Customers praise the Smart Lights Festoon 20 RGB LED Generation II for its easy setup, brightness, app control, and customization. They appreciate how the lights glow brightly at night and how the app is intuitive and user-friendly. Some customers also mention that the lights are durable and programmable, offering a wide range of possibilities. While a few customers find the lights to be expensive, many feel that they are worth the investment.
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Pros mentioned:
Customization, Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great lights for patio.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Lights look great on my patio. Easy to set up. Lots of color options. App controlled.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good outdoor lightning
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Complete set of outdoor lightning app works well you can set a timer for on or off
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Patio lights
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Purchased the starter pack and found out from Twinkly that they are no longer making the extension packs. If you only want to light up 33 ft then the starter pack will be ok. If you need more thern 33ft wait intil the next generation of Festoon
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Pretty
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Very cool looking lights that make your house feel a lot more calm
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Quality
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Garage and delivery from Best Buy was horrible
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Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Multiple lights went out after putting them up. I’ve had service calls in both job which cost me more time and money than I made on the jobs. Garbage. Do better Teinkly and Best Buy. Best But is by far the worst company I’ve ever dealt with as far as ordering and shipping of any products
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from twinkly Team
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Hi there, we're sorry you had issues with our products, but we'd like to look into this and help you! So please, contact us using the form on our website, twinkly.com > Help > Contact Us, our Support team will be glad to assist you.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great product
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works really great with existing twinkly lights. Music sync can be better .
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Simply the BEST!
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Amazing quality, have them hanging in our outdoor pergola!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good lights
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
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Nice lights, my daughter loves them! She chose them and wasn’t disappointed.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Quality
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Dont buy, waste of money
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought 2 of these and both failed within a year. Not the quality i expected for the price
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
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Great item. Works as intended would definitely recommend
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Buyers beware they changed the connectors!!!
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Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Recently bought a new pack of these as over time they become yellow and brittle. The outside plastic of the bulb breaks easily at that point and replacement outside plastic bulbs aren’t available. To my shock and dismay the new pack is 3 prong instead of two, and the loghts can no longer be physically connected together to creat 40 bulbs like is advertised. So now you have to have a seperate outlet for every 20 bulbs and group them virtually. First of all if you’re familiar with twinkly power supplies the dont share normal well outless well because they are big and chunky. Next that means you need lots of outlets outside of all places. Very disappointing and the boxes nor website warn you of this change.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from twinkly Team
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Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We confirm that starting last year, Festoon sets are no longer physically extendable, but please note that this is not a limitation for two reasons: you can group two or more sets, virtually via the App or you can buy the 40 bulbs new version.
Regarding the problem of the bulbs turning yellow, we would like to look into this further, because this should not happen. (Of course we want to replace them!). Please get in touch with us via the Contact us form which you can find in the Help section of our Twinkly official website. Best regards
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Twinkly Festoon Lights
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Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Love these Twinkly Festoon Lights. They are a little pricey at over $100 but I feel they're worth it. Make my backyard inviting. I bought them 12/21 and didn't put them up until 5/22 so they haven't been thru any major weather, besides extreme heat, here in San Antonio TX but they seem durable. Waiting for them to go on sale to order another string and connect them!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Brightness
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Lights
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
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Bought these lights as a Christmas gift. Saw them up and working for the first time. So many great controls thru the app. Dim or brighten to help make the atmosphere match your current environment.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Might buy a second set.
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
These are amazing to sit under in my gazebo BUT they are so dim, its still pretty hard to see what's going on in the dark.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Quality
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Bad quality
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
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The clips on the lights break every time you hang them. I had to use electrical tape in order to hang the lights. I have 4 sets and they all do the same thing.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Brand response from twinkly Team
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Hi Justin! We would like to better understand this behaviour and how we can help you, could you please write to our User Satisfaction Team, you can find in the help section of our website Twinkly.com. There you'll find the "Contact Us" page where you can contact us! We look forward to hear from you!
Pros mentioned:
Brightness, Ease of use
Cons mentioned:
Quality
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Great for some purposes, with caveats
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Pros:
Fairly heavy-duty waterproof wiring
Easy to connect and set up
Has its own local wi-fi connection in case you're setting it up somewhere without internet
Cons:
Lights stutter almost (but not quite) imperceptibly on some color transitions
Lenses are not high-quality
The set is heavy, meaning it requires some relatively sturdy anchors
The Twinkly Festoon set of 20 RGB smart string lights will get you going with a custom lighting experience. These lights are great for hanging under covered patios, along the roofline of a house, or even indoors. They connect to your home wi-fi network and can be used with personal digital assistants like Amazon's Alexa and the Google Assistant. Through the Twinkly app, you can use preset and custom lighting displays with pretty much any color of the rainbow and at any brightness level, even cycling through them on a loop using a playlist. Twinkly also offers a separate music dongle that can turn your string lights into an audiovisual display by syncing light output to music.
Finally, the Festoon set actually has its own ad-hoc wi-fi network, so you can use these lights anywhere there's power but no internet. You can connect directly to them using your smartphone to do any setup necessary. Bring them to that secluded cabin in the woods, or plug them into a one of those portable backup batteries and light up the night at your campsite.
In general, the Festoon set works very well, with lights spaced every 21 inches or so, you get about 35 feet of wire to run around the underside of your pergola, gazebo, or wherever else you like. Once you have the lights installed and set up, you'll probably find them to work just fine. The app comes with many presets that you can customize and save using different colors and transition speeds. I have enjoyed using the Festoon set in general, but there are some drawbacks that left me feeling a little less than 100% pleased.
The most important of these flaws, to my mind, is the fact that the lights stutter when transitioning between certain colors or raising and lowering brightness. It probably isn't anything someone would notice unless they were looking right at the lights, but now that I've seen it, it kinda bugs me. I can't tell if this is a problem with firmware or whether the hardware is designed this way, but the only way I can describe it is the light/color has "steps" of hue or brightness that leave the transitions looking not as smooth as they could (a set of smart RGB A19 bulbs I have does not have this problem).
Another con I've noticed is the light lenses aren't all that heavy duty. They're semi-opaque, thin white plastic globes that screw into the sockets, diffusing the light and protecting the bulbs. A few of the lenses in my set already have scratches on them from being moved around and re-packed into the box. I'm not entirely worried, because my application for these will probably be stationary, but I wouldn't know where to go about getting replacements, short of contacting Twinkly support and asking them how much they'd charge to send some. It would be nice to have a couple extra on hand in case one breaks so that I don't have to worry about having bare LEDs shining out from the uncovered socket.
Finally, the whole string of lights is quite heavy, so it's probably not a good idea to string them across an open outdoor area like the backyard space between a garage and the main house, unless you have some very sturdy anchors or can attach the anchors to more than one fixed place. Furthermore, if you're installing these indoors, be ready to use sturdy nails or hooks to make sure they will be held up.
All-in-all, I'd recommend these lights, but only for a specific audience of people who will install them in a stationary place and treat them gently, and who won't be bothered in case the stuttering issue never goes away.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
App integration
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
App controlled lights?! Yes please!
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Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Love Twinkly lights! This is my third set of lights! Love the app controls!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Brightness
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Ok
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Great product, works beautifully. Would for sure buy this again. One light burned out.
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from twinkly Team
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Hi! Thanks for your nice review, if you need assistance with your device, please do not hesitate to contact our User Satisfaction Team via the help section on our website!
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Looks good on our back patio
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The only issue was the some of thr lights rattled when we unscrewed the plastic house thr led light popped out all we had to do is align the positve and negstive rods into the correct holes
I would recommend this to a friend
Brand response from twinkly Team
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Hi, if you need any additional help on this please contact us through the HELP section of our Website, we will gladly assist you.
Pros mentioned:
Setup
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
These lights are great!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
These lights are great. Easy setup. Best Buy had the lowest price around.