REVIEW - Twinkly App Controlled Christmas Tree Lights

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A review of a Twinkly App-Enabled Christmas Tree. Also a quick look at the sound to light accessory and a Twinkly Wreath.
***This video features flashing lights - 450-ish or so of them***.
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00:00 Start
02:49 Unboxing & Assembly
05:30 Setting Up
08:44 Tree Demo
12:12 Sound to Light
14:42 The Wreath
15:09 Syncing
16:23 Summary
17:56 Credits
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@conath 3 жыл бұрын

I think he’s finally found the largest VU meter. 👏😄

@hfidek8286 3 жыл бұрын

wait until he starts wrapping is house with LEDs.

@6581punk 3 жыл бұрын

Living room with a VU.

@rich1668 3 жыл бұрын

Beat me to it 😂

@frazermountford 3 жыл бұрын

The most glorified VU meter ever on Techmoan

@CptJistuce 3 жыл бұрын

It is the most WinAmp that a christmas tree has ever been.

@The-tg5zg 3 жыл бұрын

“I’ve just updated the firmware on the Christmas tree” - the future is here people. 😂

@TheGreatAtario 3 жыл бұрын

Some of the fast food places near me are unable to give you any soda at certain times of the day because "the fountain is updating"

@jk9554 3 жыл бұрын

♪♫ scanning around the christmas tree looking for that last red light...

@slabriprock5329 3 жыл бұрын

Things we never thought we'd hear,like "I can't use my toaster anymore because the company stopped supporting it,"

@bigclivedotcom 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the reason for the cloud based system is to try and prevent the inevitable clones using the app. I've considered buying these a few times, but the cost always puts me off. With the appearance of copper-wire style WS2812B style addressable LEDs there's probably going to be competition soon.

@Alleroc 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely so. I have had clients request products I make be integrated with cloud based applications for that reason specifically.

@smartroadbiker 3 жыл бұрын

Oh please tell me you have brought some to "review" :D

@UnreasonableSteve 3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame - I'd buy one if it weren't for the cloud dependency.

@TheRealColBosch 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'd want at least a PC app that can store all the data locally. It's a shame, because I love holiday lights. I've still got my Halloween fairy lights twinkling away merrily. I'd really like to be able to replace them with RGB, and at first this system looked just like what I want...but when the cloud server inevitably fails in a couple years, that'd be that for my expensive lights.

@okaro6595 3 жыл бұрын

I hate that when functionality that could be supported locally is done in a cloud. They could at any point stop the support. This happened to me with Eye-Fi SD cards. I fortunately found a third party alternative.

@Benzene265 3 жыл бұрын

13:29 “VU Meter”. Well, now we know why he really got the tree.

@roberte2945 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, yes.

@georgemariatos-metaxas7780 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like it is one of those products where Im going to use the RGB for a few days and then turn it to a warm white and leave it there

@thedogwooddandy 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I honestly cringe at RGB. It's one of those "they spent so much time thinking COULD they, they never thought SHOULD". I see it as so strictly adhered to a culture of new age gaming gear as well that I balk. I do like implementing the tech of RGB but as you said, I generally put 3 potentiometers on an arduino to "set" the still color as the whole rainbow mania party doesn't quite feel like christmas.... lest ye be from Vegas or something. anyways Merry Christmas! this has only been on man's opinion!

@NigelMelanisticSmith 3 жыл бұрын

@@thedogwooddandy I agree. I think I’d set it to candy cane on the slowest setting just to not have a Gamer Christmas

@RCAvhstape 3 жыл бұрын

White Christmas lights? Ewww

@georgemariatos-metaxas7780 3 жыл бұрын

@@RCAvhstape Warm white mate!!!! I'm a 20 year old with a soul of a 60 year old man...

@gork42 3 жыл бұрын

@@thedogwooddandy rgbww/rgbcct is a totally different beast. if done right it can mimic exactly the warm glow of incandescent Christmas light (white or muticolor) with subtle color and brightness variance. The garish RGB effects and the awful whites they produce with 3 element LEDs are terrible indeed, but it’s possible to do much better!

@fd5927 3 жыл бұрын

Updating firmware for a christmas tree so 2020😃

@fecundity10 3 жыл бұрын

Yes this statement also made me smirk as well.

@Mike_Who 3 жыл бұрын

It made me think of my ember coffee mug that has an app and firmware updates. 😅

@Hawk1966 3 жыл бұрын

Nah, if it had REALLY been a 2020 thing the update would have failed and the tree would have scrolled an error message in lights.

@RCAvhstape 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hawk1966 Then you find out the tree is made from nuclear waste in China and that the tree is also racist because reasons.

@Hawk1966 3 жыл бұрын

@@RCAvhstape shortly thereafter we'd be getting the spam email "Did you or a loved one contract cancer from a racist irradiated Chinese Christmas tree🌲? If so you may be entitled to buckets of money 💰🤑! Call today!"

@nergregga 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect for the traditional Christmas rave.

@dant5464 3 жыл бұрын

These early uploads (in the UK) are like Saturday morning cartoons for electronics nerds 👍

@BenTheMotionist 3 жыл бұрын

I love it. I plan my kids breakfast around it...

@dant5464 3 жыл бұрын

@@BenTheMotionist I'm usually having a lie-in with coffee when Mat appears.

@Mike_Who 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect start to a Saturday!

@richdaley9982 3 жыл бұрын

In the US too as we get to watch while we have our morning coffee.

@steve.b.23 3 жыл бұрын

@@dant5464 "How the bloody hell did you get in here?!?"

@MrJozza65 3 жыл бұрын

I like the mapping function, looks like the developers behind the software really thought that one out well. Not having a local based software for saving settings is a definite disadvantage though, as with many cloud services there is the danger it will either get closed down, or suddenly have a subscription in the future.

@SinaelDOverom 3 жыл бұрын

The problem as with absolute most such IT-device companies - they don't care what happens with the product after they shut down/discontinue. Same with online-only games that have single player.

@boyiscola 3 жыл бұрын

The mapping is extremely nice. I cannot seem to find an open source version. The closest I found is github.com/devicerCode/LEDmap which creates a 2D map for pasting into an arduino sketch.

@thomasphillips885 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully if they ever turn off the servers they'll update the app to store settings locally

@3rdalbum 3 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing this is how those large light displays work, where the lights are draped around a long archway or something and can operate in waves and position-aware patterns.

@sikkepossu 3 жыл бұрын

@@boyiscola Very interesting! Thank's for pointing this out.

@AndersEngerJensen 3 жыл бұрын

This is definitely something for Alec at Technology Connections! :D

@eMDeeG 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea! And we can't be the only two people who support both channels, can we? I'd love to see a collaboration between both channels!

@nopetuber 3 жыл бұрын

He'll be painting the rgb leds in no time! ;)

@fortherecord1569 3 жыл бұрын

"In different rooms and unaware of each others existence." Sounds like my parents.

@angeleocorrodead 3 жыл бұрын

Ouch

@sikkepossu 3 жыл бұрын

That's sad.

@Toby-Wan-Kenobi 3 жыл бұрын

Oof

@louiseogden1296 3 жыл бұрын

😧😐😟

@HawkThingable 3 жыл бұрын

What an age of wonder we live in, when you have to specifically mention that the christmas three and wreath are not aware of each other

@GreenJimll 3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine this being popular/useful in commercial settings (hotels, shopping centres, etc). Seems a bit overkill for the corner of a lounge for 3 weeks though!

@fontende 3 жыл бұрын

Considering the predicted Tsunami of bankruptcy next year? 🤔 Especially the hotels and the mobile app services. Technically it's only the slight view of IOT 5G capabilities, but the problem of connection with some server in China which accumulated more data than any State Archive remains.

@Stoic_Lizard 3 жыл бұрын

I worked in a high end hotel for several years and I am willing to bet the owner would buy this in a heartbeat if he knew this existed. Then he'd yell at us AV guys to set it up for him. He bought several super high end portable espresso bars to rent out for events for many tens of thousands of dollars and I only saw them in use once.

@stockicide 3 жыл бұрын

Well, then you can set the lights to orange for Halloween, rainbow for pride month, green for St. Patrick's Day, red, white, and blue for the Fourth of July, etc.

@lynyrdskynyrd7779 3 жыл бұрын

@@stockicide smart guy !

@louiseogden1296 3 жыл бұрын

I put a string of LED lights round a houseplant in the kitchen. Very sad :(, but there was noone going to be over and I was at my mum and dad's for the big day anyway.

@AaronEins3 3 жыл бұрын

2:38 Oddity Archive is such an underrated channel

@Aitch80 3 жыл бұрын

Never mind the tree, I'm more interested in what your plugging in the electric car charger too, looking forward to that review!

@codykamminga9667 3 жыл бұрын

6:00 “Also found the neighbors wifi, but don’t know his password so just going to use me own”

@jeffrey44 3 жыл бұрын

That's a quote from this very video.

@stepheng8779 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffrey44 Sherlock!

@jeffrey44 3 жыл бұрын

2:50 "Let me get this out of here and we'll see if we can put it together".

@jk9554 3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffrey44 would make even less sense if he'd commented that on any other video :p

@AlienatedBronze 3 жыл бұрын

Now I want to see someone run Doom on the Christmas tree!

@NigelMelanisticSmith 3 жыл бұрын

If you look it up, someone has played Snake on a Christmas tree before

@MrBillmcminn 3 жыл бұрын

That’s LGR territory

@EtsuMatsuya 3 жыл бұрын

"You're just left with a load of rubbish" Christmas consumerism in a nutshell.

@IntegerOfDoom 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, overflowing dumpster season is upon us.

@toonman361 3 жыл бұрын

In complete agreement. What's the use of something like this... like a gas powered turtle neck sweater.

@fredpond1087 3 жыл бұрын

can't see the grand-kids rushing to decorated this modern abortion. No wanting to touch and squeeze the pressies placed around the base either. My missus would complain it is giving her a migraine every time she looks at it as well. I think I will stick to a real tree in spite of the mess it makes. p.s. Scrooge is my middle name ( and proud of it).

@IntegerOfDoom 3 жыл бұрын

@@toonman361 You say that like it's a bad thing.

@gixermouse 3 жыл бұрын

I moved to England eight years ago. Long story short, I have three children. My son (in Swindon) who I see every few months. My eldest daughter (and three granddaughters (two of which I've never even met because I can't afford to go back there) back in Wales and my youngest daughter whose son I've met once when he was having heart surgery about two years ago (at about one year old at the time). The reason I'm saying all this is because IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!! FUN TIMES FOR FAMILY!!!!! But also a time of soul destroying misery for others. Honestly and truthfully I wish you all the happiest Christmas ever cos I think we deserve that at least, but most importantly, make sure the people you love know that you do. EVERY day. NOT because you bought a card or bought an expensive gift, the unconventional way. Through showing it every day. Love you Mat and wish all of you all the (Covid permitting) best for the new year

@jonasdatlas4668 3 жыл бұрын

Ooh, a Techmoan video on Saturday morning again! Never fails to brighten my weekend.

@geirendre 3 жыл бұрын

0:17 At the box it says "6 Feet" but at 4.28 it's easy to see that it only has 4 feets. :-)

@madmox2000 3 жыл бұрын

I bought one of these a couple of years ago and we love it! Love the gallery of designs and very cool that you can create your own designs too. Easy to set up and use. We also have a regular 14' tree and I bought a 400 light string of twinkly lights last year to replace the stock lights. Again, it looks fantastic. Just as easy to set up as the twinkly tree. The twinkly website suggested 1200 lights to properly cover the tree, I can't imagine why anyone would use that many, total overkill. Anyway, thanks for the post, Mat. Cheers, David

@netsurferx1 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm starting to look like Oddity Archive!" You make that sound like a bad thing.

@netsurferx1 3 жыл бұрын

@BMT Damn skippy!

@Fluteboy 3 жыл бұрын

When you find yourself rubbing lacquer layers of a laserdisc and uttering phrases like: "But I digress", then you'll know the transition is complete!

@bongodoug 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to Sergei on KLAK now.

@hudde814 3 жыл бұрын

When I heard that I was honestly surprised! Never expected him to mention Oddity Archive. Then again they do make very similar video to one another so I shouldn't be surprised at all but I was nonetheless.

@bongodoug 3 жыл бұрын

@@hudde814 Techmoan is a Patreon supporter of Oddity Archive. It was a nice reference to those in the know.

@nrdesign1991 3 жыл бұрын

That has to be the best use of 3D mapping and reconstruction. I always wondered how they did it in large installations; addressing each light by hand can't be the way to go.

@Maxxeine 3 жыл бұрын

I'm never going to get tired of bearded Mat. It's such a good look!

@TaborEaton 3 жыл бұрын

I bought this tree and My wife started crying when she saw how beautiful it was after setting up. She's going to cry again when she sees the Credit card bill. Lol.

@madx80h 3 жыл бұрын

@@andymerrett No clue. I went to the website, checked through all their links to purchase and it's all sold out, so the price isn't available. Are these $500? $2000? $5000? No clue...lol

@GustavoLovato 3 жыл бұрын

@@andymerrett the site has many stores you can explore. For example, here in the US, Target has the 400 LED RGB set (no tree) for $229.99. :)

@actuallyusingmyrealnameher5061 3 жыл бұрын

John Lewis has stopped selling the pre lit tree online so that’s going to be either availability issues or reliability issues

@TaborEaton 3 жыл бұрын

Mine was 329.99 US doll hairs. Wally world.

@Ward1706 3 жыл бұрын

In Aus, that same tree is (and I wish I was joking) $1399 at the cheapest.

@mikipank 3 жыл бұрын

One Christmas tree, one special VU metar, rainbow colours lights, one app, electric energy, one gentleman, this is all what you need for one nice Christmas spirit video, happy holidays to all your people!

@gbraadnl 3 жыл бұрын

Instant thumbs-up for "you do you"

@jamiefrost3453 3 жыл бұрын

0:01 Me: Hang on, this is a Techmoan video... I was expecting Alec.

@FiXato 3 жыл бұрын

it's lacking the complaining about the blue and orange/yellow lights xD

@jorgejarai 3 жыл бұрын

@@FiXato Brown with c o n t e x t

@FiXato 3 жыл бұрын

@@jorgejarai hahah, yeah, I was wondering if I should call it light-brown instead ;)

@dandare6865 3 жыл бұрын

when your xmas tree is listening to you, very 2020

@NVAfilm 3 жыл бұрын

I need this. This is why I love watching your videos because you always show me things I have never thought to look up let alone seen before

@darktetsuya 3 жыл бұрын

that's kinda cool! if the wife and I hadn't already bought a fake tree for our apartment we'd definitely have considered going with one of these! she really got a kick out of the different lighting design effects that'd be really cool while listening to your holiday playlist.

@AndreasKoepkeAU 3 жыл бұрын

Need two trees, one in each corner for left and right channels of the music.

@Fluteboy 3 жыл бұрын

And two for the rear. Quadraphonic trees.

@mattgies 3 жыл бұрын

@@Fluteboy Shoot, now I definitely need 5.1 trees but I don't know where I get get that tenth of a tree.

@AW-hn6ro 3 жыл бұрын

@@mattgies use the wreath

@Fluteboy 3 жыл бұрын

"Deck the screen with vids of Techmoan, fa la la la la, la la la la!"

@sebrassino 3 жыл бұрын

First time I see something like this actually work out of the box. Well done for this company. I saw these and was already very curious about them. Thanks for showing them!

@raretodd 3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your correction from “less” to “fewer” in the editing of the video. I admire your adherence to grammar rules! Love your videos! Keep up the great work! Cheers!

@glitchwalker5422 3 жыл бұрын

"My computer has RGB" "Yeah, well my Christmas tree has RGB"

@William-Morey-Baker 3 жыл бұрын

You mean, the basic Christmas colors? No shit...

@andrewfrost8866 3 жыл бұрын

As a concept, I think it’s quite interesting and reasonably well implemented.

@thelonesawyer8651 3 жыл бұрын

I know it's been said before, but it's nice to see a mature adult making KZfaq videos. Always very entertaining and well done.

@whatscheiser 3 жыл бұрын

You know I love this channel and thanks for all of the great videos, but you're outro is always just amazing. I love all the clips of the various things you've looked at over the years set to the music that you have picked out. I honestly could just take that clip and put it on repeat.

@Sir_Catnip 2 жыл бұрын

Oh this is fantastic! I want to get one of these for this Christmas 🎄

@DustyD0 3 жыл бұрын

I think id be better off to have my Wifi connected tree and wreath not aware of each others existence so they can't conspire against me.

@Kylefassbinderful 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know what looks more gorgeous, the tree and it's spectacular looking lights _or_ the lights shining on your beautiful HiFi setup in the background. The whole scene is just simply breathtaking.

@Teangeolai 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Christmas, Techmoan! I love your videos and your calm, good-humoured approach to the things you review. Not to mention the fact that you feature different items than we normally see on the hundred channels that all put out the same review on the same day.

@mhfssound 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Matthew :)

@ZGryphon 3 жыл бұрын

This feels like the logical conclusion to the IoT phenomenon. Expensive, dependent on someone else keeping a computer running somewhere, of no practical value, but strangely compelling. Hours of fun for the whole family, unless someone in the family is photosensitive. :)

@misham6547 3 жыл бұрын

or until it becomes a part of a botnet

@fhwolthuis 3 жыл бұрын

Yes and hide the password from the kids 😂

@CptJistuce 3 жыл бұрын

@@TradieTrev Can you even call it internet without TCP/IP?

@JanRademan 3 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened with my Pebble Time. I thought I'd get a good half a decade before the battery would pack up. The company folded in under a year.

@Firefoxfifty 3 жыл бұрын

I work in IT and I see people filling up their home's with these IoT devices and shake my head.

@nicwilson6587 3 жыл бұрын

Cracking tree, think I might tey and get one for next year. Thank you for Mat for keeping us all sane with your excellent videos throughout the weirdness that has been 2020. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family 🎄

@SmoothEmJay 3 жыл бұрын

Massive Merry and SAFE Christmas to you Matt, thank you so much for all you do and especially for the videos during this awful year. All the best good sir.

@PerspectiveEngineer 3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty amazing... I mean yeah I'm old, But mapping out 400 separate lights on a system In 3D with your phone come on

@mirabilis 3 жыл бұрын

The day you stop being in awe, what's the point.

@PerspectiveEngineer 3 жыл бұрын

@@mirabilis I know I'm waiting for 2030. And I still haven't got a SD card this size my pinky nail with the 500 gigs yet so... Damn straight on that.

@mirabilis 3 жыл бұрын

@@PerspectiveEngineer There are 1000GB ones too. ;)

@stephenswift9868 3 жыл бұрын

Aye, that’s impressive! A Vu meter Christmas Tree I could have some fun with that!

@nickwallette6201 3 жыл бұрын

I am simultaneously impressed by the technology and completely uninterested in the product. :-)

@worldexplorer75 3 жыл бұрын

Cool tree VU meter!

@Peter_S_ 3 жыл бұрын

Tree-U meter?

@brentpolk2431 3 жыл бұрын

My aunt wants this tree desperately! Best review yet.

@jw4321 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas! The only subscription on KZfaq I search for every morning!🎄🎄🎄

@totoplz 3 жыл бұрын

"Wait I just have to update my christmas tree" We really are living in a dystopian future arent we

@nutsnproud6932 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mat. Sadly I can't afford a tree (Covid unemployment) like that so we will have to get a free tree from the pine forest and put our ancient fairly lights on it. I'm drooling with jealousy. Happy Xmas to you and Mrs. Techmoan.

@equinegirl369 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore this! And I will save up all my money to get something like this next time we need to go shopping for a new Christmas tree. I can't wait but I have to. I absolutely adore this so much! Upload another video like this one!

@gazjones4763 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Mat. And thankyou for a tremendous year. Have a lovely time x

@GeorgeBratley 3 жыл бұрын

Cool product - as a stage production manager, I can see some great uses for a product like this as part of a lighting/set design. It would be cool of the company to add DMX or Artnet control, or even live video input through something like NDI to allow effects from a lighting desk or media server.

@hawk_ness 3 жыл бұрын

You can get WS2812 pixels and theres loads of devices such as the ESP32 or ESP8266 that can receive Artnet/ E1.31(sACN) when running something like the espixelstick firmware or something more feature rich WLED where it has its own built in effects but still can be controlled via Artnet/ E1.31. Plus its much much much cheaper than what Twinkly offer!

@GeorgeBratley 3 жыл бұрын

@@hawk_ness yeah, this would be the cheaper way to do it, but I'm very intrigued by the auto-map function of this. Manually spacially mapping WS2811 LEDs scattered randomly in something like resolume would be a nightmare.

@hawk_ness 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeorgeBratley Plan it out before placing them on thats what the Christmas light guys do for their outdoor displays. Never any need to map single pixels.

@Kumimono 3 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering how well the tree would display pixel art. Your Kirbys and Marios.

@tobintechlv 3 жыл бұрын

This version doesn’t do it very well The pro version allows you to upload any file you want to the server and run the system like a video screen

@Kumimono 3 жыл бұрын

@@tobintechlv Hah, only way to watch Christmas movies. 😁

@Twinkly 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Techmoan! Great video, thanks for reviewing Twinkly Music, Pre-lit Tree and Wreath 🤩✨🎄

@64jimboy 3 жыл бұрын

Just updated the firmware on my Christmas tree, a combination of words I never thought would exist. Great tree and Merry Christmas.

@Gpcas9 3 жыл бұрын

16:08 "They're unaware of each others existence" . Find out how to change that, and we all have a good Doctor Who Christmas ;-)

@jk9554 3 жыл бұрын

then he could have bought the bigger tree, too... "this room is much larger on the inside..."

@fr1day32 3 жыл бұрын

Now we have arrived at a true RGB peak

@jmesnault 3 жыл бұрын

I would never ever buy this kind of stuff, but you made my day just by showing it ! Thanks a lot.

@MattGamerUtlimate 3 жыл бұрын

I have these and love them, really takes traditional lights to a whole new level.

@roytait 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry but this has to be the most useless and utterly pointless use of IoT (Internet of Trees?). Ever. I want one. Or preferably two, synchronised!

@sypialnia_studio 3 жыл бұрын

This thing has both use and a point to it. Its over the top, its unnecessary, but not useless or pointles. And i want one too :)

@6581punk 3 жыл бұрын

I want one where you can program the branches to move with the music. Like a dancing tree :)

@FiXato 3 жыл бұрын

@@6581punk and a motion-activated mode to spook guests who are unfamiliar with it xD

@cameronwaddel4072 3 жыл бұрын

@@6581punk Is that you Mrs Brown?🙂

@Dust599 3 жыл бұрын

This is the first IOT device I have ever wanted!. Generally all IOT devices are s dumb gimmick. (and I normally don't bother with a tree.)

@02337755 3 жыл бұрын

Charlie Brown warned us about tress like this 🎄

@sfields4 3 жыл бұрын

This is a pretty neat product made better by your demonstration. Your posts are always a bright part of my day. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

@BensOnTheRadio 3 жыл бұрын

Got the independent string lights version to add to my existing tree and I’m quite happy with it! The different effects are really a treat to watch.

@Shaun.Stephens 3 жыл бұрын

3:38 Only two halves? Did you want three halves? ;)

@Mynameister 3 жыл бұрын

Tree halves

@denimadept 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mynameister No one expects...

@chadpollman7970 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, the saga of the halves and the halves-not. For what he spent on it, it’s no wonder he was in disbelief that it only bought him the halves-not version. 😉

@martijnvalk5613 3 жыл бұрын

Aaaw I really wanted to see that Union Jack animation on the tree :) Otherwise great video, and quite a nice invention from Twinkly! Although not for me, as continous twinkling lights in my vision will probably send me into a murderous rage.. But otherwise nice idea!

@Techmoan 3 жыл бұрын

It’s unrecognisable with so few bulbs - that’s why I didn’t include it in the video. Another hundred or so more bulbs spaced equally and it might have started to look half like something.

@JaredConnell 3 жыл бұрын

@@Techmoan aw what a shame. Still would be interested to see it but I trust your judgment

@3rdalbum 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Mat. Sorry to hear that you'll all be stuck at home, but your viewers here in Australia are thinking of you and sending their best wishes.

@markjamesmeli2520 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Techmoan...the best dressed and best voiced personality in all of KZfaq. The videos are great too!!

@Civilian08 3 жыл бұрын

I thought this was Technology Connections

@diegodoumecq5144 3 жыл бұрын

As a dev, I can't give you any real reason why the app needs "cloud" services instead of just doing it all in your phone

@remixandkaraoke 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video! You help keep me sane. Thanks for this and for all you do! Happy Christmas!

@Funkeditup 3 жыл бұрын

Amazeballs! Your Saturday morning uploads are my alarm clock

@ciphermatrix 3 жыл бұрын

Only thing missing is a rocket taking off effect :D

@JacGoudsmit 3 жыл бұрын

This would have been the perfect thing for the 1998 version of me. Just get it out of the box, plug it in and done. None of those balls of glass or other rubbish, just the lights.

@jochenstacker7448 3 жыл бұрын

Techmoan restoring Christmas harmony by reminding us that it doesn't matter if you have a real, fake or no tree. Just do what makes you happy. This has made my world a little bit better.

@Seiskid 3 жыл бұрын

Who'd have thought Christmas could get so complicated. The end result however looks absolutely fabulous. Merry Christmas Matt !!!

@d_vibe-swe 3 жыл бұрын

Christmas tree do IoT. Didn't see that one coming xD

@SupaPhly0 3 жыл бұрын

gamer tree

@eMDeeG 3 жыл бұрын

@SupaPhly you're right! All Twinkly would have to do is change tha packaging and marketing a bit to include "gaming" raise the price by 20% and they'd sell out instantly! LOL ...'gamer' things...

@WaLApA117 3 жыл бұрын

doesn't seem to have a way to sync with whatever RGB one might be running on their PC though...

@Lishtenbird 2 жыл бұрын

The production value on that app is astounding. It's actually hard to believe that a company selling RGB Christmas trees didn't ship it with the absolute worst, clunky, ugly and broken software. That thing looks better and more thought-out than most apps for higher end gaming keyboards!

@ZIGZAG12345 3 жыл бұрын

I actually liked the garage-light vibe when you filmed in there! That black door is seriously clean!

@ChrisBigBad 3 жыл бұрын

Flippin' Eck! It's Crimbo!

@stranger7968 3 жыл бұрын

Dependency on the cloud instantly killed any interest in this product. Looks cool though.

@beetooex 3 жыл бұрын

Happy Christmas Mat! Thanks for another great year of videos. Cheers!

@BOBKB3NZX 3 жыл бұрын

What a lovely thing. Merry Xmas Techmoan!

@azuritet3 3 жыл бұрын

Dressing like a Bond villain and showing us your "new technology" in your "lair..." That tree is going to explode isn't it?

@TheStuffMade 3 жыл бұрын

This could be great in a shop window to attract attention/customers, but not so great at home as it would get pretty annoying after 30 minutes.

@WilliamBode 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool, thank you so much for reviewing this product. It could be fun for lots of other events.

@edlakota 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched for years but never commented. I just have to say I found this very entertaining.. tech and great hunour. this channel is really getting into it's stride!

@reinmeiker9024 3 жыл бұрын

"Updating firmware for a Christmas tree," yup, Internet of Shit strikes again

@TheLegendMaster 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to see the Union Jack effect :(

@cooldrew11 3 жыл бұрын

I actually love this. Gonna order one next Christmas.

@darrensmith6999 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as always , thank you. Have a Happy Christmas and a great New Year 🎄🍻

@AkosJaccik 3 жыл бұрын

I'm eagerly waiting for the day when I can finally buy DLC-s for my christmas tree up until the point where - to quote TC - the startup behind it inevitably folds and my tree gets bricked entirely. Sarcasm aside, I do like the concept, I just wish that we'd have retained something from the horrible, dumb Stone Age of actually giving out at least basic standalone softwares for various stuff.

@leicestertyke 3 жыл бұрын

Had gen 1 twinkly light for 3 xmas's now. I love them when they're up but the app has always been garbage.

@byrons8956 3 жыл бұрын

I heard these sold out real quick when they first came out. Pretty cool how it learns where the lights are. My biggest issue with DIY IoT is the ones that are cloud-based, I like devices that can be controlled without internet connectivity or only by a mobile app.

@amandamacdougall1069 Жыл бұрын

they did i sell them we also have ones that some with a remote that change from color to clear or both at the same time they also have a dimmer on the remote.