Twinkly Pro Holiday Lights- Unboxing, Setup, and Review 

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 .

Thanks for the heads up! Im looking for more on sale too

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.

Thanks!

There is a neighbor down the street that has talking trees synced for a radio station. Really cool

Good catch.. They must have updated the effects within the year since I don't see that either. Color snow is pretty similar.

Thanks! According to the calculator, 250 is enough to look good on that tree. www.twinkly.com/leds-calculator/

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

I use two 1 port controllers, but you could use a two port controller since it can handle 500 itself

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.

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 🙂

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

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 🙌🏼

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

mine is 7.5 ft. 250 would be a little thin unless you only cover half.

7.5 ft. You too!

Regular tree with twinkly pro lights. I just got 1200 twinkly lights that I hope to test soon

I use the app and hit apply. Alexa only can do solid colors unfortunately

@@rieskame Unfortunate! Thank you!

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.

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.

my tree is 7.5ft. Thanks for watching!

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.

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

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)?

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!

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

The fire effect with the blinds closed probably gets noticed by the neighbors!

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.

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.

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

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

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 ??

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

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.

500 on my 6ft tree looks good. Can get away with less but the effect does diminish.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

You just have to create an account with them like any other website, and connect to wifi.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

7.5 foot! Thanks for watching

Pro has brighter and larger bulbs. Thanks for watching!

@@rieskame Hmm... Thks.

I bought mine here. www.christmasdesigners.com/christmas-lights/animated-rgb-christmas-lights/twinkly-pro-rgb-christmas-lights.html

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)

Lowes sells a prelit 5ft twinkly tree with 250 lights. That would be the minimum and any more just adds to the "resolution"

Turns out, Iphone only

Yes you can do it with android too

Some android phones do have issues though as each is different

They were on sale for 300 for the 2 sets a few years ago

Android is unusable with Twinkly Pro for some reason

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.