Nanoleaf Debuts Matter-Enabled Smart Holiday String Lights

[steve123]

IP44 seems like a big miss here. I had govee bulbs outdoors that had a higher rating IP and in one decent rain storm they were toast. Don’t see how a “splash” proof string lights can be considered outdoors unless it’s under protection.

Yeah, I wonder if pixels have a different (better) rating than the controller?

 

[Le Big Mac]

It should not be too long until xLights supports these.

xLights – Light sequencer and Show scheduler

xlights.org

Then you will be able to do just about anything with them (16,000 lights):

Price wise, these are competitively priced at the moment. Hopefully, as these types of lights (Twinkly and Nanoleaf) go mainstream, price will come down as volumes go up.

Just how long does that take to program?!?

and if I'm living across the street, by the third time that plays I'm looking to cut their power line.

 

[Stewie]

I have, or had some naoleaf matter bulbs and they were awful. Always going unresponsive, thread dropping and falling back to bluetooth, which is useless.

I had the same issue when I tried to switch my Hue hub to matter. Not sure why I had so much trouble, but went back to plain on hue, despite their upcoming privacy changes I would rather have something I can depend on working when I need it and for now matter/thread isn't it.

 

[TVreporter]

And Govee just announced their own string lights - while Govee hasn’t been HomeKit friendly they’ve been pushing out some solid products lately at considerably lower costs.

I won’t buy as I have twinkly but will want to see a comparison video of the three.

 

[The_Cynic]

Multi Coloured Lights on a Christmas tree is a symbol of lower class, regardless of how much you got into debt to buy them.

 

[steve123]

Just how long does that take to program?!?

and if I'm living across the street, by the third time that plays I'm looking to cut their power line.

Depends on the level of detail. Some can take days others can take weeks. There are a number of people that sell sequence templates which can reduce the time it takes significantly.

i try to be respectful of my neighbours. I have about 50 sequences for Christmas and another 30 for Valentine's Day. i have a playlist that plays a few of the sequences in the early evening. The rest of the time the lights run a slowly changing "idle" sequence without music. Someone wanting to watch and listen to a sequence with music can queue one using their phone using a web site used to control the show (https://lights.slupsky.net). Audio is broadcast on an FM channel so the viewer can listen inside their vehicle. There are a couple speakers for people that walk by and want to listen.