LED Christmas lights which don't hurt the eyes: it finally happened!

[@c90adventures]

It's nice to see angry dishwasher man happy.

[@EddieBurke]

I have torn my hair out proving that running the hot water before starting our dishwasher makes it work better. I’ve tried, it does obviously. My mom refuses to believe the dishwasher doesn’t do it automatically even though *she doesn’t put it on delayed start*

[@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936]

You can NEVER get enough, OR too much dishwasher content!

[@dedasdude]

Wait, I know you 😮

[@F3ralun]

there are 2 Dishwasher channels I watch. This one, and the one from a plumber who shows how to fix my model

[@troysturges]

The crossover we didn't know we needed. Thanks for all the content suffering you've done great stuff!

[@PatrickReynoldsOnline]

Imagine you're the CEO of Vintaglo and this video comes out of nowhere. You just got better advertising than the Superbowl, and all you had to do was make a good product.

[@mildertduck]

It looks like they might have sold out…

[@JohnNeville617]

They already have pre-orders open for a summer 2025 delivery

[@dmir2]

😮

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

@@mildertduck Not surprised, Alec probably bought the lot

[@BrohoshaphatG]

>turns out the CEO learned business from Nintendo and sends a cease and desist to TC

[@CheapFlashyLoris]

Congrats to this company for earning the only celebrity endorsement that matters

[@daedalao756]

No, you have to say it this way... "Influencer endorsement"

[@josegljr]

7 years! I can't believe I have been watching him try to find the right lights for seven years. And I love that he finally got them. Why couldn't we have gotten these sooner.

[@lukefrahn8538]

"word of mouth" marketing strategy FTW!

[@Okurka.]

And it didn't cost $1.4 billion.

[@anglaismoyen]

​@@Okurka. It only cost making a product people wanted to buy.

[@Autistic-Etc]

“This is not what Christmas looks like. This is what a vape shop looks like!” SPOT ON my dude!!! I’ve been complaining about ugly Christmas lights for years. Looking at them feels like being poked in the eye with tiny needles. So unpleasant!

[@joeldevlin7912]

"This is not what christmas looks like... this is what a vape shop looks like" Not gonna lie, this line absolutely sleighed me

[@HugoDahl]

Came to post just this. "Or worse, a gaming PC".

[@KSPRAYDAD]

HOHOHO

[@MichaelsHardware]

this has to be top comment

[@namco003]

@joeldevlin7912 SLEIGHED... I smiled and was also disappointed at myself. LOL!!

[@adamgh0]

Got me right squaw in the chestnuts with that one😅

[@DIYPerks]

I've been following this saga for however long you've been doing it (I have the same complaints). I'm so glad there's finally a solution hahaha.

[@rogerk6180]

When will they be featured in a video?

[@JPFighter93]

A wild DIYPerks appeared! :O Love your videos and somehow I'm not surprised at all that you watch technology connections 😄

[@kristinnkristinsson1369]

Unfortunately for us Europeans, all these developments have been happening on the 110V side of the Atlantic.

[@tne9748]

I worry about the glow part mentioned in the video. The glow in the room is so important. I also wonder if I’ll mind the plastic vs glass. Just gotta try one day I guess when it’s made for EU

[@nobody-pr7fg]

I somehow did not expect to find you here

[@seasonsreflectionco]

We're so sorry everyone! 😭 We've ruined one of our favorite holiday traditions: watching Alec meticulously paint mini bulbs and become endlessly frustrated by the vape-shop inspired holiday madness! On a more personal note: I cannot thank you all enough for your incredible support. Only hours in, and the response has been nothing short of unbelievable. We are truly and forever grateful to each and every one of you. To all the nitpickers, those who provided feedback, shared pictures, and left comments-your input means the world to us. We couldn’t improve without your thoughtful suggestions, and we value each and every one of them. Cheers to the warmth and magic of Christmas!

[@LockelyFox]

I'm glad you folks are getting a windfall out of this--- just don't forget to spread some of that to Alec because he 100% made this possible for you.

[@xiaodown]

Hey, it's the company from the video! Thanks for making Angry Dishwasher Man happy!!! And thanks for making what looks like a great product!

[@DJRobSunset]

Thank you. If it is possible consider shipping to Europe. Can’t wait to buy multiple.

[@PsRohrbaugh]

Love to see a company engage with its customers!

[@sayhowling]

you guys are SOLD OUT wth man there's still a month before XMAS , STOCK IT UPPP

[@benharsha8467]

I think there's still one final piece to totally recreating the incandescent light experience. One of the best memories of having a tree up is that it made the entire house smell wonderful. In retrospect, it was probably because the incandescent bulbs were heating up the tree and helping release whatever compounds make that smell. I mean, it did also have the small side effect of burning down houses every year, but as long as that didn't happen it was great! The LED lights just don't get hot enough to get the same effect. That said, probably best to go with a candle or scent thingamajig over slapping a fire hazard down in your living room. Thanks for another great entry in this series!

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

Finally! The perfect job for essential oils! Smells Nice Without The Fire Risk! 🔥

[@a.p.5429]

They had bulbs that blinked independently too. It was beautiful to lay under the tree and see the colors changing on the ceiling.

[@thelinxswe]

Unfortunately, the only way to heat up the bulbs more is to make them consume more power. 5W of power consumption = 5W of heat released, more or less. If you want the bulbs to heat up the tree as much as incadescents, you therefore need to make them consume as much power as incandescents. Scented candles are the way to go :)

[@seasonsreflectionco]

Believe it or not, we've been working with a local award winning perfumer for just such a thing!

[@schex9]

I'm allergic to real firs and pines (or, at least, molds and pollens they bring with them), so I am restricted to an artificial tree from now on.

[@glennac]

VintaGlow employees are scratching their heads trying to figure out why their complete seasonal supply of these lights suddenly evaporated in a single Saturday morning. 😝

[@BillieTheGoose]

Hopefully they have the analytics to know that the traffic came from this video 😂

[@magnesiafrost1863]

Aaaaand - it‘s gone 😂

[@neonsigns6721]

​@@magnesiafrost1863thanks for the laugh. Atleast this .....and it's gone, is positive

[@jakeaurod]

This is the weekend when many people get and put up their Christmas decorations.

[@RoughNek72]

​@@BillieTheGoose right!!! I hope so!! 😂😂😂

[@oscarcacnio8418]

If I am interpreting this correctly: *_Aesthetically,_* Tinted Incandescent Christmas lights feel like plucking the A string on a guitar. Monochromatic LED Christmas lights feel like playing an exactly 440Hz square wave out of a piezoelectric speaker.

[@BillieTheGoose]

Yes! In fact that's a fairly accurate analogy. Now I want someone to take a spectrometer to an incandescent and an led and slow it down so we can hear the difference!

[@barcodenosebleed5485]

Aesthetically, yes. Otherwise you're analogy is, with love, terrible lol. But it does sorta make sense if I squint my brain. Maybe a single violin playing an A vs. an entire string section?

[@davidriosg]

​@@BillieTheGoose that's a pretty interesting idea

[@BillieTheGoose]

@@davidriosg maybe I don't even need a spectrometer... as cool as it would be to do it in real time, I might be able to get the bulb spectrograph online and convert the image to tones...

[@yessitsme6884]

Well a square wave would have a lot of harmonics so you'd hear way more than just 440Hz. A sine wave would be the analog here

[@elangomattab]

The company is active on their Facebook page at this moment and "had no idea the response that would get". I hope this truly is a boon for a good small business!

[@lifeteen2]

I just hope that doesn't mean they'll overproduce for next year, lots of small businesses discover a new pocket of customers and over-estimate the size of it. I'm really glad they're taking pre-orders so they can get some idea how big of a batch they need to produce

[@jaymzx0]

Did people post the link to this video? :D

[@elangomattab]

​@@jaymzx0I posted the video link and a couple others have now too.

[@kneau]

To those interested: the small business is called Seasons Reflection CO. but will soon be renamed Merry CO. Parent company is Reflection Group LLC and yes, it is a "small disadvantaged business." I was being a grumpy cynic, yet everything checks out!

[@SwervingLemon]

​@@kneauThanks for not only doing the legwork, but being good enough to say you were wrong.

[@TheSquidNinja]

Holy shit, I've been wondering why Christmas has never looked the same since I was younger than 10, and couldn't figure out why my lights always look like shit to me. This is absolutely blowing my mind and one of the only things I'm willing to pay a premium for on novelty alone, I'm so glad I found this channel

[@caesiumx1334]

If you can't get a hold of these since they sell out so fast, or just wanted cheaper/faster through going back to incandescent... turns out Ace Hardware still has some of those online for order.

[@ManIkWeet]

You can truly tell this is Alec's passion because there were no bloopers at the end of the video. Not a single mistake was made talking about christmas lights!

[@andrew_ray]

He said there were two, but they weren't funny.

[@macstevins]

tbf, he did say that there were 2 in the subs, but they were very minor and that it mightve been awkward that its just 2

[@ManIkWeet]

@@macstevins Ah I didn't know, but still only 2!

[@DurfDiggler]

If it were TRULY “no-effort” he wouldn’t have edited them out in the first place. 😊

[@danielkeller6610]

😁

[@LunaWitcherArt]

I love the obsessive part of KZbin. Anytime I care about something, someone who cares about it 10 times more than I do has already made a video about it and it soothes my soul.

[@jeffwells0123]

I wish the algorithm could pick up on this and show me more obsessive content, though it might be hard to find one that can hold an LED to this channel

[@edgedg]

@@jeffwells0123 Wish for flying cars. The algorithm balances cost and is too dumb to actually custom-tailor things. You get suggestions from channels you subscribe and occasionally from media giants like Technology Connections, very occasionaly.

[@werawerlnwerlnrlnelr]

I very much enjoy Styropyro, StuffMadeHere and AlphaPhoenix

[@epicppg]

@@jeffwells0123I see (clearly) what you did there!

[@RAWDEAL064]

Same. Deep dives on stuff, even stuff I don't necessarily have an interest in. Specifically Music and Movies

[@RyanMercer]

Annnnnnd out of stock, probably because of you.

[@neoasura]

I still got my old incandescent lights I'd like to upgrade next year (they always burn out) might be worth just planning next year to use these and getting them when they're in stock over summer.

[@RyanMercer]

@@neoasura I signed up for their newsletter, hopefully they announced a restock on it!

[@001vern]

Amazon also out of stock. Bummer.

[@merashallan]

You can preorder for summer 2025

[@piccalillipit9211]

The company will be completely mystified why they suddenly sold out completely LOL

[@benjaminledford5841]

I think the alogrith suggested me your video because "they" have heard me rants about this exact frustration and desire for someone to fix the problem for the last 15+ years. Thank you for sharing my frustration and glad to be informed someone finally has gotten close to fixing the problem.

[@BunkerSquirrel]

There are 2 fascinating things about this video: 1) someone out there actually cares this much about their seasonal string lights 2) This person made me care just as much about their seasonal string lights

[@ElihuAran]

Oh, you're new here. Welcome! It's a lovely place

[@robertmaggs8435]

@@ElihuAran Right? This all brings joy and laughter. Alec knows who he is, knows what he wants, and the combined appreciation and attention to detail is a beautiful example of the comical specificity of Internet niches. Angry dishwasher man has my subscription. 🎟️

[@aaronmacy9134]

I am also ridiculously obsessed with my Christmas lights and despise LEDs. I got banned from r/Christmas on reddit for calling LED lovers "peasants".

[@Llian_C]

@@aaronmacy9134 LED's aren't all bad. You can put waterproof LED strips in your dishwasher to really bring it to life, particularly if it has a window panel.

[@x--.]

He gave voice to the voiceless, though we felt the same.

[@kath7151]

3:13 "this is not what christmas looks like, this is what a vape shop looks like. or worse, a gaming pc" i love this so much. your passion for things many others do not notice brings me so much joy

[@screwaccountnames]

I agree very much with his sentiment, which is why my gaming PC doesn't have a glass panel.

[@vardenkenzei5053]

"And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well..."

[@pinkertonpunk]

I’ve also never understood the RGB obsession with PC gamers. So odd…

[@CWINDOWSsystem32]

@@pinkertonpunk I use the RGB elements of my prebuilt PC as temperature indicators. Otherwise, random flashing lights in my peripheral vision are pretty annoying.

[@Furious321]

@@CWINDOWSsystem32 Coming from a "black box" PC case, I went with a two-window full tower just to *see* the components with steady, dimmed lights inside. Not all RGB has to be programmed to mimic a slot machine.

[@bgw33]

PhD color vision scientist here. Congrats. It is a delight to hear color stimulus and perception explained correctly.

[@jttech44]

What's your focus specifically?

[@Sekir80]

Hey, Dr. Color Vision! Please, explain to me if there is any use of color-blindness glasses or not? Is there a color blindness that can be cured by them? What I have dug up already these glasses mostly are scam, but I really need a respectable opinion, how they are might not be a scam.

[@gigagogagagio]

@@Sekir80 they're a scam and I'm also a respectable opinion

[@eragonawesome]

​@@Sekir80 there is no such thing as glasses that allow colorblind people to perceive colors they lack receptors for, simple as that. The colorblind glasses can AT MOST increase contrast between colors that colorblind people struggle with. Source: am colorblind, did a LOT of reading when I was gifted a pair of enchroma glasses that did absolutely nothing for me

[@smalltime0]

He explains it every year

[@twol78s90]

Dear Mr. Technology Connections, You, my friend, have got to be among the very best KZbin presenters out there! Not only are your topics always a bit off the beaten path(which I really, really like), your explanations take sometimes complicated stuff and make it profoundly easy to grasp. You manage to do it with a sense of humor that frequently has me laughing so hard that I have to pause the video in order to recover. Learning works best when one enjoys the process, and good yet subtle humor is a wonderful way to get people learning without them even noticing they are learning! You are a master of this method. The production quality is among the most consistent out there. It is clear that you pay attention to details like consistent audio level, lighting, and precise editing as much as you do the content itself. Consistency is king! Not only is the presentation rock-solid consistent, but care you take in the production of your presentations permeates every aspect of your postings. Along with all of that, the content is actually useful in everyday life. It's not hyperbole or hype, and there's no click-bait! it's straight-up, common sense, thoroughly-researched, passionate, meticulously-prepared, interesting and entertaining stuff - every single time! You saved my dishwasher! I was about to replace it, thinking that it just wasn't doing the job as good as it used to after 22 years of service. It was an expense that I was dreading. Then, I saw your video about running the hot water before starting the machine in order to allow the dishwasher to get truly hot water at the very beginning of the cycle. My immediate reaction was, "D-oh, why didn't you think of that, you dumbkin?". But, it's not intuitive if you assume that appliance designers are actually thinking of making products that do the best job possible. This tip made my dishwasher clean the dishes and cookware far better than it did when it was brand new! And to think all it would take is a temperature sensor and a little extra logic to have the same effect automatically. Just measure the temperature of the incoming "hot" water and run the drain pump until the "hot" water is actually hot before starting the first clean cycle. Why don't they do this??? Is a temperature sensor THAT expensive? Heck, it could be a sealed bi-metal thermostatic switch that closes when the supplied water temperature reaches a practical minimum. How much could that cost? A thermistor hooked to an A/D channel on the microcontroller might even be less-expensive. Oops.... sorry. I got mired in a tangent, but still, THANK YOU for saving my dishwasher (and my money)! Anyway, in my opinion, there isn't any other channel on KZbin where you can get the magical mix that you've created of information, entertainment, no-gimmick usefulness, meticulous presentation, and humor. I have watched your videos for years, always loving every single video -- even if they aren't about something I'm really interested in(which is actually pretty rare), and I still get pulled in by your presentation. I have always looked forward to your annual "Christmas Light Fight"! I am so with you concerning the frustrations with LED Christmas lights. Your videos on trying to make LED Christmas lights that look the way they need to have so resonated with me. I'm really happy that the entrepreneurial spirits out there have responded to the need for LED Christmas lights that don't look like they should be hanging in a vape den (fell out of chair). I suspect that they were perhaps spurred on to do what they did by watching your struggles every holiday season! My only regret is that, as you say, this might be the last time you need to make one of these videos. Nah..... that won't happen! You already foreshadowed what you'll make the episode about next year, and perhaps some enterprising person/company out there will pick up the hint and run with it(VINTAGLO: .hint, hint). The technology is already out there, just a matter of combining addressable broad-spectrum white LEDs and a tiny microcontroller that contains a profile for the "on/off" brightness profile of an incandescent mini-blinker light, combined with a heat profile that matches the way the little bimetal strip in the blinky light makes it blink faster the warmer it gets. Heck, maybe even add Bluetooth controllability to select the blinky patterns. Just DON"T PROGRAM IN CHASING, which is NOT how Christmas lights should ever work! Done! While they're at it, put a proper power supply in there that makes a clean DC supply for the LEDs to get rid of the strobe effect (which I too can see, and annoys the hell out of me). Might cost a bit to do, but it'd be so worth it! Maybe put the power supply and controller in a little brick that plugs into the wall, and the strings of lights plug into it. Maybe by next year, there'll be commercial versions of this, and your video can be a review of them! Please keep doing what you so delightfully do! May your holidays be as warm and comforting as your stash of VINTAGLO light sets you've found. I just wish I could buy some -- they're nowhere to be found! That's a good thing, though, because their well-deserved success likely has a lot to do with your review. I believe that whether you like/want it or not, you *are* an influencer (though, like you, I despise that term). PS: Sorry for the TL;DR comment. I haven't commented here before, and had so much thought built up over a long time that it just all rolled downhill accumulating into a big snowball of words.

[@Abigael317]

Perhaps you should also make vids? You seem to have the same kind of nerd-ness as TC.

[@GarethJason]

I love how they are sold out but they put a message saying thank you for the support, what a swell wholesome company.

[@Flint_Inferno]

Not only did I just learn today that the Tru Tone store in my city is their only physical location...I got to meet and speak to the owners! Briefly mentioned this video, and it seems they are close to making their own mini bulbs too!

[@Atlessa]

Good news everyone: Next year's video is confirmed! It's gonna be about the Tru Tone mini lights. :D

[@dawnv3436]

Neat.😄

[@ads1035]

Excellent! Competition!

[@twofifty5951]

Curiously I happen to be in Ogden for work this week, had no idea Tru-Tone was based here until I was walking around the Christmas Village and saw their display and said “Huh!” Going to have to stop by the store before I leave!

[@abydosianchulac2]

​@@AtlessaIt might even be a comparison video

[@andon_RT]

"Or worse, a gaming PC!" As someone who goes out of their way to find the "No lights" options on their PC stuff... oh yeah, I agree.

[@Roxor128]

Yeah, just because I use it for gaming doesn't mean I want windows or lights on it. Or the other kind of Windows, either.

[@freedomcaller]

Same

[@Munchticles]

But everyone knows that for every piece that's RGB you get 5 extra frames!

[@chaos.corner]

I have engaged in the judicious use of wire cutters before.

[@dopaminedrought395]

@@Roxor128 do you game on Linux? I was thinking of switching but I heard a lot of games don't work on it. Any tips would be appreciated

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

I never realized the lights at Menards looked different than the others because of this. 11:05 I actually REALLY like that! I always thought the fake “LED filaments” were ugly looking, but the resin blob is a clever solution!

[@jeffdoesstuff9134]

We need this title to be for headlights. Im tired of being blinded while trying to drive

[@NoNameForNone]

That's 99% to "LED"/Incandecant/Xenon headlights with manual ajustment set to either 0 or 1. The "LED" is because they always require non-maual adjustment.

[@Marc_Fuchs_1985]

Are you riding a bike? I am a dedicated cyclist, and I get annoyed like crazy by modern lighting tech. Not even because sometimes the headlights might be adjusted a sliver too high, but because fancy new tech in the doesn't take cyclists into consideration. Those matrix lights with auto high beam, which illuminates different parts of the road depending if a camera sees lights there - those stupid systems never recognize cyclists (if the bike has a properly adjusted headlight, pointing on the road and not blinding others) and I get blasted with lasers right in the eyeball. Granted, with a cyclist it doesn't generate nearly the same amount of danger, as if it happened with other cars, but still it annoys the living fuck out of me.

[@johnthefactfddict3281]

So this leads to normal lights being high beams and normal mode being removed, causing driver blinding that literally will kill people

[@johnthefactfddict3281]

@marcfuchs6938 agreed, led color and brightness are not the only issue, they often are installed wrong so they shine in windshields instead of the road as regulations require

[@DanteNava]

That's just jerks not aiming their lights correctly. Pisses me off too. I used to test automotive lights years ago and there's specs for all of that stuff along with laws to go with it. They just don't seem to be enforced.

[@setharnold9764]

22:50 "last time I have to make this video" our traditions define us, and tell us who we are. I'm already looking forward to next year's Christmas lights video! ❤

[@A_sad_vegetable]

Let’s just hope this gets more popular so more companies make them and create an actual market

[@stealthiestboy]

I've heard from that company he recommended that they're looking to implement some of his suggestions.

[@Khrrck]

I'd be interested to see him leave a few bulbs out in the UV all year to see if they fade at all. Since I probably won't be able to buy any this year, lol

[@neonsigns6721]

It's become a tradition! His Christmas light pilgrimage that it. I hope it's not the last one! The journey has been fun. I have done some experiments and sent them to him even. Here's to an update next year

[@VictorSantos-gs3rk]

He could easily make this a yearly product review from the items available in the market from here on

[@shangerdanger]

vintaglo: give this man a lifetime supply and some commissions on this season's sales

[@tophers3756]

For real. There's never been a more obvious spokesman, and he deserves the compensation.

[@LT.dans_new_legs]

Christmas lights

[@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2]

out of literally any verified channel, you specifically commented here.

[@TheJunnutin]

@@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2 huh?

[@malapertfourohfour2112]

​@@TheJunnutin huh?

[@PhoenixStriker1]

I’m glad you decided to share your pedantic color preferences because they align perfectly with my own. Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow will always feel more enjoyable to me.

[@AndyAtHome]

You know what? I used to think that you were overly obsessed about this, but those lights DO look fantastic! (and I want them!)

[@Kajico]

Looks like they're already sold out. People truly yearn for the glow

[@swedneck]

they yearn for the shines

[@Quasihamster]

"...and through the magic of buying thirty-five hundred of them, you can't get any!"

[@JoseLopez-gi9sf]

Nobody likes computer monitor lights on their Christmas tree. It is too techno. We want Christmas. I can't believe it took seven years for someone to make them right.

[@TirailTir]

As a child I yearned for the mines

[@steerr]

They're taking preorders for next year.

[@stazeII]

Blue LED Christmas lights trigger the same “fuzziness” in my eyes that black lights do. They’re really hard to look at. Pretty stoked to see these Christmas lights.

[@stazeII]

I should say, I mostly hate blue LEDs for this reason. They are actively uncomfortable to look at. I understand it was a big deal when they were created, and are important for many reasons, but by god I wish companies would stop putting them on things. Lol.

[@emily36130]

Blue and ultraviolet light have much more energy than red or orange. That's why it's so harsh on the eyes.

[@moonspeak6374]

really surprised to hear I am not the only person who experiences discomfort looking at blue LEDs :O

[@stazeII]

@ what confuses me is others don’t. “I have an idea! Let’s put blue LEDs on EVERYTHING!!!!” Maybe those designers just walk around with blue blockers on.

[@JosephDavies]

@@stazeII They must be the same people who lit the first season of Star Trek: Discovery and said "yes, everything looks fine here; there is nothing wrong with harsh overexposed blue lights shining directly into the camera."

[@gardenia77]

I appreciate your same, stupid, yearly video every year. In fact, when your videos get lost in my feed, it is usually your same, stupid, yearly Christmas lights video that brings you back to my algorithm. You were the only person, besides my grandmother and myself that I had ever soeak about the "real" twinkling Christmas lights off the past and I have looked forward to all of your Christmas lights videos since.

[@nicknack125]

6:48 being pedantic here for science reasons since I work in the optics/photonics industry, but it is worth noting that LEDs technically don't produce a "single" wavelength of light, just a very narrow spectrum that is centered around a single wavelength. Lasers on the other hand do produce only a single wavelength of light. For instance, a green LED emission spectrum (designed to target 550nm) will have a spike at 550nm that drops off significantly +/- 25nm from the center wavelength, but a green laser will have a straight line spike that emits purely at 550nm and zero other wavelengths.

[@sockatume]

Thanks for pointing this out - readers might like to know this is why quantum dots have been so popular in LED and TV technology. They’re phosphors that let you get quite narrow colour emission, controlled by the particle size of the dots.

[@tsl7881]

He wasn't quite spot on with that explanation.

[@JustinThe5exyl3east]

"being pedantic here for science reasons..." Buddy, you are in the RIGHT place!

[@whit9250]

Free knowledge! Thanks buddy!

[@jeremylow7757]

Being pedantic here for science reasons since I also work in the optics/photonics industry. Most lasers don't actually produce a single wavelength of light as there are multiple longitudinal modes, just beyond the resolution limit of conventional spectrometer, and therefore appear to be single wavelength. Only "single frequency" lasers produce a single wavelength of light, but even that is pushing the definition of "single" as the single frequency also have its own linewidth. Just being a bit ornery and splitting hairs. Just happy to see a photonics fellow on the web and decided to pull your leg a bit.

[@Zalaniar]

The fact that there's a patron called "Latent Heat of Vaporization" makes me very happy.

[@herzglass]

Now I wanna sign up as "Our old pal - the bimetallic strip"

[@Okurka.]

Sounds like a vaper to me.

[@youdontknowme5969]

I wonder if some Spotlight Patrons change their names every month LOL

[@youdontknowme5969]

24:00

[@12799MaDeuce]

​@@herzglassI call dibs on "the magic of buying two of them"

[@g_way]

I'm eternally grateful that even in your no-effort videos, the captions aren't auto-generated. I love that proper captioning is a "bare minimum" thing on your channel! It should be that way everywhere, thanks for leading by example lol

[@SomeCuteDoragons]

Lesbian rollercoaster (based)

[@ashtonhoward5582]

He does read off a teleprompter, so it seems a bit easier than other types of content, at least.

[@g_way]

@@SomeCuteDoragons hell yeah brother I love women and fancy trains

[@g_way]

@@ashtonhoward5582 I can imagine that would make it easier!

[@nocturn9x]

​@@g_way now I want a Bi roller-coaster!

[@Waterwine77777]

I might order a box. I too miss the old Christmas lights and how gentle and warm and cozy they felt to look at.

[@mercster]

Good news: we got to see you happy in a video. Bad news: These are sold out everywhere.

[@WMfin]

This makes me so happy. I love it when people are wholesomely pedantic and are set to correct even minor wrongs in the world

[@estoops1592]

Purchased, I didn't even wait for the video to complete. I have infinite faith in the wisdom of Alec in this matter.

[@paulstanley86]

Same

[@DavidBurstrom]

You got a 20 minute head start ordering them :)

[@MikeSparksMusic]

Exactly! This is why I use Great Value Rinse Aid 😂

[@chadtaylor365]

... and they're sold out!

[@jaykickliter]

And they appear to be sold out

[@CrazyPat3000]

Finally KZbin algorithm provided something useful. Never heard of your quest, but bonded with it in the first minute. For me I tried to throw money at it with some Twinkly lights, so 25$ are a steal 😂 Very well laid out explanation of a problem many people seem not to see, thanks for the great video! 😊 Have a nicely lit christmas! 🎄

[@DanteNava]

As a lighting nerd (I work on the science end of the lighting industry), I was excited when I started seeing LED Xmas lights years ago, then learned how much harder it was to make warm white, then rectified lights. I wasn't a fan of the purples and orange lights you spoke of, but took it in stride as progress. Now when discussing lighting design and our emotional (and circadian) response to lighting with others, the lights of yore are something I miss. Thank you for reminding me of something I'd long accepted as "that's just the way it is now" so many years ago. There's a certain part of me that both cringes and appreciates that as technology moves forward, we still manage to bring it full circle to as close to a 1:1 of what we used to have. I'm glad you're enjoying these. :)

[@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936]

way, way back... they had actual burning candles in little holders on the phreaking live sap dripping, drying needle trees. The flashing lights on the fire dept trucks lit Christmas up with traditional red and blue "lighthouse" style illumination, along with the natural illumination of the flames coming through the roof of the house. Falalalala

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

​@@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936and these are not just safer than candles, but they also need way less power (and voltage) and don't fail anywhere near as often as those tiny lightbulbs.

[@arubaguy2733]

I would truly be impressed if someone could make a "bubble light" using LED tech. (I know, old-timey bubble lights used very hot incandescent bulbs to boil a low boiling point liquid in a glass tube.) I still have some and love them, but they are burning out more and more. (EDIT): I just noticed Amazon sells new sets of bubble lights...YESSS!

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

@@arubaguy2733 Do you mean the thing I know as lava lamps? Those are one of a few uses where I don't see incandescents going anywhere in the near future. Much like some terrarium heat lamps and the little light inside the oven. But it would be cool if it was possible.

[@feynthefallen]

@@citylockapolytechnikeyllcc7936 I still insist on actual beeswax candles on an actual fir tree for Christmas. I'll have very smart and colorful LED lights on it as well (because I am a nerd and love tech), but none of that plastic rubbish for me.

[@joeross]

You can tell he’s celebrating because the blazer’s off

[@JeffBilkins]

Seriously confused by this sweater.. it is.. different.

[@AngelinaThumbelina8]

​@@JeffBilkinsHis Santa Claus sweater is 1980s thrift store chic 😂

[@lexp6099]

@@JeffBilkins That sweater is amazing! The vintage pink and turquoise combo is a classic.

[@xHarpyx]

I am glad he found these but now make that shirt not hurt my eyes 😂

[@Atylonisus]

This is his only form that our impure eyes can make sense of. This was done out of necessity.

[@lt1caprice57l]

Also: Tru-Tone has been working on mini lights for years. David is like you (and I), he is extremely nitpicky and a perfectionist, he won't settle. So my guess is when they do come out, they're going to be GOOD.

[@NeonCoding]

and you can actually buy those to the uk for a decent price

[@subplot]

Sadly if their current range is anything to go by, they will also likely be 2-3x the price of the Vintaglows.

[@lt1caprice57l]

@@subplot you get what you pay for...

[@deniseeliza1]

I can't wait. I got Tru-Tone C9s for my house this Christmas and I'm SO happy with them.

[@oscaretcheverry616]

6:36 I know it was no effort november, and this channel tries to explain things as simple as needed, without any unnecessary details, but I HAVE to nerd about this. Color led lights do emit a shorter bandwidth of light, certainly a lot shorter than filtered white incandescent light, but they DO have a certain bandwidth in the color spectrum. Closest thing we have to a single wavelength color are lazers, which are considered monochromatic due to their incredibly thin bandwidth around a single wavelength. Amazing video btw

[@TheScourge007]

I'm so happy that you got to close out No Effort November with a video that was clearly seven years of effort in the making!

[@notchhero11]

It may take a special kind of nerd to request these lights, but honestly? I didn't know why I hated the LED Christmas lights until I encountered your crusade. Thank you for always being that special kind of nerd and helping us find out more about our technology!

[@glynnetolar4423]

I'll hate any of them for the 60 or 120 Hz strobing. We have the technology to get rid of that.

[@pettere8429]

​@@glynnetolar4423it is called a switching power supply and apparently they cost too much to add to these string lights.

[@therizinosaurus214]

00:38 eyes of a mad man that has finally found peace

[@LucidAnomalies_]

😂😂😂

[@MonkeyJedi99]

So, one corkboard in the studio can finally have the yarn taken down, and the various clipped pictures and article snippets filed away for archival purposes...

[@mortisCZ]

Captain Ahab as he harpooned the Moby Dick was my first thought. 😀

[@therizinosaurus214]

@mortisCZ if his chest had been a cannon, he would have shot his heart upon it

[@thetechsavvy01]

His fresh depression went soggy!

[@lolnyny]

Nothing delights me more than finding a nerd about something so specific like this. It's best and coolest source of knowledge in this world.

[@coreyjordan4117]

All this praise for Vintaglo and they don't even realize what they've done. We may have just lost a Christmas tradition.

[@smalltime0]

I'm going to set up a private equity firm to purchase the company, just to sell of its assets.

[@vaylonkenadell]

@@smalltime0 YOU MONSTER.

[@seasonsreflectionco]

@@smalltime0 We're on sale. This cannot be the end!!!

[@tuckertucker1]

For those of you not sure exactly what tradition @coreyjordan is referring to, it's this... "Angry Dishwasher Man Tries to Change the World for the Better: Holiday Edition!"

[@Redbikemaster]

They realize lol. They've commented on both this and his last Christmas light video

[@EricLS]

They have a write up that explains why literally no one else does this. They had to have a custom LED package created to get the right wide spectrum white and have it small enough and efficient enough to fit in a mini light.

[@reginaldsafety6090]

Ummm, that doesn't sound right. He was able to get a decent multicolor string going with friggin nail polish.

[@kingfisher_imperialist]

And a spraypaint guy did 95% as good

[@Christackleberry]

@@reginaldsafety6090 Yeah, but those would cost a ridiculous amount to produce and would cost over $1/bulb for consumers.

[@oldhelldog5460]

@@Christackleberry Why? When manufacturing the caps, just put some dye in the plastic and you are practically done.

[@brantwedel]

@@reginaldsafety6090 I wonder is it was about heat/longevity. Since the nail polish absorbing the non emitted light would increase heat buildup ... might fail faster than spec.

[@rhonda4107]

Thank you!!! I have been trying to explain what I hate about LED minilights for ages, but my spouse just doesn’t get it. It’s nice to know I’m not alone in my need for nostalgic incandescent minilights that don’t flicker and cast a warm glow. I feel seen.

[@squeaselvonstrange]

Yes! Anyone i complain or mention this issue to just acts like I'm a super crazy person for feeling this way. This video is so validating lol

[@IamCree]

Same

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

I knew that staring directly at LED Christmas lights was always kinda sharply painful to my eyes (and sometimes gave me very, very mild slight migraines) but I wasn't aware as to the reason why until watching this video.

[@sutliffgnassi9925]

OMG TY !! First, for noticing the issue, and second, for showing us an off the shelf solution. I still use incandescent C9s, but maybe not for very much longer.

[@baskooij8500]

In the past week me and my girlfriend rewatched all of the earlier colored Christmas lights videos. And then this video dropped. Merry Christmas incandescent lamp man.

[@dansproshop]

I’m the friend, Dan. lol

[@kiro9291]

mvp

[@RoaldvdM]

We all need a friend like you, Dan.

[@oguzcana]

Dan the man

[@NotGabe001]

thanks Dan

[@MariusNinjai]

Not my friend did not message me now it’s sold out

[@MidnightGameRoom]

Congrats on being the first person I have heard say “If worse comes to worst” instead of “If worse comes to worse” in years. It’s a pet peeve and you have created a calm in me I very much appreciate lol

[@gmfCoding]

If worst goes to worse (I'm sorry)

[@alphabeets]

Mine is “I could care less” instead of “I couldn’t care less”. People saying the opposite of what they really meant.

[@georgebernard2002]

If the wurst gets worse

[@A_Very_Small_Dragon]

Oh huh, I've only ever heard "If worst comes to worst"

[@Exquisite_Poupon]

The original phrase is "If worst comes to worst", so your pet peeve is also incorrect.

[@colinbrazier8511]

Mission accomplished. Well done Alec, thanks from all of us who treasure just how fantastic our eyes are and happy Christmas from the UK.

[@madmanjack6923]

I'm in my 50's and have had this same gripe since the take-over of LED's. Your video was most welcome. Thank you !

[@EricLS]

The "glow" is what really blew my mind when I saw my sister's tree a few years ago. She still had 100% incandescent bulbs and the warm glow they make is like 80% of the feeling of Christmas for me. I have a GE nightlight that actually gets really close, so the the glow is possible.

[@EmilioBPedrollo]

That blurred warm background at 23:55 really hit me with nostalgia.

[@aeray3581]

Also known as taking off one's glasses😅

[@catrielfeminia6807]

I love how you are obsessed with things that don't matter for the majority of people. I feel very connected with that

[@oransands]

Next someone will build a heat pump dishwasher!

[@erkinalp]

but with the hot water input only, so it'd produce cold water from hot input

[@TechTipsUSA]

With redundancy through the magic of buying two of them.

[@ventilate4267]

I don't think it would be able to get the water hot enough

[@TechTipsUSA]

@@ventilate4267Perhaps one could achieve the requisite temperature with two separate stages utilizing multiple refrigerants which possess different phase-change-temperatures.

[@Farmboy1927]

And oven!

[@Mrkevi123]

I crashed at my parents' house for Thanksgiving, thinking it would be a cozy, peaceful night. Little did I know, my mom had gone full Clark Griswold and strung up these supernova-level LED Christmas lights all around the house. I swear, NASA could probably see our roof from orbit. When I went to bed, the light blasted through the curtains like I was sleeping accross a vegas casino. Forget counting sheep-I was counting the minutes until sunrise, except it felt like it had already arrived! At one point, I debated constructing a makeshift blackout fort out of pillows. Needless to say, I didn’t get much sleep, but hey, the house looks festive! Just… maybe next year, we tone it down a notch and use these dimmer LEDs.

[@abydosianchulac2]

Your parents leave the lights on all night? Even with them being LEDs, that seems both a waste of energy and horrible for the neighbors and wildlife, not to mention you.

[@grantgranby]

When you said "Or worse, a gaming PC" I looked over at my brightly lit PC and said "He didn't mean that"

[@Nazuiko]

I wish my pc had an option to turn the damnable RGB lighting off. I can switch the color setting but not OFF.

[@hiredgoon4269]

@@Nazuiko Closely inspect the components themselves. There may be an actual physical switch to turn the LEDs off completely. Mine does. I just changed everything to solid red though. Solid red is easy on they eyes and is very good for a dark room late at night.

[@DouglasWatt]

@@Nazuiko If you install the RGB control software from your motherboard's manufacturer, there should in fact be an "off" option.

[@Krushak8888]

​@@Nazuiko check the bios, mine was in bios

[@integerofdoom69]

@@Nazuiko Should be a button below the floppy drive. Mine is beside the TURBO button.

[@pancake2700]

it's so funny to me to hear you complain about the purple or pink lights in some sets, cuz my first thought when you showed the vintaglo lights was "wow really cool but where's the pinkish purple" 😂 i guess what we grew up with has a lot to do with what we think stuff "should" be like despite the loss of my personal favorite shade on the string, i do really like these. we've had LEDs for our tree for some years now and it just hasn't been quite the same as it used to be. the eye pain is precisely the problem (well and the pink/purple is missing lol) and i didn't even realize attempts were being made to find a better answer. i really hope these take off!

[@BlueBird-wb6kb]

Agreed I like the Pink

[@piccalillipit9211]

*I LOVE PEOPLE* who care so deeply about things that just don't matter a sh!t to me, cos I care very deeply about things that matter to virtually NO ONE.

[@BlackCatCoffeeCompany]

Were you that crazo driving all over town measuring and adjusting the angle of yield signs last Tuesday?

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@BlackCatCoffeeCompany No but I appreciate them doing that LOL. I strongly believe that vertical format video should be a crime against humanity. [among other things]

[@VADemon]

@@piccalillipit9211 dunno what you're talking about, I enjoy my 4K monitor in the 9:16 aspect ration LOL

[@mysteriousdeath14400]

There is nothing more attractive to me, nothing sexier, then someone info dumping about something they are passionate about

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@mysteriousdeath14400 Well I would not go that for - but I do love people who actually CARE about a thing.

[@backyard_mechanic]

You are the only one who can talk about xmas lights for 25mins and keep me insterest without thebskipping and 2x speed! Keep up the great work dishwasher dude

[@AspiringNormie]

Same. I loved his dishwasher video and amused how entertained my husband and I were... About dishwashers no less.

[@K61r]

I'm SO glad someone else noticed this. Hopefully they ship to the UK... Also, THIS IS "NO EFFORT?" HUN YOU HAVE B-ROLL

[@alexmartinelli6231]

gotta put in effort for the traditions. The only video that matters this month

[@KarmenD-ce5re]

what is everybody have to turn their videos into rocket science you do realize that nobody cares about that just get to the point and efficient and quick

[@wilkgr]

To be fair, in Aus this uploaded on the 1st Dec. Technically not November anymore!

[@Dave-in-MD]

@@wilkgr It's still November 30th.

[@afjer]

All-effort when it comes to Christmas lights.

[@courtneykholousi]

HOORAY!!! I’ve been following these videos for years. I too am very picky about Christmas lights. Thanks to your videos, my husband and I have been slowly acquiring Tru-Tone C9 strands over the years (since they are kind of expensive). Simply elated to learn there is another company out there making light strands to our shared standards!

[@brianshacklett9882]

People usually think I'm nuts when I say LED multi-color lights look bad. Looking forward to picking some of these up.

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

It's those people that are nuts, not you. 🙂

[@-GBD-]

White lights only! Add color with ornaments!

[@BigBoyJay_69]

They're already sold out 😭

[@irreverend_]

Individually addressable RGB lights are bright as hell without some kind of diffuser. Just leave a lot of spots in your vision if you accidentally look at them directly

[@manitoba-op4jx]

my massive stockpile of incandescent light strips will outlast me

[@jonathanbadue7122]

I agree with you 100 percent, the intense blues and weak reds and yellows from led Christmas lights has always annoyed me to no end! I will be checking out this product.

[@Speeder84XL]

That unblance in color would be easy to fix though - by having less current going thru the blue and maybe green ones. If all or big groups of LEDs are in series (which is usually the case), this can be done by putting bypass resistors in parallell to the blue (and perhaps green ones) - so all current is passing thru the red and yellow ones, but only part of it thru the blue (and maybe green) ones. But again, that's something that most manufacturers don't do on the ones you can buy. I otherwise like the strong color of the close to monochromatic light emitted from LEDs - but the wider spectrum filtered light, is indeed nicer if the light is used to light stuff up and not just for decoration on their own. If using single color LEDs to light up a room for example, it has to be mixed with ordinary white light sources (or having a part of the LEDs in the circuit being unfiltred white ones) - otherwise, the color perception will be terrible.

[@PlayerSlotAvailable]

I live in a country where coloured are seen as extremely American and ostentateous, so I have never had any experience with coloured lights. This is fascinating.

[@deniseeliza1]

@@PlayerSlotAvailable That's interesting... where I live in America I'd say the rich people would agree with you. If you go in rich neighborhoods, everything is very tasteful and restrained. All white lights. Professionally installed. Occasionally all blue. You only really see multi-color lights in poorer and middle class neighborhoods. Occasionally you'll see a big fancy house with multi-colored lights, but their neighbors probably think they're tacky. That, or their street has decided they're going to be the Christmas Light Street and everybody has really creative decorations and everyone in the city goes and drives around the street to look at them.

[@PlayerSlotAvailable]

@@deniseeliza1 Huh, how weird that there would be a class divide. Norway is where I live, and it is generally considered fairly wealthy, though probably not by US standards. Income is quite equal, so you don't have certain professions earning six figures, but you also don't have a lot of poverty. Now that you say it though, i realise that the very rare houses I have seen with coloured lights 'are' on the poorer side, but they are also expats, which I automatically guessed was the reason. I assumed that they didn't know that coloured lights weren't liked here.

[@txag90]

My parents lived in a nice Griswald decorating neighborhood. Every light was white, until the one year I decided to do groupings of solid colors. Next year everyone followed suit : ). But at my house, I’m going multicolor for the tacky aesthetic. Alas it’s the led lights, but next year….

[@HipNerd]

Finally there can be laughter and joy at the Technology Connections tree decorating. Previously: Can we decorate the tree now? No! I'm not done painting the bulbs!

[@daniel_steinmann]

I absolutely hope they come on the european market next year !!! I was hating LED x-mas lighting like forever.... but this 🤩🥰😍🤩 (I could order in US but I hate using converter transformers too )

[@DeviantOllam]

You look so joyful and everyone here at my g/f's house is so delighted to see your reaction in this video. 👍☺️👍💡🚨💡🚨🎄 Thank you so much for taking us on this journey year after year! 😁💚

[@socoamarettojustine]

Of course you're here! Happy holidays, I love your content 😁

[@DeviantOllam]

@socoamarettojustine Thanks for the hello and for the holiday cheer... Hoping all the best for you and yours this season, too!

[@keksimus__maximus]

You have a girlfriend?

[@DeviantOllam]

@@keksimus__maximus yes, she appears in the comments of many of my videos. But, of course, my wife Tarah appears in my comments a lot, too. ☺️👍💚

[@hive_indicator318]

If you're putting lights up remember... Stay safe out there

[@kentslocum]

I bought a set of these because of someone's comment on your previous video about bad LED Christmas lights, and I love them! They came with a hand-written thank you note from the company, too. 😊 I have a feeling they will need to write a lot more thank-you notes after this video. 😊

[@ProfessorJayTee]

The only KZbin channel to put more effort into a "no-effort" video than most put into their regular videos.

[@edgedg]

His pace of video output is unfriendly to the algorithm. He only survives because the content is fire.

[@oz_jones]

That's the joke

[@kreb_]

Never seen one of your videos before, but you just got a new subscriber. This is exactly how I feel about those damn LEDS. Glad they're getting there finally!

[@mbessey]

That demonstration at @6:58 is really striking. I knew it was going to look like that, but it was still surprising to see it make no difference at all.

[@mastermarkus5307]

Same! I thought that surely the cap would be darkening it a little bit just by cutting off the amount of light we could see, but it was doing LITERALLY nothing.

[@Gebieter]

I am just at my grandparents every Christmas. They have original vintage lights, so to speak. I love the cozy atmosphere when the Christmas tree is the only thing illuminating the room in the late evening.

[@Notivarg]

The comparison at 19:00 really shows what I miss the most. The incandescent tree is just lit well, you can see the lights' soft glow illuminate branches and needles. The tree on the right is just dark with bright spots.

[@Khrrck]

@@Notivarg Yeah that's what I noticed too. They just don't seem to shed as much light into the area, rather than the light quality stuff he was talking about. There's always a chance it's more visible on camera than in person though.

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

I couldn't help but notice that too (and Alec pointed it out) and it's the only thing that kind of put me off these new bulbs. That soft glow from the incandescents is so very important.

[@UnknownFlyingPancake]

I love the way old christmas lights look in the dark. They look so soft and gentle and blend in to the surroundings in a gradient sort of way. They look like lights floating freely in the dark and have a sort of "magical" vibe as you only see the light, and not the shape of the bulb.

[@vf1923]

Yes I noticed this. The lights are brighter, but shed less light. He didn't talk about that aspect.

[@rosverlegaspo6752]

This is mostly because LED lights are more directional. They act more like flashlights which throws light mostly in the front rather than like a candle that throws light equally around. You can see this clearly at 17:10 and especially in 19:20 where the LED lights lit things at the front brightly but almost none goes to the back while the incandescent does illuminate the back. Maybe this is something they could improve on.

[@lemondrop201]

I honestly don't care about these other than I love that you are getting a product you had wanted. I know that feeling of learning something you wish was on the market finally is. Happy for you dude. Merry Christmas.

[@PortalFPV]

Most LED Christmas lights are GARISH! So happy to see these. I can now start thinking about finally switching over to LED's as all 3000 of mine are still incandescent

[@Fierriel]

@@PortalFPV same!! I almost gave in to get LEDs this year but looks like I’ll be waiting til these are back in stock

[@gui18bif]

​@@Fierrieldo not give in ! Incandescent NEEDS to come back.

[@Fierriel]

@@gui18bif​​⁠but I want to put an obnoxious amount of lights everywhere! And not have to wrangle extension cords all over the yard 😂

[@samanthab3292]

Solely clicked this because of how much pure joy you finally exuded. Merry happy all the days.

[@-danR]

But I only have one, teeny, tiny complaint, and I assure you it hardly matters in the general theme of joy, but only for completeness I thought I should mention it...

[@foogod4237]

Ok, I've always sort of watched bemusedly from the sidelines on this one over the years, because personally, I just really don't like colored Xmas lights at all (I much prefer just the regular white ones, particularly for mini-lights on trees and such). But I've still always sympathized with your plight and rooted for you to find the solution you've always been seeking. And then you not only do that, but *also present better white ones too for people like me!* This is _indeed_ a happy day, and a truly joyous season. The white LED mini-lights for a while have been "good enough", but always still rather annoyed me. They're still well-worth the switch anyway, IMHO, if nothing else just for avoiding the regular oh-so-fun ritual of "let's figure out which bulb went bad" for every. single. light string, every. single. year. However, many of them skimp on the LEDs and then do weird reflector/prism things to coax more "omnidirectional" light out of them, that actually just make them have very bright spots in a few key directions, and dim from every other angle. Too many of them also have a pretty poor CRI, and also lean too much toward "cool white" (which I actually personally prefer for many lighting applications, but even I don't want that for my Xmas lights). And of course there's the fact that almost all of them are flickering at 60 Hz, which is an annoyance in passing, but can be headache-inducing if they are making up any significant amount of the light in a room. On the other hand, these sound almost perfect (120 Hz is still not perfect, but I think I can live with it). I'm gonna run out right now and buy some of.... Oh. They're completely sold out. Even the white ones. Figures. Bah. Humbug.

[@bryanl1039]

I just discovered your channel and I freaking love you! I refuse to buy any led Christmas lights,until now! Thank you!

[@jumbobrian]

I'm glad most LED Xmas lights just look fine to me, but I still appreciate all the effort that goes into a proper recreation of the vintage lights

[@pdmckinn1961]

I can’t believe I just sat through a 25 minute video discussing Christmas lights, and enjoyed it! Thank you first for the information and secondly for making it entertaining. Well done.

[@PilkScientist]

17:15 so fun fact, you can make a spectroscope pretty easily out of a box with a slit in one end & a broken CD-ROM. It's a common project for schoolkids looking to learn about spectra, and seems like a thing you'd have fun with.

[@sonicmastersword8080]

They are also fairly inexpensive when it comes to science equipment...

[@donbionicle]

@@sonicmastersword8080 They run the gamut from a 10 dollar children's example model to several thousand dollars for what I can only assume is a high quality piece of lab equipment. Given TC would need one that has video output to be useful in this context it'd probably be one that costs a couple hundred at least. "fairly inexpensive when it comes to science equipment" does not mean cheap!

[@ziginox]

@@donbionicle I keep thinking about picking up an iPhosHD scope. It's a little north of two hundred bucks, and is essentially a cardboard tube with a modified webcam at one end, aperture slit at the other, and a diffraction grating in the middle. Steve Mould mentioned it in his 'black flame' video a while back.

[@tbird-z1r]

​@@donbionicle Everything is fairly inexpensive when you're earning $100,000 per month in KZbin money.

[@donbionicle]

@@tbird-z1r That is a wild number to be posting, have you got a source for that information?

[@thecatladytm7172]

Christmas came early for you, man. Congrats on finding them 👏

[@cadfleetwood]

Hello from Russia! It's great to find someone who shares my concerns, because I was starting to think I was the only one who hated the obnoxious glow of LED fairy lights. For a while, I thought I had changed and no longer felt THAT FEELING when looking at them. Turns out, I haven't changed a bit. It's a shame I haven't yet found a decent replacement for incandescent fairy lights, but you're inspiring me to keep searching. I'm glad you succeeded!

[@esotericVideos]

You should make a playlist for this whole saga.

[@dspiffy]

This is a good idea

[@youdontknowme5969]

I and many others already have 😉

[@kevinsmith9899]

I'm so happy for you! It seems likely that we already have a generation of people for whom the newfangled LED colors will bring back the nostalgia of true Christmas. They'll look at these vintage colors with a sour eye, insisting on getting pure colors instead.

[@RandomPersonOf2005]

Both the monochromatic LEDs and the warm LEDs can coexist

[@kevinsmith9899]

@@RandomPersonOf2005 Oh, for sure. I'm just pointing out that this particular nostalgia factor is probably limited to folks of a certain age range. As folks who grew up with LEDs become the buyers, they're likely to be happy with what they have always known.

[@yurab1834]

Yes - I grew up with mostly modern LED lights, and while I can see the obvious difference between the types, I just don't get the almost over-the-top disdain for LED lights that I see in here. Unless it's extremely blatant with blue dominating everything, I really don't mind good mainstream LED lights. People in the comment section are finding dozens of ways of describing why the incandescent lights are Objectively Better, but most of it seems to be subjective nostalgia. It's kind of like how people who grew up with incandescent lightbulbs often want lights to be way more orange than usual.

[@kentslocum]

​@@yurab1834But the blinding blue IS objectively worse! I look at people's houses decorated for Christmas, and they make me shiver just looking at the cold, intense blue lights. 😢

[@xiphosura413]

​​@@kentslocumYou're not understanding what objective and subjective means; that's still a subjective statement, though one I happen to agree with. It's not objectively better or worse in appearance as that doesn't make sense. The lights in this video are objectively better at replicating incandescent lights, whether or not this is preferred is a subjective opinion by definition. Again, don't get me wrong I agree the warm light looks better but I can recognise that it isn't objective superiority so much as correctly pandering to subjective nostalgia. There's nothing wrong with that.

[@nymeria941]

I found your channel around this time last year thanks to the blue LED video…since then, I’ve started running hot water ahead of the dishwasher, pining after my neighbors’ retractable awnings, and judging businesses by their door closers. Happy holidays, and thanks for the erstwhile education in tech!

[@PhoeniXCh1]

This is why I love this channel. Really well informed, knowledgeable and reasonable nitpicks about household appliances and machines. It's equal parts petty and academic

[@Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

I wish I was as passionate about anything as Alec is passionate about Christmas lights... and media formats... and heat pumps... and dishwashers... and smoke alarms... and...

[@HamRadio95]

The best Christmas gift he's ever received

[@pherja]

You’re possibly the only person who makes me break my rule of “no instant like”. But you, talking about making LED Christmas lights as good as possible, instant like. 👍

[@aawillma]

3:13 That was a very sassy "This is not what Christmas looks like!" and it was VERY well earned. I don't want a vape shop in my living room, and I already have a gaming PC in my living room window!

[@periwinkle2486]

risky place for a PC... keep your doors and windows locked!

[@androiduberalles]

Now we just need them to make warm white shimmer effect sets. Nothing beats the incandescent ones. Ugh, it warms my soul.

[@jakeaurod]

What do you mean by "shimmer", blinking, twinkling, or programmed?

[@androiduberalles]

​​@@jakeaurodit's the sets that are like all in series and they have a few high current blinking bulbs that drag the brightness of all of the others down a bit when they're on. It's sorta common on icicle lights. You just get this nice warm/gentle pulsing effect from the set as a whole, kind of like the way a candle isn't perfectly consistent.

[@fiercebaldguy]

Video: released 2 hrs ago. Lights: Already out of stock 😭

[@GoddessOfTheWinds]

As someone who appreciated and loved the soft ambiance of incandescent mini Christmas lights, I am really happy to see this video. I did start watching 3 weeks ago, but I forgot to finish it. Looks like I know which lights to buy next time I need to get some.