Wow! Those lights look so sick on your house! I think they look super elegant on your home. I'm sure you now have the coolest looking house in the neighborhood! 😎
Today Eli an installer for Bosso finished the install. $4,700. Yes a lot of money but cheaper than a broken hip my neighbor suffered falling off his roof. It took 2 days to install including our backyard shed. (Nice shed) We are pleased and yes, I probably could have figured out how to install and saved some money but time is money and it would have taken me a week which would have canceled out any savings. My neighbor pays $300 to have his Christmas lights installed and taken down. We have lights for every holiday plus we plan to use the can light effect around the home all night including the dark side yard where criminals hide.
I'm so glad I never had to risk my life up there just putting up the lights or needing to pay someone yearly. Last night we drove around to see decorations and we saw a ton of permanent lights but I feel like our had the best look to them. I'm glad you were able to get them installed quickly. Enjoy!
Time is indeed money! And it's easy for people like me who already know a lot about these lights to say how relatively easy it would be to do it, but that's because we already know a lot of stuff about it... If you know nothing about it and you're trying to end up with a finished product similar to a professional installer, then prepare to spend several hours learning and planning before you ever even start the physical work.
I never heard of BOSSO but that installation looks so clean especially how the power line comes into a box in garage. I was close to doing Govee pro kit but I have some sections where the ir is barely any space between Sofit and gabble and think these tracks will work better. I neeed 200 feet, and for Govee pro that’s $700, I got. Quote from tonight $4500 which looks like your installation. Looks great
Absolutely go with Bosso! I love mine. There are some intangibles you don't see yet as a customer. I've compared all the aps and Bosso has put the most work into theirs.
Brett, the house looks great, thanks so much for including your wife and kids' reactions! Too pricey, but I am thinking about how to DIY something like this for our house.
They need to make their way over to Wisconsin lol. Came from your Twitter post and you definitely have a way of keeping my attention I need to take notes from…
As many have mentioned, you could have saved 20-25% if you went the DIY route. That being said, they look very good. I didn't read through all the comments so not sure if anyone mentioned this yet...but the reason your controller box fan stays running when you turn the lights off is because that doesn't turn off the box. The controller itself is still running (which is why the app can stay connected and turn the lights back on) and therefore using power. And it's actually still supplying power to the LEDs as well. Just the data wire has nothing passing through so the lights stay off. But if you test, even at the last LED in the string, there is still power on the lines.
Thanks for the info. I found that out watching The Hookup and I have now put a smart outlet on it to monitor the power and then turn it off when not in use.
@@TechWithBrett That's good. Because even with no lights on, they can/will burn out prematurely with power constantly being supplied to them. I found this out the hard way when I first installed permanent lighting on my house a few years ago. Had to replace several lights because of it.
The system is worth what you're willing to pay for it. When you think about differentiation from a market leader product like Govee Permanent lights, Bosso gives you white glove installation, but Govee gives you significantly better software. Lights are lights. The software is the user experience.
DIY!! You can install this exact product yourself for 1/4 of the cost these big companies are charging with the same app used in the video. It's not hard and I did my entire house myself. I have a few houses that had the "professional installs" done and they are literally identical.
I thought about it. And then thought about it some more. After seeing it be done, it certainly is doable. Having them figure it all out and get up the roof was really really nice.
@@BartonHNewell I understand when you run a buisness you need to make profits, have some overhead and employees to pay but the price seems a little crazy. I don't like paying anyone to do something I know I can do myself.
@@BartonHNewell I was not paid anything to make this and I paid for the full system without a discount. Just trying to spread info about the process and possibilities.
The Govee product is a good budget friendly option, but there's no real comparison between this setup and what you get from Govee... The Govee is a base model Accord, while this is a Mercedes S Class, both will get you somewhere, but the Mercedes is obviously nicer.
The Bosso lights are best in class for permanent lights. I like having the track and the amount of lights and the color and customs preset options are pretty endless. The Govee Pro are much more DIY and affordable. I really like the presets in the Govee which is very user friendly. The colors with the white are also comparable, just not as many lights. Govee Pro review here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--yKFTJ-ijaQ.htmlsi=8H6s-BHDqXuxLUrN
Oh really? Here is the file, but if you use this I believe it will erase any presets that you have already made. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3r0as9e4l51bt5lzn1el1/android.bin?rlkey=wckcuh9ey07r4szi0qgxcajzx&dl=0
@@TechWithBrett thank you but file in dropbox is android.bin I believe the preset file is called presets.json . Preset can be saved if you go to Config - security & updates - Backup Presets. thank you
Thanks for the details. Here it is. I have been adding to it as well over time. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n3385s81nusac56zxzhbx/BOSSOpresets.json?rlkey=iwy55oskndwiyf46664dts9so&dl=0
I believe most of them are just default to WLED but they added some and I have added more. Here is the file: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n3385s81nusac56zxzhbx/BOSSOpresets.json?rlkey=iwy55oskndwiyf46664dts9so&dl=0
@@expendable1987 Dropbox lets you view it but you need to find the option to download the file. It is very long but once it is downloaded then you can import it to the WLED interface.
The RGBW looks so much better than the gross Jellyfish lights all over. I will say though that a ~$5k install that doesn't even come with their own software and just piggybacks WLED is quite bold/scammy, especially when you can DIY this same project for
Looking up the price with a similar product & a lift rental, I certainly could have saved some money. Having their warranty and being able to get it done fairly quickly was with it for more.
Go with gemstones. I was an installer for 2 years of everlights. A competitor in the permanent lighting industry. My boss couldn’t tell the customers this. But we dropped them. Because every house was costing us 100’s of dollars in warranty issues. He wished he had gone with gemstones. A small local company Went with gemstones and had great success. Everlights almost bankrupted his company. I was the guy fixing this stuff. Brand new permanent lights having several issues within 6 months. Even though everlights says they last for 10-15 years.
Those lights are the poor mans light, you stick it up there and peal. Really, the lights not nearly as bright but for those that can't afford the better ones its a good alternative.
@@JoshuaaColinGovee is good for what it is. Sure it’s $300, but you can’t do runs more than 150 feet and the density on this guy’s setup is nearly 3x of what Govee’s is. Get a set of LEDs strips that are 30/m then 120/m and then do an RGBIC Flow or chase style pattern. then you’ll understand why people pay $$ for 120 LEDs per meter. It looks fantastic, especially diffused. You don’t get a “wave” like effect on 30 LEDs/m. Most people won’t really notice, but if you are into LEDs or have done LED projects like under cabinet or in-pantry then you see and notice it. It’s like a base Corvette and a 911 GT3. The base vette is 90% as quick on paper, not knockin it. It’s a great blue collar super car. But anyone that *can* afford a GT3, gets a GT3. And they’re not mad about vette owners either. They just simply don’t care.
@JoshuaaColin It's not really the same... Not as many LEDs, not as expandable, and the Govee version is held up by tape, while these are sitting in custom enclosures that blend in with the exterior of the house. The Govee has its advantages, but they're not apples to apples.
The Govee lights are also white and are to be held up by tape... On that nice house, installing the Govee strips with exposed wires everywhere would not look very good, compared to his current setup that blends in pretty seamlessly, almost like it was a professional job, hence the increased cost... Plus those Govee lights don't have as many LEDs, so they're not as bright or smooth, and also they're not as expandable.
20,000 hours is not good. That's the lowest amount of hours for a permanent lighting product. Average is 50k hours where some are 100k. If I'm doing the math correct, 20k hours for 25 years is an average of only 2 hours a day
