LED Experiments: Making Holiday Lights Less Garish

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How could I forget about the hmm-hmm light experiments? And/or; holy hard drives it’s already Decemberween? My how the year has passed in a flash. Just like these lights! HA!
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@johnemory7485 5 лет назад

The rotating holiday name joke was DEFINITELY worth it. Bravo, yet again.

@oldvlognewtricks 4 года назад

Gus W Yup.

@oldvlognewtricks 4 года назад

@Gus W Totally worth it.

@oldvlognewtricks 4 года назад

Christian W Mistaken impression that anybody else cares.

@ericsmith5919 4 года назад

@Gus W Good riddance to bad rubbish.

@igormaka 4 года назад

Novy God sadly omitted, though!

@adamb6646 5 лет назад

Watching this with my wife while she yells at the tv: JUST USE GLASS PAINT! I guess that's a thing.

@reeftank706 3 года назад

I was going to yell this also! Krylon Stained Glass paint!

@shelleyb162 3 года назад

Didn't know that existed 😮😮

@shavinmccrotch9435 3 года назад

Duh, right? 😜

@FMWheels 3 года назад

Also, duplicolor makes "chrome" paint that is translucent.

@dragoncivicnola 3 года назад

@@FMWheels I knew that someone from the car scene would chime in but had to be sure. Yeah, ppl been using duplicolor to fake selective yellow headlights for years now (and to smoke taillights...which are soooo much fun to be behind in fog 🙄)

@ricktib 5 лет назад

My wife, after showing her this video: "Finally, someone who understands me!!"

@ronaldrobles2058 3 года назад

Replacement colored lenses should be available for the stock lenses for the white LEDs

@mrcarrino 5 лет назад

I love LED technology but to be perfectly honest, I’ve had these very same concerns and no one, until now, address them properly. Wow! Thank you!!!

@RocketboyX 5 лет назад

This comment uses so little energy.

@tiberiu_nicolae 5 лет назад

@mattmoreira210 5 лет назад

RocketboyX that's why it's so attractive LOL

@EdWatts 5 лет назад

Yes, but zillions of electrons were inconvenienced, regardless.

@DoomieGruntVentures 5 лет назад

This reply uses so little energy.

@jk9554 5 лет назад

string up to 30 of those comments!

@explosionsindasky 5 лет назад

Finally, someone who shares my disdain for the excessive bright blue in LED lights!

@koolstup 5 лет назад

Me too... hurts my eyes for days 😞

@JeffCD77 5 лет назад

I don't understand the issue with the blue LED's. I think they look great, in fact, I think they look so much better than the old school ones.

@VolcanoEarth 5 лет назад

I know right?! There's something about seeing those harsh blues in large quantities on my street that puts me in mind of a police raid......or maybe that's just the kind of street I live on..but I digress.

@300DBenz 5 лет назад

I tip-tie a blue strand to 2 white strands so the white softens the blue and it is MUCH nicer to look at.

@KevboKev 2 года назад

THANK YOU!!!! Someone who understands my struggles every year! haha I REFUSE to put LEDs on my Christmas tree. I enjoy the warm glow that incandescent lights give off. I tried explaining to people that LEDs are unidirectional, unless they are diffused. That's why so many LEDs holiday lights, especially ones from years ago, look the way they do. I mean, you're looking at a yard, or even a Christmas tree with ALL THESE LEDs around, yet, it somehow still seems DARK. I hate it! You have given me hope! I thank you.

@user-yb1cm4fd6h 5 лет назад

You just reminded me that, as a kid, I used to color my bedside lightbulb (incandescent, it was the 80's) with sharpies to tone its output down and give it a more relaxing color. It worked great.

@evil_me 5 лет назад

I have your answer! Take nail polish clear top coat and tint it with the colour desired, i have done this for years with vehicle bulbs for custom looks

@azdgariarada 5 лет назад

Sounds like more work than the sharpie.

@evil_me 5 лет назад

@@azdgariarada but its more even and permanent unlike sharpie

@azdgariarada 5 лет назад

The sharpie looked pretty even to me. Also, until you've conducted the experiment with both variables under the same conditions, your contention about increased permanence remains merely an untested hypothesis. I eagerly await the results of your empirical research.

@evil_me 5 лет назад

@@azdgariarada I tried sharpie and tested against a few different things years ago, for car light bulbs regular and led the sharpie will not last. We used the polish method all the time on the custom car scene here, but it was then, like in the early 00s, I don't have anything left from then to show here but it was tried and tested then. Trying to help him out with a proven solution, not spend all my time on here screwing with comments

@azdgariarada 5 лет назад

But comment screwing is fun! Oh baby yeah, right there, that's the spot.

@SuperSmashDolls 5 лет назад

You can rotate the holiday names, because they use so little energy.

@garrettpevey3003 4 года назад

Gus W he never states his political opinion but he does have people watching from all over the world with different holidays

@998Squid 4 года назад

@Gus W ❄️ baby

@racer927 4 года назад

@Gus W Alternatively, you could just ignore him mentioning multiple holidays because it doesn't affect you. That and maybe make your case without cussing.

@racer927 4 года назад

@@998Squid You're not helping.

@racer927 4 года назад

@Gus W You can have debate without insults like "fat liberal" and "shitty politics".

@FoxtailBoyd1991 4 года назад

You: "Decemberween" Everyone who is a fellow sleeper-agent H*R fan: It's free real-estate

@silendt 4 года назад

FoxtailBoyd1991 I feel seen

@coredumperror 3 года назад

YES! H*R Crew represent!

@firemanjoe9491 4 года назад

11:27 what is that sound?! It’s like a dying goose. I love it.

@86abaile 5 лет назад

I still love this channel so much. Aside from the humour and how interesting the subjects are, I adore the format and presentation. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these.

@Gartral 5 лет назад

his show reminds me of computer chronicles alot... I like it.

@Rich_123 5 лет назад

I found the rotating holiday names hilarious, especially the shoutout to Decemberween. "It's a Decemberween Mackerel!" I tend to prefer orange over yellow, because the orange is closer to the RGB in terms of brightness, while yellow is a bit overpowering on the brightness scale when looking at the lights from a distance.

@buddyclem7328 5 лет назад

I share your color preferences. It can be difficult to find light strings with orange bulbs and no pink, and it can be hard to find good orange light bulbs. I found a good clear LED filament bulb that lights up orange from Feit Electric, but their blue is torture! It's really hard to find orange spotlights, but I managed to, but I forgot the brand name.

@raychang8648 5 лет назад

At first, I didn't figure it out but then it was funny. He saved "Christmas" lights for the end. His detailed content and fun, dry humor make this channel great!

@Lordrocky24 5 лет назад

RichXKU “It’s 55 days after Halloween!”

@bassclarinetl2 5 лет назад

@@Lordrocky24 with bunnies running for their lives.

@scaper8 5 лет назад

The weird thing with me is that I love both yellow and orange lights. But never on the same strand and not really on different strands in one display. I'm… pretty weird with my Chrismahanakwanzicah lights I guess.

@dhpbear2 5 лет назад

5:30 - May I suggest CLEANING the bulbs thoroughly so that the Sharpie adheres!

@TheAmbientWarrior 5 лет назад

I have the same exact opinions on the LED Christmas lights. The blue is just outshines the other colors a bit too much. The traditional color pallet shouldn't be hard for them to reproduce, and it'd probably sell well. Glad to know I'm not alone on this. And I'm really glad to see that you found such a simple solution. Thanks for the video!

@MattSeremet 5 лет назад

I work at an art supply store and get a lot of people wondering about better ways to thin acrylic. Indeed there is a product of just clear "acrylic medium." You can find it in various viscosities from a thick paste to thin ink. Any art supply store or major craft store should have a good selection.

@volvo09 5 лет назад

Roommate -Look, I just bought a new set of LED string lights! (plugs in) RETINA SEARING BLUE TAKES OVER.

@JosephDavies 5 лет назад

It's such a strange, piercing blue, and I've noticed it taking over cinematography too for some reason. Both films and television (the latest example is in a lot of the lighting in Star Trek: Discovery). It looks terrible, like a burned-out flare in the film. Why is this a thing?!

@JosephDavies 5 лет назад

@Deer are Cute That's what I'm thinking, too. I just don't know why they're intentionally blowing out the visuals like that. It looks terrible.

@K-o-R 5 лет назад

*_Here comes the rapid flash mode!_* _epileptic fit intensifies_

@matthew8153 5 лет назад

Deer are Cute So modern cameras hate blue like pre-1970s cameras hated black people?

@reggiep75 5 лет назад

Endless blue light phenomena seen in China but actually shining thru the Earth's core. 'Must be silly folk and their Jesus Christmas celebrations.... AGAIN!'

@azdgariarada 5 лет назад

These lights are my spirit animal. Because I have so little energy.

@j.donaldson2758 5 лет назад

Several months late on this one, but one thing I did when I decided to finally give in to LED in our tree (taking it from 200 watts to 40 watts) I strung an all red string through the entire tree in addition to the multi strings. This doesn't help to reduce the garishness of blue or green, but does bring the overall ambience of the tree more in line with traditional incandescent lights. I tried the sharpie test a few years ago and while I liked the result I just decided it wasn't worth doing it to 500 lights to satisfy my nostalgic desires. However, I would definitely buy the "white LED with colored plastic" set if anyone ever made them.

@wcvp 5 лет назад

A thin epoxy you can dip the lights in, with some dye in it, might be able to give the effect you want and hopefully last much longer than the sharpie. Maybe you could even get some phosphorescent dyes that makes the lights look like they're on outside during the day without having to power them. Or glow in the dark. Or one that changes color with heat. Or cool swirly effects if you don't mix the dye in all the way. So many possibilities...

@TechnologyConnections 5 лет назад

Ooh, me likes this idea!

@FishFind3000 5 лет назад

Wesley Van Pelt I was thinking dipping the lights and maybe use paint thinner so it’s just enough.

@jumilifyify 5 лет назад

Technology Connections keep in mind epoxy is fine with spirit mixes, but hates water.... my significant other suggested ink from highlighters!

@jasonharrison25 5 лет назад

Epoxy is not UV resident. Try a urethane instead

@dominateeye 5 лет назад

@@TechnologyConnections Can't wait to see The Fairy Light Saga: LED Experiments 2: The Epoxy Epoch next year around this time!

@JohnWagnerVideos 5 лет назад

I'm glad to see you are still raving about the twinkling lights. Went out last night to Menards and picked up two boxes $4.99. Never would've considered buying them if wasn't for your video on them.

@timk4815 3 года назад

6:52 "They'd last many years without fading." And that's exactly why they wont do it. Why make something that lasts many years, when what they currently make has to be replaced every year.

@t0biascze644 2 года назад

they paint it instead of using coloured plastic it will look nice, and it will fade

@MarcelMaynard7 4 года назад

I loved your original twinkling light video! I first saw it years ago and this one just added! I thought I was alone with the nostalgia with these lights. My father first bought them when I was 13 I believe. They fascinated me and I found them extremely aesthetic!!! Now that I’m much older and in my own home I’m going to be experimenting this year with finding/recreating these lights. And of course helping my parents put up their old sets. Your channel as a whole is very pleasant to watch. Thank you for your insights and well articulated opinions.

@LeonardChurch33 5 лет назад

If the warm white LED strings have plastic covers you might try dyeing them with RIT fabric dye. It's a common technique for adding the smoked look to plastic visors, sunglasses, etc.

@volvo09 5 лет назад

Good idea. I'm going to try that. I dyed plastic black before and it worked great.

@brettcurtis9878 5 лет назад

Great video, but I will admit the way you went about painting the lights was killing the visual arts background in me lol. With the acrylic paint, you could have diluted it with gloss medium, perhaps even matte medium, and gotten the translucency you were going for with the blue. It's almost exclusively used with acrylic paint for the purpose of making it translucent like a glaze lol. Likewise, the use of sharpies will work as a quick fix but will indeed fade over time. I would recommend Copic markers as they are similarly alcohol-based, have a wider selection of colours, and stay more true to the colour on the cap/label without fading.

@PainterVierax 5 лет назад

Aaaand you forgot about pigment opacity.

@dupebrains2 5 лет назад

+1 for the suggestion of using acrylic medium, it's essentially paint with no pigment. I use it for painting wargaming miniatures so I can do multiple thin coats rather than one thick coat.

@PainterVierax 5 лет назад

@Alex Phillips except if you take some opaque pigment like Titanium Oxide White and apply it in glaze with a medium, you'll never achieve the same transparency as Zinc Oxide White.

@the117doctor 3 года назад

Someone call in Jazza!

@gavindavies793 5 лет назад

One thing to consider with indoor lights.... using 'so little energy' might not be a good thing. At Christmas most people in the Northern hemisphere want the house to be a little more cosy, and multiple sets of filament bulb sets can actually contribute somewhat to the background warmth of the room. If you have a decent heating system and it's left on 'constant' this might not be an issue, but for people who have timed heating, or a system that struggles to keep up in cold weather, the extra heat output from the lights can help a little. One extreme non-fairy light example was an old rental property we were stuck in back in 2011-2012. We complained than the antique oil-fired boiler couldn't keep the house warm, and than we needed to use a pair of small electric radiators to keep cosy. The landlords refuted this, saying they'd never been too cold. Then I recalled replacing all the old filament bulbs with CFL lamps. A quick count in the 10ftx10ft kitchen and the 18ftx36ft lounge/diner revealed I'd removed 5x 100W bulbs from the former, and 15x 100w bulbs from the latter, replacing them all with 11w CFLs: a loss of 2kW of almost 1.8kW of almost pure heat. Call it 1,500W give or take. That's a fair chunk of heat, especially given that in winter those bulbs were on for 8 hours per evening. Just a random example there. Loved the bloopers :-)

@TravisTev 5 лет назад

Could be a benefit if your electricity is particularly cheap. But where I live, most houses use central gas furnaces since gas heating is much cheaper than electric heating. In this case, using electric bulbs to add more heat is less cost-effective (and using energy-efficient bulbs is an advantage in summer when trying to keep the house cool).

@EricSmoger 5 лет назад

i discovered this channel 2 nights ago and can't stop watching. this video in particular hits home because i have the same frustration with LED lights. I suppose each year I get a little more used to them, but i hope manufacturers will go back to the colors i grew up with. i like the idea of coloring warm white lights, but when you're talking about hundreds of lights.. it's a big job, especially if the color ends up needing to be refreshed every year.

@Basement-Science 5 лет назад

The real problem with green and blue leds is that they are much more efficient than red and orange and similar. Since the different colors are connected in series in nearly all of these sets, this leads to significant differences in brightness. *However,* there is a solution which some manufacturers use: There are Red, yellow, etc LEDs which are actually blue LEDs with a phosphor to create the color. They are more expensive though, but there is no issue with brightness difference.

@Autunite 5 лет назад

Yes, I've got one of these RGBW strings where you can either have colored phosphor LEDs which looks very lovely, or warm white if you want to switch it up, all in the same LEDs. It can also alternate between the two but that looks cheesy imo.

@vwestlife 5 лет назад

Or they could just add a resistor, which fixes the problem a lot more easily: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-B_jMHRLnOco.html

@Scylez 5 лет назад

Finally I have found SOMEONE who agrees with my thoughts and opinions on led christmas lights.I'll use them, but the LED's just aren't as pleasing or nostalgic.

@StevenVillman 5 лет назад

*_THE_* only good Christmas/Holiday LED lights are the screw-in (to C7 or C9 light sockets) steady-lit, flashing/blinking and colour-changing LED Christmas/Holiday light bulbs in my opinion; as you can *_still_* use vintage/antique Christmas/Holiday light string wire harnesses if you want to there, and so you can _at least_ have the light string wire harnesses be traditional there *_if_* not the light bulbs _themselves!_

@horstboss7855 5 лет назад

Me too always wondered why companies don't go the old way, ie. warm (led) lights with coloured covers. Great to see I am not the only one with this strange idea. =) Thanks for this video.

@ChronicNewb 3 года назад

5:45 I actually really like the faded colors. Also, have you tried covering the sharpie in clear nail polish? That's how I keep sharpie on plastics.

@heronimousbrapson863 5 лет назад

Garish and offputting is what the holiday season is all about!

@disastermaster85 5 лет назад

blue LEDs are a real issue. It needs to be adressed. btw does anyone know if LEDs use less power?

@chucknorify17 5 лет назад

disastermaster85 Hey, did you know that LEDs use less power?

@theantipope4354 5 лет назад

Yes, LEDs use less power than incandescent bulbs.

@kenwinston2245 5 лет назад

They actually put power back in to the grid. Go watch your meter run backwards 😃 happy kwanzamassoweenukkah

@BrunoBarcelosAlves 5 лет назад

Yes, they use solittleenergy.

@djuydoiu2627 5 лет назад

you can measure the power that a led takes or source takes useally wattage is used its a combined value out of voltage and ampere its a diffrent system instead of heat a wolfram wire up where the most energy go into heat the led use something like a cap and a wire that goes in there in the pot itself is a material like galliumphosphat

@StephenByersJ 4 года назад

Gearing up for another year of lighting, and man, this video still cracks me up. Hope you do an update this year. Great work!

@Soloist1983 5 лет назад

This guy cares about the same strange things I care about, I love it! I must say, I did this years ago, knew right away to go to Sharpies, as it's almost like a dye, anyway, LED's are getting better, still no full wave rectification on approx 75% of sets, but they are getting better :)

@auto_ego 5 лет назад

Fun fact about Sharpie markers: the colored plastic part the tip is on is simply press-fit into the grey handle. Inside is a tube of ink-soaked sponge with a divot for the felt tip which is slightly smaller than the diameter of a holiday string light. Fun fact.

@heronimousbrapson863 5 лет назад

Anderson 63 Scooper And they smell nice too!

@nickwallette6201 5 лет назад

I didn't.

@BamaRailfan 5 лет назад

I think everyone is missing the point (no pun intended.) What he is saying is the ink soaked sponge has a hole just the right size to insert a miniature lamp. Insert the bulb into the hole and remove to coat lamp with ink. This would make coloring each lamp a 2 second process as opposed to scribbling all over each one.

@BamaRailfan 5 лет назад

@Dave Micolichek or wear gloves?

@LMacNeill 5 лет назад

I know some people will go nuts, but damn, that was funny -- a different holiday name every time. Like you took it as a challenge to see how many holiday names you could come up with. 😂 And a proper celebration of Festivus will include the Airing of Grievances. I expect to see that in your next Festivus video! 😉

@taragwendolyn 5 лет назад

Happy holidays. ;)

@AA5SA 5 лет назад

What about feats of strength?

@Gartral 5 лет назад

@@AA5SA feats of strength: sticking with the joke and (mental strength) finding as many ways to say "Holiday season" he could. Airing of grievances: not happy with lights on market.

@racer927 3 года назад

@Gus W Nope.

@chrisstorm7704 3 года назад

While I’m not big on decorating, I still have a great appreciation for your obsession with the details on these lights. And I also appreciate you sharing where to find these lights. If you want companies to keep making a product, you have to vote with your wallet.

@jamesreynolds8838 4 года назад

I know this is an old video, but you might consider two things if you wanted to try acrylic paint. First, a clear primer spray might give you better grip to get even paint after thinning it a bit. The other thing you can try is adding more acrylic base (this would be similar to the translucent paint you thought of; it's the base without the pigment) to your more difficult colors. Paint strokes are easiest removed by thinning your paint a bit and doing more than one coat. (For more info on acrylic paint, look up tutorials from people who paint miniatures - they've mastered messing with acrylic paints)

@auto_ego 5 лет назад

Here at Warner, every holiday involves sentient rabbits.

@artistwithouttalent 5 лет назад

"Harvey!"

@kenwinston2245 5 лет назад

Oh, i thought you said rabbis. My bad .

@scottdotjazzman 5 лет назад

@@artistwithouttalent I had to read your comment to get that joke. Wow.

@Banadosmr 4 года назад

After your sharpie painting, you can likely use exterior spray varnish to protect the sharpie ink from the weather and UV?

@LaikaLycanthrope 4 года назад

Sapient. Plants and fungus are non-sentient, non-human animals are generally sentient (even bees can do math, look it up), and humans and Bugs Bunny are sapient (ie, tool addicts).

@ABaumstumpf 5 лет назад

Reminds me how as a kid i got replacement bulbs for christmas-lights and used them to make my own lighting for LEGO - problem was they were of course incandescent at the time and letting them run dimly, even just for an hour or so while playing, meant that they got really hot when encased in lego-builds. But it did look nice that i have an oven and streelights that worked .P

@johndifrancisco3642 3 года назад

Back in the 70s/80s we had a set that had two colors on one bulb. They had a plastic "flower" on each one too. I haven't seen them since. They looked warm and cozy. The sharpies are a great idea!

@robradencic4483 4 года назад

Look at how famous you've become. Your videos are excellent, as reflected by over 5,000 likes in this particular one. You are a superstar and I love watching them. Thank you for all your hard work. It is not unappreciated. You GO!

@ZilinaSK 5 лет назад

For many years I’ve been in a similar situation trying to find suitable LED replacement light sets. I have 2 sets of 80 twinkling incandescent white fairy lights that had a very unique rippling effect by using 4 sets of 20 sequenced bulbs that are intertwined. Over the 25 years or so I‘ve had them the bulbs have blown and they’ve been harder and harder to get each year (and more expensive) as the glass is fused to an usual push fitting. Also a dead short a few years blew several unusual MOSFETs in one set but I was able find some old/new stock replacements online as the ones used were no longer in production. Sometimes a bulb blowing has taken out a whole string of 20 as the bulbs are weak and the fuse bulb didn’t pop. Last year I succumbed to using LED lights but like you found the light and colour too uniform... and couldn’t’ find any that even closely mimicked the twinkling wave pattern of the originals. I eventually chose lights that were made from hundreds of LED lights that independently faded through pastel colours of the rainbow. They looked very pretty but the effect wasn’t near as pleasing as my old incandescent lights. This year I’m going to try Konstsmide 240 FireFly amber LED fairy lights. I’ve seen videos and they look very pleasing and they have very good reviews. Although they’re quite what I’m looking for, they may be the next best thing for the time being. I’ve kept my old sets and I’ve started to convert each channel to use soft white LED’s similar to the ones you’ve been using. A had to change out a few components in the control box as the fading effect came over a bit brutal as it was designed for incandescent bulbs which naturally softened the steps of the fading, hopefully adding smoothing capacitors will reduce any visible stepping. Hopefully be next year I’ll be back to my original lights but upgraded to LED’s... and no more fun playing hunt the blown bulb or having them melt tree decorations. Finger crossed :) P.S. As an alternative to Sharpies (as I’ve found they do fade quite quickly out in the elements), perhaps you could use coloured translucent lacquers perhaps even using nail polish?

@HedgehogStudios1 5 лет назад

You should do a DIY video where you add bridge rectifiers to Christmas lights

@OlaMagnusLie 5 лет назад

You're pronouncing it wrong, it's: *FULL* *BRIDGE* *RECTIFIER* !

@Gameboygenius 5 лет назад

@@OlaMagnusLie no, in this case the correct pronunciation is in fact Big Clive calmly explaining what his lazy bridge rectifier is.

@OlaMagnusLie 5 лет назад

...Yeah - you didn't get it.

@ethanpoole3443 5 лет назад

If you substitute a bridge rectifier you will first need to verify that the LEDs were not being overdriven since they will have twice the duty cycle with a bridge rectifier. But if they are being under driven then the addition of the bridge rectifier will both increase the flicker frequency and double their apparent brightness. If you add filter capacitors to eliminate the flicker altogether then you have to be even more concerned about the possibility of them being over driven since they will not only experience a much higher duty cycle still but also the average voltage they experience will tend to be much greater thanks to the peak voltage the capacitors will charge to is 1.41 times greater than the RMS AC voltage fed to them so the LEDs will experience this peak voltage for a greater duration, driving the LEDs even harder still. So don’t be surprised if you have to add some added resistance or modify the capacitive dropper circuit to keep the LEDs within their safe driving range.

@nickwallette6201 5 лет назад

GIMME DA SCOPE.

@TheNicky9905 5 лет назад

5:39 "Festavus lights" Hang on, Festavus for the restofus?

@CharlieFlemingOriginal 5 лет назад

I like watching your videos as everything is so brilliantly explained I use so little energy having to understand things you talk about. I also use so little energy as I don't have to keep skipping the video back. BRILL VIDS! :D

@MichaelSteeves 5 лет назад

Ah, channeling your inner Big Clive I see. Just take his recommendations and head down to your local Poundland for the choice sets of fairly lights!

@Cadwaladr 5 лет назад

I went to the Poundland in Carlisle and I don't think they had as good a selection as other locations, based on what Clive usually finds. Maybe Carlisle is just the armpit of England so no one cares.

@Cadwaladr 5 лет назад

I went to the Poundland in Carlisle and I don't think they had as good a selection as other locations, based on what Clive usually finds. Maybe Carlisle is just the armpit of England so no one cares.

@_BangDroid_ 5 лет назад

I've never been to Poundland, though I've been to Poundtown

@bornach 5 лет назад

Big Clive had another solution to multicolouring led lights which was to use jelly babies. Probably won't last very long outside unfortunately.

@MakeMagic 5 лет назад

For the last 5 years I've been using Lights4fun Pro series filament bulbs. They're outdoor fairy lights intended for permanent installations so they're well made and super-long-life. They're naturally warm white and I run them through a dimmer plug to further dim them right down to 1800-2000k. I still so far haven't seen any warm white led set which looks quite so good.

@seanmichaelhunt 3 года назад

Check out the new Tru-Tone.com bulbs...they are filament LED based.

@millenniumtree 4 года назад

Thank you for your experiments! I also have nostalgic feelings for the old lights. Sharpies definitely fade in the sun, so outside they may not last very long, but that's OK.

@damicodesignassociates3706 3 года назад

We LOVE the gentle twinkling white incandescent lights and have been using them for many years but as you stated in your video, they are hard to find! If I find them, I am going to stock up because the ambience these create cannot be beat. They are so majestic. Thanks for your video...informative AND funny!

@kenk8215 5 лет назад

Really enjoyed this video. My favorite sized lights are C9. The LED ones just don't have the look of the old incandescent glass bulbs that I love so much.

@volvo09 5 лет назад

C9 and C7 are wonderful. Both the clear colored glass and the frosted ones that look like they're coated with a colored powder inside.

@protoian9353 5 лет назад

I found some philips smooth clear C9 LEDs this past December season and they felt pretty close to the old clear colored glass ones that I missed from childhood. D2 model, iirc.

@AndyDo 5 лет назад

Where'd you get that jacket? The moire store? HEYO! I'm curious if the technology for the long lasting, low energy incandescent bulbs they came up with at MIT a few years ago will ever be viable. As a filmmaker, the thought of low-heat, low-energy, full spectrum light is veeery enticing.

@buddyclem7328 5 лет назад

Do you have any more information about these MIT incandescent bulbs? That sounds interesting. Nice joke! Moire can be very distracting.

@AndyDo 5 лет назад

@@buddyclem7328 www.dezeen.com/2016/01/13/mit-energy-efficient-incandescent-light-bulb-research/

@NJRoadfan 5 лет назад

The jacket is a test for your TV's comb filtering ability.

@jackodonnell3463 3 года назад

The flickering of LED festivus lights is an absolute dealbreaker for me. I can instantly spot it from down the road. None of the warm glowy vibes of incandescents

@a-lien 5 лет назад

I watched the part where you changed colors and turned on the string lights a bunch of times because it's so good! The lights give the objects almost a golden shimmer. Also, nice collection of increasingly less decembery holiday terms

@PatrickDKing 4 года назад

When I was a kid our colored christmas lights had some kind of painted coating on the outside of the bulbs because I remember as they got really old they coloring would crack and/or flake off exposing a white or yellow bulb. I also seem to think for some reason that if one bulb blew then the rest of the bulbs would still be lit but I can't remember. Do a video on those bubble lights where the bottom light would heat some compound inside and make bubbles.

@plushifoxed 5 лет назад

Happy last 5 minutes of Decemberween, Technology Connection.

@formerx 5 лет назад

LOVING the way you used various holiday names. Excellent!

@sexycavetroll2788 4 года назад

doesn't matter what time of year, Christmas videos always seem to put me in a better mood. its funny how I go back to Christmas youtube videos every year around the 25th much like how we went back to tv shows or specials every year as a kid. interesting video btw. I have a tooooon of sharpies, I am curious how some of the more unusual colors will look

@JediNg135 5 лет назад

SO LITTLE ENERGY!

@buddyclem7328 5 лет назад

S O M U C H A E S T E T I C S

@thomasandrews9355 5 лет назад

You said Decemberween!!! I smell a homestar runner fan??? Coach z is already hitting the nonspecific mouthwash

@CaptainCocaine 5 лет назад

good jorb!

@maplecinna3979 4 года назад

I was about to say something, but I found this comment. And that makes me happier.

@reeftank706 3 года назад

Thomas Andrews this comment needs to be “BALEETED!” 😂

@thomasandrews9355 3 года назад

@@reeftank706 If you don't stop, I'll pour a thing of mountain dwa on your computer...it's the never ending sodddaa ah ah ah ah

@chrissturgeon1571 3 года назад

My head asplode!

@OnIcePerspectives 5 лет назад

Every time I see a new video headline from this account, I fall into a feeling I can only describe as the excitement I had as an 8 year old pulling apart VHS tapes to see how they worked... I think I love you.

@coolkidbraedenbielinski9362 3 года назад

This information is so helpful. Thank you! I first saw these at Disney and I want them for my landscaping. Now I know what specifically to look for. Thanks again!

@anchorbait6662 5 лет назад

Imagine the conversation at the paint r and d department... "you want to make a what?? A transparent pant?? Dave you are fired, go clean out your desk"

@mateusfelipecota 5 лет назад

Hey T.C. This isn't a good idea, but might be worthy, there's now a lot of "cheap" addressable RGB leds in every kind of format(SMD, DIP Like and goes on), that you can change color, temp, brightness, contrast(some datasheets says that). Nowadays they are "cheap"(in comparison to 3 years ago). So you can with them build your own christmas lights and make them blink the way you want.

@mateusfelipecota 5 лет назад

I forgot to metions, the most famous models are WS28XX, PL9823 and APA106

@buddyclem7328 5 лет назад

@@mateusfelipecota That is my dream. I built my first prototype LED Christmas lights in 1997. They ran off of a DC power supply.

@Peteparker_ 3 года назад

You make me suddenly care about light strands, and then go shopping for some before I realize, "Hey, I don't really care about this!" I would consider this effect as a job done extremely well. Fantastic video, as always.

@EricGarringer 5 лет назад

LOL This is my new favorite newly subscribed channel. He’s so knowledgeable, eloquent, thorough, entertaining and sprinkles in humor. I’m in the midst of a binge watch. PS. I have always disliked LED string lights, for the same reasons you explained. I have LED light bulbs in all my household light figures, but I only use incandescent lighting for holiday string lights.

@bibasik7 5 лет назад

This video is *SO LIT* *TLE ENERGY*

@azdgariarada 5 лет назад

Festivus is always worth it.

@DKJones96 4 года назад

I, also, love incandescent bulbs for my outdoor lighting, more specifically, I love the larger C7/9 look which makes running mini lights look like a battery project. I got some cheap G40 LED type strings and while the low energy use is nice it is far from optimal in the color range. They use multi-colored plastic filters over concave LEDs like you have(but 5mm not 3mm like these). It depends on how the strand was built as to how much of a pain in the ass it will be but it is possible to dismantle the bulbs and replace the LEDs with warm white like I did. They look 1000 times better.

@Primogen18 3 года назад

I feel so validated... like ive always wondered why they didn't start with warm white for led colour sets... I even have thought of trying swapping caps for a set lol.

@90msg90 5 лет назад

I looked at the thumbnail and I thought it was a Big Clive video :D.

@soviut 5 лет назад

Will a black sharpie result in black light or cast shadows? ;)

@pre-packaged_9692 4 года назад

Stoked for this year's follow-up!

@jamiemarchant 4 года назад

I love how you kept changing witch holiday you were talking about :). Great video by the way.

@MrPs103 5 лет назад

Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, solstice, yule...I see what you did there 😜

@moebest 5 лет назад

wow! liking this video cost me so little energy, I did it 10x

@trecaa 5 лет назад

I loved the outtakes. I hope you include them in more of your videos

@K-o-R 5 лет назад

Yay for Sharpies! I'll have to see if I got a picture of my windows and trees with the custom coloured lights on. I found that red and orange sharpies ended up looking exactly the same colour so I didn't bother using orange in my second set.

@ErwinPommel 5 лет назад

It's a real shame no-one makes these lights in traditional Bobunk colours. Now I can, if I can find the correct Sharpies.

@Madpegasusmax 5 лет назад

low consumption , don't heat up , less fire hazard, low electrocution hazard . The only problem they don't solve is : Cats VS X-mas trees :D

@v8snail 5 лет назад

Sure they do, wrapped tightly around their necks. . .

@biker932012 5 лет назад

It’s a Christmas tree, Xmas doesn’t exist.

@BrendonGreenNZL 5 лет назад

There will be at least one Chinese manufacturer out there who will put the entire string in series and power it directly from mains AC via a capacitor (for current limiting); so I'd go easy on that "low electrocution risk" claim 🤔.

@BrendonGreenNZL 5 лет назад

Come to think of it, I'm sure Big Clive has a fairy-lights "extension cord" on his channel.

@user-vz7mu4su9n 5 лет назад

@@biker932012 the X is short for Χριστός.

@tonyjohnson6775 5 лет назад

We are kindred spirits when it comes to this issue. I truly appreciate your video! :)

@JoshuaMohr.96M 5 лет назад

We need more people like this guy in the world. What a great person and channel. I hope 2019 is great for you.

@The_Future_isnt_so_Bright 5 лет назад

Clear finger nail polish. Break apart sharpie and place the ink cart into the polish.

@RabbitsInBlack 5 лет назад

Or just buy some dyes for that.

@FishFind3000 5 лет назад

I hate those damn blue led lights. Just burn the retinas right out. I hate them when a house has a ton of them and it’s on a corner so I can’t see the road as there to bright and distracting.

@Dullstar2XQT 5 лет назад

Blue LEDs are awful in general. With electronic device indicator lights, they're so excessively bright compared to indicator lights in other colors. I wish manufacturers would either manufacture these LEDs to have lower brightness, or choose dimmer colors. Like, my computer's powered-on light really doesn't need to be bright enough to light a room. Fortunately, for some devices, you can disable the LEDs (either through hardware or software) and for everything else, there's electrical tape.

@bobbillings 5 лет назад

Been watching your vids off and on, this one caused me to subscribe. Ive been saying the same thing for years about the LED lights, and could never find anyone bring attention to this issue until you. Im still staying 100 percent incandescent in 2019 although I see the LEDS have gotten warmer in last couple years compared to their "Neon-ny" glow of 1st generation of Christmas LED lights. But not yet, Im still old school.

@hazeldavis3176 5 лет назад

So glad LGR recommended your channel. Just love what you've been putting down lately.

@tamaramacadam8650 5 лет назад

It really feels like they could just add a chip to the LED driver that would allow the lights to act like incandescent twinklers. They would help people use so little energy.

@andreib302 5 лет назад

“Algorithmic Overlords” lol

@ebnertra0004 3 года назад

That, and "sentient rabbits"

@boogiedaddy3434 5 лет назад

You're not alone buddy, the blues and purples in LED light sets are unsettling for me as well. Since their entry into the market several years ago, I've opted to painstakingly maintain my incandescent bulbs rather than purchase a palette I'm not completely satisfied with. If they would tone those blues and purples down a bit, I would actually break down and buy some. Thanks again for an awesome video.

@Lou.B 5 лет назад

I enjoyed last years video, so thanks for the update!!! Always humorous AND interesting!

@uNine-qb8gt 4 года назад

did I mention that they use so little energy?

@amp888 5 лет назад

Did you ever consider dipping the bulbs into coloured ink (e.g. in an ink well)? Might be quicker than using Sharpies, and give a more uniform appearance.

@TechnologyConnections 5 лет назад

I did! However the selection that was in front of me in the craft was quite poor. Another thing I meant to try was "rolling" them on an ink pad for stamps, but I ran out of time :(

@TechnologyConnections 5 лет назад

In the craft..... .....store

@buddyclem7328 5 лет назад

@@TechnologyConnections 😄

@ralfoide 4 года назад

In kids crafts, we often use white glue or Mod Podge (both PVA) with either food coloring or cheap acrylic paint mixed in for coloring. The advantage is that you can vary the intensity, so you could do a weak blue easily.