbor down the street that has talking trees synced for a radio station. Really cool
Looks perfect! I bought two 250 lights for a 6.5ft tree, can it work on the app at once? I don't know if 2 sets connections are possible..
Yes I grouped two 250 sets at once. You will have a really nice looking tree!
You can use the join option to join multiple strands in app when syncing strands together
Go to devices in bottom right corner of app. Then select "create group" then you can select "join" to create one big strand, "sync" to do multiple trees with same effect, and "scene" to create a large scene with multiple light sets
@@rieskame I’ve tried several times to set these lights on my tree but for the last 2 season I’m not getting the effects, is there a way I need to sting up the lights on the tree to get the effects. I have 2 250 lights. Any help would be appreciated thank you
Hi I’m looking to buy some of these for my 10ft Christmas tree I’m putting outside. Just wondering once I’ve programmed the lights can I have them going through all the different settings or is it just one setting? Also how many ft is your Christmas tree? Great video 🙂
My tree is officially 7.5 ft. Twinkly updated the app recently so that you can create a playlist of up to about 10 different effects. Good idea for a quick video.
@@rieskame it’s looking like I’ll be getting them for next year now as I’ve spent a lot on outside decorations this year but would be great to see a video of that 🙂
I have been in contact with Twinkly about some issues I had with the app on my Note 20 Ultra, and they said that the Twinkly Pro is only compatible with IPhones. Screen video is from my Samsung, so it obviously works, but it takes more patience compared to my IPhone XR. Be prepared to randomly need to reinitialize and remap the lights if you have an android device.
i thought i was the only one having mapping issues but guess this answears my issue, i have a note 8
Well twinkly company can most defiantly keep those over priced Christmas lights, I was thinking of getting a strand of (if I recall correctly) 150 lights or 250 and they were $70 on amazon for 2nd generation. But, nope, I been a Samsung Galaxy Note fan since the release of the Note2. Knowing what I know now, I definitely will not get them since the app is a piece of junk and will not work on my Galaxy Note20 Ultra. I would like to know how the app acts on a Galaxy Tab device? Again, there should NOT BE ANY ISSUE AT ALL WITH ANY DEVICE, THE COMPANY BETTER GET ON THE BALL AND FIX THE ISSUE BEFORE THIS RIPPOFF COMPANY GOES OUT OF BUSINESS BEFORE THEY EVEN START.
@@captainfallsalotatppic2508 twinkly home lights work with Android, just not the pro version.
I've found the RGB+W Special Edition lights work with the Android app on my Samsung Note 9. I was able to pair a 400 strand with a 250 strand and the music dongle. We'll see if it gives me issues when I add another 400 lights. I feel like it isn't that hard to hire an engineer who could fix Android capabilities. It seems unwise to alienate half of your available market.
What is difference between Twinkly - 2019 New Generation II RGB+W and Pro edition?
BTW nice video.
The bulbs on the pros are bigger so the wattage is probably higher as well. Better waterproofness too. Thanks for the compliment!
The original version of twinklie and I believe the pros also are only rgb (red, green, blue) so each led is capable of producing the color white but only by combining all 3 colors together which ends up producing a harsher almost blueish "cool temperature" white, and the leds in the rgb-w version can produce it's own soft "warm temperature" white color on top of rgb.. so they have 4 color leds instead of the only 3 color leds that the original has.
So basically the rgb-w version gives you the ability to choose the temperature of white that you prefer because they're capable of producing a softer warm color white on their own (similar to an incandescent) or just like the original version they can also combine rgb together to produce a harsher cool color white instead.
Also gen two controllers are what you see in the video the pro version controller is a network controller that connects to a PC.
I have 7 1/2 ft tall tree. How m ay strands so I need? I almost bought a set just like this from balsam hill for $199
My tree is the same height. I had a hard time fitting all 500 lights on my tree, but I did leave the base in the corner empty since it cant be seen. If you cover the whole tree, 500 lights is about perfect.
Buy the 600 lights set from Best Buy, they’re 169 right now on sale.
Another note: I want to make a video about Alexa and Google Assistant integration, but it doesn't appear to work just yet. I have been chatting with Twinkly and they will get back to me when the skills are fixed.
Voice integration works now! Check out my other video for how it works
Do you have gen2? I have one gen1 and one gen2. Gen1 does not work with it.
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the tree is 7.5 with 500 leds? looks very nice
Can android use this app? i want buy this light for 2022 christmas big hug from filipino
Is there any difference between the twinkly lights and the twinkly pro lights?
Yeah, bulb shape is different and bigger on the Pros, higher wattage on the Pros, IP rating is better on Pros, but the Pros are barely Android compatible. Pros are a lot more expensive too.
@@rieskame this is’nt pro. It works with a connection port. This is just the normal consumer stuff. It’s great, but NOT pro. The connection port alone cost 500$ with no light. 250$ for 400RGB+w string.. each port Can connect 6x400 light strings
Can you segment a strand into different effects? I'd like to use one strand to light up different items. Can you control the time a segment is on or off?
You can split the strand into multiple segments but they need to be running the same effect
@@rieskame ok. Can I have a segment in the 600 that is dark? And does the latest app let you do custom effects?
@@jenniferstadwick2155 i havent tried that, but i think if you don't map a bulb it won't light up, so if you cover them when mapping they shouldn't come on
Some effects are red white green because this company was created in Italy
Can you adjyst yhe speed of the twinkle so that it twinkles slowly and ramdomly wth a slow fadein-fadeout like stars in the sky?
The closest I can get to that is editing "color explosion" to slow it down and choose a max of t3 colors. Pretty close. "Bubbly" is a decent option too
Glow is my favorite
There is a monitor ? The light turns on automatically only the night between 6pm to 6am.
There is a setting in the app to set the lights on a timer. You must have that setup. You can turn them on manually too.
I need to create this pattern: lights that don't move (or simply twinkle)all with different colours. I like twinkle or vintage pattern but I want to be sure I can change the colours for these options. Could you help me? Thank you! Kisses from Italy
Vintage is only one color, but with twinkle you can select 6 different transition color. Thanks for watching!
@@rieskame so I can choose 6 different together in a single mode (twinkle)?
So if i were to do 2D and string around entire tree will only the front lights change??
No all the lights will light up, but only the lights that the camera sees will display correctly. If you can move tree temporarily to map all the lights, it would be better
@@rieskame so if I took pics (mapped) of all sides of tree they would all change with the 2D ??
I got two sets last year but cannot get them to pair with app this year, any ideas?
If the lights still show up in your account, delete them by swiping on them in the light bulb tab and start over. I had to do that to get the app working on my ipad.
Beautiful. How tall is your Christmas tree. I'm thinking to buy one. I have 7ft tree.
my tree is 7.5ft. Thanks for watching!
Where do I go to purchase these?
I bought mine here. www.christmasdesigners.com/christmas-lights/animated-rgb-christmas-lights/twinkly-pro-rgb-christmas-lights.html
SO your Tree we set up with 3 strings? meaning 750 lights? - asking because I was thinking of just getting the 400 bulb set..
OOPS - I see you had 500 lights on the tree, my bad
Amazon sells a 600 string regular Twinkly light that might be a good option on a semi budget. I don't think I could fit an extra 250 on the tree. It looks ridiculous already with lights off!
About 100 lights per foot is ideal. So if you have a 6-7ft tree then the 600 is fine
How many lights do you need to have decent saturation???
500 on my 6ft tree looks good. Can get away with less but the effect does diminish.
Can you create a sequence of letters to be followed one by one and save it as a theme?
Sorta.. If you have patience and only a few letters. The effect creator will allow for 10 sec animations, but as of right now there is no way to pause the counter. 4 letters is about the best I can do before it loops, because each light takes time to fade back out. Just looks like i am scribbling on the tree.
@@rieskame Thank you for the answer, sure appreciate it!
thanks for the video! I searched through comments and did not see my question, apologies if it was asked, but you have far more effects on your app than I show. I did the cloud and there were only a total of 5 more, in total 19 effects. you showed several more that would be really nice to have! any ideas? running Android latest and 256gb ram storage so dont think that is the issue;-) Twinkly shows nothing I can find in their support. e.g. dont have Love, dont have diagonal, nor, a ton more on your app. Thanks
Hmm. App is updated? And you've downloaded everything in the cloud store? Do you have the generation 2 controller? I don't know if thats related. I checked the online cloud store and there were about 6-8 new effects including a Batman theme!
@@rieskame yeah, have gen 2 controller.. but thanks
I had to update my firmware just before Christmas this year on both gen 1 and gen 2 to get the new scene options of emojis, batman, signal, candy cane and more
@@ashleybeck1630 thanks, it turned out to be defective twinkly lights. they actually came on a tree and the top shorted out, although it actually turned out to be the bottom shorting the lights out. when I got the new tree all the effects were there...60 vs 19...why it would affect the app makes no real sense, but everything worked fine after that. thanks again.
Is there a default password or connect or are they all different?
You just have to create an account with them like any other website, and connect to wifi.
Looks great. Doing a great job (Duane Jones)
Thanks!
great demo :)
Can you map your lights all around the tree plus do you have only 250 lights on there
Yes but 3d takes much longer than 2d for not much reward. There's 500 on my tree.
@@rieskame do the lights stand out if you have baubles on the tree
How can you add to a group? I’ve already made one but want to add more but doesn’t give me that option
The Twinkly app could definitely be improved. You have to delete the group by swiping on the group name and start over
You would have to unjoin the strands and rejoin them
Forgot to mention in the app cant set up automatic turn on and off the lights daily. You need to do it manually every time. The app is crashing a lot. With outside home Wi-Fi cant control the lights.
Yeah the app is pretty buggy. The timer function doesn't work if outside home wifi? Good to know
@@rieskame Not just the timer. All the lights are offline. But if you connect to google home you can turnit on. If you want to make a schedule for turn off you will need a hub. Im using a Homey Athom. Its works well.
Cool
Where did you get these online from at a discounted price after xmas?
I bought them from here, but check prices everywhere. www.christmasdesigners.com/
They’re $169 for 600 lights at Best Buy right now. Normal price is 200 bucks every day
camaroboi13 For the pro model?
@@TronApostle gen II string lights. I don’t have the box laying around to see if they’re the pro model or not, but they’re the rgb models. I didn’t want the old school white color.
No bb only has the regular version and the 600 was sold out in my area. Pros are sold out on the site I purchased from, and I read online that lights and decorations were sold out everywhere in general.
are the lights only on the front of the tree?
The top 4 foot is wrapped all around, but the bottom 3 foot or so is only wrapped 3/4 of the way around since it cant be seen or mapped easily. Thats why it lights up the wall so much near the top.
Do u leave this up year round?
They are too expensive for me to keep in a box 10 months of the year so I string them up on my backyard patio for mood lighting in the summer.
What's the difference between the pro and the original ?
Pro has brighter and larger bulbs. Thanks for watching!
@@rieskame
Hmm... Thks.
I just got the lights but, now I'm trying to figure out if I should put the light on first then the ornaments or vise versa.. what do you think is better to put first?
Always put lights on first then the decorations. Happy holidays 😊
You will want to map the lights before you block some from the camera by adding ornaments
@@maryh3470 thank you dear and happy holidays to you too...
Make sense .. thank you both!
So sad that some amazon reviews has comparability problem with Android.
Android is unusable with Twinkly Pro for some reason
How exactly do I connect the light strings to each other?
The lights don't connect to each other like a normal string of lights. You have to layout the lights and then group them together via the app.
@@rieskame OK! I bought another extension cord and they are all working. Problem is, I’m not able to select the playlist button on the top right. It won’t select.
$170 for 600 RGB lights at BB right now. Got 2 sets for a 14-foot tree (1 side).
Dang thats a big tree! Good deal too
Link?
@@m.miltiadous8768 Best Buy dot com, I got 3 sets of them curbside pickup. Hopefully I can get another 3 to do the outside of my house before next Christmas.
@@rieskame I’m trying to cover rather tall bushes (8-10 ft, about 30 ft wide)- how much should I need?
@@PhoenicianPrincess88 The 600 Set is about 175ft long so you can go back and forth at least 5 times
How about sensing the music you play in door ?
Thats a good idea for a quick demo! Thanks!
The twinkly app must be open and in test mode of a music option to use without twinkly music controller. But with twinkly music USB device you can set it in the settings in the app
can I have 5 different xmas tree all on at the same time?
Yes, you can make a group of separate lights and sync them up. Thanks for watching!
In the app select devices in lower right corner then click create group then there are 3 options join sync and scene. Join will make strands act as one device, sync will make same effect on multiple trees and scene will allow for multiple trees or areas where the lights are to flow together
Can you make it look like it's going crazy? Set it to where it can do all kinds of things. All modes. instead of just being just set to one mission.lol i guess you would call it.
The gen 2 can store a play list of different effects and automatically change between that play list at set intervals. With twinkly music device you can actually get the lights to dance to music
How do you set up voice control please
I added the twinkly skill to my alexa app and it found my tree. I can change the colors on the app and by voice which is cool, but cannot get the tree to turn on or off. I might make a video if it works better.
Hi ! What is the height of the tree ??
7.5 foot! Thanks for watching
mapping the lights has been a nightmare , the app simply wont map the top portion of the tree , no idea what to do
do you have any ornament in the way if not then try the 3d option
Check the settings of the light strand. It is possible that only half of your strand is connected to the controller. Make sure that the number of lights matches what you have and that the port is 1 or 2 (depending on what you have)
GO HAWKS!!
I have a 5 foot tree anyone knows how much lights ill need
Lowes sells a prelit 5ft twinkly tree with 250 lights. That would be the minimum and any more just adds to the "resolution"
Can I do this with android? ( note 10 plus).
Turns out, Iphone only
Yes you can do it with android too
Some android phones do have issues though as each is different
good god these are so fucking cool
Hello 😀 its 2d? Not 3d?
2D seems easier for trees for me. On IPhone mapping in 3D, it put the beating heart on the back of the tree, which wasn't ideal. Plus its really hard to take pictures in the corner.
This has to be interesting outside your window
The fire effect with the blinds closed probably gets noticed by the neighbors!
This is not the twinkly pro this is the twinkly home gen 2... twinkly pro has a network controller that hooks to a pc and looks different
Sorry, but you are wrong. This is what I have. Twinkly Pro - RGB Capsule - 250 Lights - 4" Spacing - Green Wire
SKU: RGB-TPRO-CPSL-2504-GR
2021
2x 250 leds! i would not buy just 250 for the looks of it! it would be way to little .. dont you think?
Yeah, unless you keep the tree in the corner and just cover the visible side. Or you have a tiny tree.
@@rieskame ofcourse then you dont wrap IT around the tree but Just put in on one side. So if you have 400 and you wrap IT around you Lose like maybe 150 when you put IT in the corner. .. Shame in that case.
400 is probably ok. Twinkly has a calculator to say how many lights are ok for a given tree size. The more lights the better the animations get
@@rieskame I now have 600 and I have to say for good animations that's the least you need. If it's still OK but on the animations side a little less then 400 is your minimum. 250 is just OK for nice twinkly lights I would not buy 250 again 400or 600
Do you need Wi-Fi for this?!
Yes it connects to your home wifi. Pressing the controller button changes the effect, so there might be limited functions if you dont have wifi.
I bought some. They do not look like this! Omg... and there so fragile
There really doesn’t seem to be much of a difference between the twinkly home sets and their professional set for this kind of use
I agree. The Pro is probably overkill inside. The brighter bulbs work better outside.
The pro set is more expensive and designed for outdoor or retail stores display
How much did you pay?
They were on sale for 300 for the 2 sets a few years ago
Nice vid but the lights are too obnoxious for me.
It is not pro :-(
Well at around $120 for those lights, the damned company needed to add a second plug with the those lights especially for a strand of lights which have a total build cost of what maybe $8 if that. Come on twinkly lights company, you do realize we have a pandemic going on and tons and tons of people lost their job due to covid, the nerve of you to charge as much as you do. These lights are pretty cool and all but you can keep it. Pandemic or no pandemic, there is just no way any Christmas light compay set prices that much and lights that will get used 4 maybe 6 weeks out of a year, then when the following year you get your xmas decorations out and plug those twinkly lights in and those $120 strand of lights do not work.
If you put them in the outside of your house, you can run pink and red during Valentine’s Day, red white and blue for Independence Day, etc etc. use them all year long. Rep your favorite sports team colors.
Too expensive and it’s not amazing 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴