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Mods- Can we get 2010 in the title please?

• amelius 8y ago
  Are these lights still on the market?
  • wpietri 8y ago
    Not that I can find. The link to GE's site is broken and they aren't available on Amazon.
    • cronix 8y ago
      Seems Lowes has them https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Color-Effects-50-Count-32-6-ft-Multi-function-Warm-White-Color-Changing-Led-Plug-In-Christmas-String-Lights/1000525907 https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Color-Effects-50-Count-32-6-ft-M...
      • wpietri 8y ago
        Those are a different model, and from this discussion it seems that hacking them it at least different and apparently harder: http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-44356.html http://doityourselfchristmas.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-...
  • soylentcola 8y ago
    As has been mentioned in this thread, there are much better deals these days for addressable RGB LEDs. You can order the strips or strings from US/other western outlets for higher cost but faster shipping. Or you can go on Aliexpress and order them for a hell of a lot less from closer to the manufacturing source. I started out messing with strands from Adafruit and learning the basics of microcontrollers but when some friends and I started playing with bigger projects (or just wanted more lights to fool around with in various things) we just ordered them by the 5m spool for 1/4 or 1/5 the cost on Aliexpress. The pros of ordering domestically are faster ship times and likely some sort of QA/return policy. But if you just want to order 10 or 20 or 50m of RGB LEDs to screw around with FastLED projects and can handle waiting 1-3 weeks for shipping (even if you pay extra for faster shipping it's typically still cheaper) you can get many more lights per dollar spent.