Ask HN: What are the best programmable holiday lights?

Re:Ask HN: What are the best programmable holiday lights? by havnagiggle on Sunday December 08, 2024 @10:54AM (#42357803)

Is Govee the down-cone style? Or are there also others doing that? There's been a couple of houses that have this and I wasn't sure what they are using, but it's the only one that I would consider doing whole house exterior. Many others look too sharp.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best programmable holiday lights? by jason_pomerleau on Sunday December 08, 2024 @11:13AM (#42357906)

Yes, though they have other types too. We’ve been thrilled with ours. I’ve never done Christmas lights because I don’t do ladders, so having a permanent fixture is attractive. Plus we can use them on big holidays too.

I have big reservations about ‘smart home’ stuff, and it’s only the second such device in our house. But I’m clearly losing that battle, and will be looking into some ways to mitigate the privacy concerns. But gosh, it sure is nice to pick from a gazillion light patterns.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best programmable holiday lights? by tannedNerd on Monday December 09, 2024 @12:29PM (#42368187)

I have them on a separate vlan that my iPhone can see. They can only see other govee devices and my iPhone so not super worried.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best programmable holiday lights? by F7F7F7 on Monday December 09, 2024 @08:28AM (#42366101)

Govee has a plug and play solution. You can accomplish that he same thing with WLED and programmable strips, however.

Half the price but four times the headache.

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