Twinkly Gen II 400 & 600 Smart lights comparison + Twinkly Music | Set up & honest review
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- čas přidán 12. 10. 2022
- New and updated Twinkly Christmas Lights are RGB Smart home Christmas Lights controlled by your phone! These Generation II Twinkly Pro lights make it possible for anyone to decorate like a professional christmas designer.
In this video I’ll show you my purchase of 400 LED string, 600 LED string and Twinkly Music.
How to set it up, how to easily map the lights, how Twinkly Music works, how to group multiple lights to one logical device, walkthrough the app, the effects gallery + my opinion and experience so far. This is my third year owning Twinkly lights so this is my honest review on their products.
Link to LED calculator:
twinkly.overpx.com/calculator/
Twinkly LED Christmas Lights will take your Christmas lighting to the next level thanks to advanced RGB animation sequencing technology. Whether you’re decking the halls for Christmas and the holidays, tricking out your gaming room, decorating for summer parties, or planning a romantic dinner, create just the right vibe.
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I´ve honestly never seen a better review! To show the "boring" stuff towards the end and the most important infos at the start is ingenious. Never had to skip once :) nicely done
Clearly you've put a lot of work into making this. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! 🥰
Great video. Exacly what I was looking for. All my questions answered…
I have these 600 Twinkly strings, it will be the second time using them, got them in september 2021 from my uncle (as a gift) and they are so amazing and uniqure. I love them!!
Great to hear and so happy you liked them! That's a generous gift 💞
Thx for the video, I'm from France, you really help me to choose what lenght of twinkly strings i do take. Your review is really useful. And the website to view the simulation on the tree is so practical. the French subtitles are also really practical . This Twinkly string will also come in handy for my Halloween tree next year! Happy Holidays !
You showed the installation very well. Wow
I Love these!!! Thanks for making the video!
Thanks for watching! 😀💞
Fantastic Review. Really helped me to make the right purchase decision.
DoooooooooD What an awesome video!!!!!!! You are an amazing presenter and communicator....Thanx...
awesome video!!
Nice video. One thing I will say, despite being IP44 rated, I wouldn't risk using them outdoors if your country endures any rainfall. I had a set of Twinkly string lights outdoors, and they began to fail after an evening of rain. When I looked at the lights, the bulbs had rust inside of them due to water ingress. It's exactly the same problem with cheaper LED string lights.. IP44 outdoor lights are a waste of time. It's better to spend money on a higher quality IP68 set of lights.
Thank you for the video. Yo answered all my questions the first one being 400, or 600. Then how hard to program it. Because of you I am definitely buying a set, if not more later.
Welcome back
Excellent video! Thank you so much! I'm about to do 600 lights on my 7ft tree and 1800 lights on my 14ft tree for the FIRST time. Is it ok to overlap the lights, or do I have to do 2 different layers (bottom half & top half) for the 7ft tree, and for the 14ft tree, start at the bottom and work my way to the top with the six different strands? The big tree will be much easier to decorate if I can overlap different strands! Thanks again for a great video!
Thank you very much ❤
@foreverflow Great video I love these lights! We will be getting them for our Christmas tree! Have you had any luck with another brand for outdoor lights like this? so hard to find a good company… would love to buy all twinkly but they are way over priced to do your whole outside decorations in unfortunately. Tried brizled there so so 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks for the great vid, is the voltage 100-240V?
One thing I want to see is a video comparing the RGB+W versus just the RGB model. The price difference is somewhat substantial, especially since you must decide before investing or they won't sync up. I actually ordered the RGB+W 400 string and they wouldn't power on. It was a gift for my wife and had to fight with them to return it since it was beyond the 30 days or whatever. Once we got the refund, we ordered the RGB 600 which worked.
I have 4 sets of the RGB+W, a 600 set, and three sets of 400.
I’ve never had a problem with them. And the +W part is worth the extra price. Totally. Hands down. Way down. So down.
What is +w?
@@nathanieldrain9279 the model that contains an additional white spectrum. rgb + white
@@nathanieldrain9279 the +W part is 'plus white'. the normal RGB ones are red green blue and variations between but no traditional soft white. I do not own any RGB ones specifically so I cannot speak to it's "white" IF it produces one. But the RGB+W definitely has white and soft white + all the colors of the rainbow.
@@nathanieldrain9279its white rgb as a whole. Rgb usually lights up all three colors, red green and blue to create white. The result is a bluish tinge to the hue. Which is cool if you want a frost winterhouse white. But if youre an all year round kind of person and wants to decorate a palm tree or something the the W gives you solid pure white
Tryna post more frequently I missed you
YES! I have more videos that are coming soon 😍 Missed you too!!!🥺
I’m curious, is there settings for customizing warmer colored lights . I would like it to give off a more classic warm multi color which is hard to find in led lights. If you have any answers I’d appreciate it!
Can I put these lights on a big wreath? will the mapping still work?
hi! Is it possible to send an image/logo to the lights? Not just the animation, but send a video with an image or logo to show on the tree.
My wife and I have been searching for exterior lights that we can control the patterns of the individual bulbs (for example: 2 red then 2 green for Christmas, 3 yellow then 3 purple for LSU football, 1 yellow then 1 green then 1 purple for Mardi Gras, etc.) via an iPhone app. Have you guessed yet that we live in Louisiana? :-) We need to be able to have one run of at least 150' from one source of power. We have searched and searched Amazon and eBay, but nothing seems to fit our requirements. But the lights in your video appear to be exactly what we've been searching for, if in fact we can program them via the app in the manner I described above. So can you please confirm that these would do what we need them to do? Many thanks in advance for your time!
Its important to mention you can only group similar twinkly products, i.e RGB can only group with other RGB, same with RGBW will only pair / group with RGBW. I only found this out after buying, so have to get another set of RGBW for my group.
What does rgbw mean?
@@Sssssssslf RGB is the LED type which means Red Green Blue, RGB+W is Red Green Blue and White.
So you can only pair RGB type with RGB, and RGB+W with RGB+W.
I believe this may have changed since your post according to their website.
merry chrysler
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Did you have any issues getting them attached to the internet ?
would u recomend getting the twinkly tree that has built in LEd RGB lights or would u get the the string and put it on whatever tree ?
There isn't just one Twinkly tree that has built LEDs. There are a few with different set of LEDs on them. Built LED one is very easy to setup. The only major complaint that I have read is that sections seem to stop working. The most common size is seven feet. Hanging your own LEDs allows you to buy a nice looking tree that you specifically like. It of course will take longer to setup. Also I would recommend 600 LEDs for a seven foot one and obviously more for a taller tree. Hope that helps.
@@pariahphoenix would u go for pre lit or put ur own strings?
@@randomrazr I personally would do strings due to the fact I can find a nice looking tree. I hate how most trees look. The branches look unrealistic and don't have good coverage. I mean I love the prelit for ease of use but I am picky on I want my tree to look. Most likely will have an eight foot tree with about 1000 Twinkly lights on it.
@@pariahphoenix I'd like to install rear a window, is this possible? If i draw regular serpentine, up and down along the entire width of the window will it work? With all the effects and drawings? I know, curtain is the best solution in this cade but is too tall, 3 meters... my window size is 2 x 1 meter
Hi great vid thanks,but what are the strip lights on your ceiling thanks 👍
Thank you! The strip lights are LifX and I'm currently working on a video about it 🤩
do they come on white cord?
I don't get it. Must I sit with my cell phone to change each pattern, because I still don't understand how to schedule different patterns throughout the night
Hello, I have a large live oak tree how many do I need for it?
Can you exchange single Leds of they are defect?
i dont know how it affects the effects but i think the lights should be attached to each branch of the tree not just arround. If you do it like this offcourse you need bigger string on the lights but you hide the string in the branches of the tree which is way better. In this case the tree is not looking like wrapped with a cable and creates better depth
How do you mean, like wrapping the strings around branches? 🤔
where do you buy this link please
Do you need internet to make these lights work I'm going to put them on a tree in the park where I live we have spaces where we can buy a tree each year and I'm looking for some cool programmable lights
Hi! Thanks for the vid. I was wondering, what do you mean by more virus with the 600 one??
She meant wires. She said it in a different comment
My pronunciation is not the best! Yeah, I meant wires 😆
@@ForeverFlow all good 👍 thanks for the reply 😊
Oh thank goodness. I thought she said more fires!
How do I find the calculator? My tree is 7’5” tall the base is 40”. Trying to find out what to buy.
Thank you
600 LED string would look perfect on your tree! 🤩 I've linked the calculator in the description box ☺️
2:51 dose anyone know what’s the name of that music?
After having my 3 huge sets of Phillips dying even after 1 year
Now I’m looking at the sale of these and thinking “good idea”
Can you put away the tree (after christmas) with the lights attached?
You could! But I'd imagine that it will be tangled when you bring it up next year. We store it separately and it only takes a few minutes to attach it to the tree 😀
Shurly it would be better if the company sorted out the problem with the power adapter. Which puts me off buying it.
Are the strings on one side or all round the tree in this video?
The whole way around.
What is size of ur tree? ... and where did u get snowflakes from?
Size of both trees are at 7:23 😀 Snowflackes effect? They should be in the effects gallery! I filmed this video last year, so I don't know if they have updated the app. But should be there ☺
@@ForeverFlow the snowflake ornaments are what I was referring to ..
Do you know if 400 twinkly lights is enough for a 7.5 foot tree
Can you slow down the animation speed? The ones you showed, look great for demo - but in a living room I think they are way too fast.
yes, you can.
I have had Twinkly 4 chains (Special Edition RGBW) of the 2nd generation and the USB music stick for 3 years. The chains are really beautiful. Only the Android app is absolutely useless and complete crap. Starting the app takes up to 30 seconds and then it has to compile the effects for the selected chain. This happens every time you switch to a different chain. The 2D mapping works rather badly than well and the 3D mapping, as well as access to the effect store, doesn't work at all, since there is supposedly no internet available.
However, the chains can only be controlled via the app if you are connected to the compulsory account via the Internet. The app carries out a real inventory of the entire network in which it is logged in and taps all IP addresses of the router via UDP port 5556. And this happens constantly every second and consumes a lot of data volume and battery power of the mobile phone.
The USB music stick only produces a nervous flickering of the chains
and is absolutely useless.
The chains cannot represent a clean color, e.g. with white you always see some other colors flashing in between.
Inquiries to customer service come to nothing at Twinkly and are not answered.
To top it off, since the penultimate update, I've also received advertising in the app, even though I spent around €700 more on the necklaces and the USB music stick.
Therefore Twinkly is the last garbage for me and I will switch to another LED system.
For 400 led what size tree is recommended ?
I've linked a LED calculator in the description box, so you can enter your tree height and Twinkly will recommend LED amount 🥰 My tree is 210 cm and I'm using 600 LED, but 400 LED looks great too! So I'd say trees smaller than mine would be perfect with 400 LED😊
The 400 is split with two strands of 200. Personally, I put one strand on one “pencil tree” and the other 200 on another pencil tree. I put these trees on each side of the tv. Boom!
If you have a normal sized 6-7 footer… go for the 600! Or maybe even 2 sets of 400 combined for 800!!!
Is your set the RGB + W?
@@terridawson7567 I have multiple sets of RGB+W's. Currently I have a 600 set on a 7.5 normal size tree (that already had 1400 prelit); I went a little nuts and got an extra 400 for my pencils around the TV... now sporting 400 on each 7.5 tall pencil. It's effing amazing. take my word for it. BUT splitting the 400 between two pencils is historically nice for me too!
At 7:00 you say a down side is you get more virus. What does that mean? Am I misunderstand something?
I think she meant wires.
@@jesusislord2149 Oh, thank goodness - I thought she said "fires", and I was like "wtf?!"
Oh no! Is my pronunciation that bad 😫 But yeah I meant to say wires! lol 😂
@@ForeverFlow I have bad hearing, so you're good lol
Wires. That makes sense. I heard virus or fire. Thanks.
the site not working... i tried to buy and I don't have option to buy...
That's weird! You should try your local EL-store. I think Twinkly is easy to get a hold of in most countries 🥰
where are those mickey mouse LED bought? :)
Why my girl is posting Christmas 🎄 stuffs when it's Halloween 🎃 😂
Well not anymore 😂 time for xmas tree hunting
No❤. MERRY CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSS
Where do I find the Mickey and Minnie light? 😂❤
Hi! I bought it a couple of years ago used on eBay. I tried to look it up, and there's a few left! Search "Disney Mickey & Minnie Mouse Christmas Neon LED Light Sign LightGlo" 🥰
@@ForeverFlow okay I looked on eBay and found some! Now what are you willing to sell yours for? 😂🤣😂🤣
How tall is your tree?
I'm guessing 6 to 7 foot since the 400 set fit on a 7 foot tree , she's a pretty tall woman 🙂
con quello che costano resto alle classiche lampadine di natale
I would love to see her fairy lights ✨️
2:06 for Mexican friends Mexican flag
Boo for LIFX go GOVEE
hmm should I check it out? maybe compare the two? 🤔😃
First
Pretty cool tech but since they first launched a couple years back, waaaaayyy overpriced. I guess the companies target buyers are the "upper class".
Yeah, it usually starts at high rates and gets more affordable over time when there's more competing tech brands 😄
You look like Adele
Review without providing where to buy. Bummer 🤦🏻♂️
You can get it most places you buy tech stuff! I got it from my local Norwegian tech store 😀
Seriously? Reviews with affiliate links in the description are completely untrustworthy. You should be happy because this was a totally unbiased review 👍
So your 68 years old now 😅
DANG! No wonder it cost alot
It was well spent money 💸💰
Twinkly Music | Set up??? fake
You need to map your lights...they are all over the place right now
Who ate you fooling...
The music plug device absolutely SUCKS and is not worth it.
This is well known unless your getting paid for your video or the merchandise itself.
Who are you, to talk on behalf of the general population? It has 4.2 of 5 star reviews on Amazon (821 reviews currently) and my local store has it at 4 of 5 stars (21 reviews). I myself enjoy it, and I think it is better than both my Hue and LifX music sync features. So sounds like your just having a bad day, so relax and take a deep breath :)
Oh, I'm sad to hear you feel that way. I'm not affiliated with Twinkly, this is my honest opinion about their products. I'm happy with Twinkly Music and it's always what visitors compliments when I throw my yearly Christmas party ☺️
who wants to pay that much for these lights. The price is crazy