(Part 3) Best indoor string lights according to redditors
We found 811 Reddit comments discussing the best indoor string lights. We ranked the 344 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
http://www.amazon.com/Keystone-Products-Jingle-Shotgun-Christmas/dp/B001H54EA4.
Also available at Home Depot and other retail outlets near you!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MYO4ZHF
Can you link the LED stip / power supply / and wifi controller you used?
I just picked up some of these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CE580B0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They are great, but wifi control would make them amazing.
Please attach this to your underwhelming diploma after framing with a nice mat border: https://www.amazon.com/szminiled-Battery-Powered-Waterproof-Flexible/dp/B012F1EMTG
yes. you should. absolutely.
but don't go out and be a panicky animal and spend $1300 on 'emergency food buckets' from overpriced fear vendors. smart preppers hit the grocery stores for protein/fat rich, canned/boxed, long-life food. hit the dollar stores/job lot/whatever you have and take $100. that's a good budget for about 3 weeks to a month of food consisting of canned items. you'll be amazed at the amount of off brand foods that are perfectly fine at off brand stores. generic spam/chili/deviled ham/tuna/chicken/beef stew/soups etc. big bags of rice (i do minute rice...less water/cooking time). boxed flake potatoes. SALT AND PEPPER AND SPICES. you don't have to live wihout flavor. also, sriracha. seriously.
don't forget water. don't waste space with gallons and individual water bottles (unless you have space, i do not). get the big 5 gallon 'water cooler' bottles from your grocery store. you can build racks for these easily if need be. they say 1 gallon per person per day, but we can live well off of less, and most of us do.
guns/ammo? your choice. i have plenty of both. i think everyone should.
take into consideration HOW you get everything you enjoy. water? is it well/city? if the power goes out do you still have water? no? do you have gutters? where do they empty? could you put a trash barrel under one for greywater (toilets flush, dishes, etc). do you know how a toilet works? serious questions no one ever thinks of until it's dark lol.
your stove. is it electric? does it work with no power? propane? how does it spark? do you have a way to cook if there's no power? camp stove from amazon and maybe 5-6 1lb propane tanks, stuff like that.
lights. have an oil lamp? no? you should. BOOM here ya go. don't forget the oil.
get some LED string lights. don't forget batteries.
i could go on and on.
yes, you should be prepping. something is going to happen soon. if you have a BJs/SamsClub/Cosco membership, use it.
we're good for up to 3-5 months, depending on consumption, WITH 4 cats. we've been prepping for months. hopefully we never have to use it, but i have the same feeling you do, buddy. be safe. and take this time to learn HOW everything in your nice comfy convenient home works while you can. before you're stuck doing it when it doesn't work anymore.
am i afraid? nope. i use the same mentality as when i put on my seat belt. "gee, hope this thing never HAS to save my life, but i feel safer having it on".
S is going to HTF. i know it, and so do lots of other people.
final note. don't be a fatty who has a year worth of food and can't defend it if someone wants it. cardio. walk every day a couple miles. curl some weights for ten minutes a day. basic situps/push ups while you watch tv. pass the time and get shit done. you don't have to be ahhnold, but if you look and feel like peter griffin, you're not gonna be much use in a survival situation. best of luck.
Get you some
I usually just do strings of battery operated lights, you can sew them to a fur vest and leave the battery pack in a pocket, or sew them to the outside of your backpack and tuck the battery pack inside. Put a string on your bike too, ziptie the battery back to the frame. They have about a thousand brands of them on amazon for <$10. They come in different colors, or color changing.
I do a couple of one or two night adventures across california a few times a year. From my experiences, here are some of the most handy things in my opinion. Note; I have an absured amount of storage on my F650GS Dakar, so some of this stuff is not for light packers:
One of those battery powered string of led lights, for easy dim lighting where you can't have a campfire. eg, something like [this](
https://www.amazon.com/GardenDecor-Decorative-Battery-Powered-Bedroom/dp/B071CFJ52T/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1518029901&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=battery+led+string+lights)
Biodegradable body wipes, for when you reek like B.O. from days of sleeping in the dirt and you have to interact with civilized people.
Water purification tablets, in case you break down somewhere in the middle of bumfuck nowhere and you need water. The bottles are tiny so they don't take up much space.
A chair because 24/7 of either sitting upright on a bike or laying on hard dirt starts to hurt like hell.
Some good undies with a junk pouch, because you are going to be sitting for hours and everything will start to get mashed up and uncomfortable. Best investment I've made, IMO.
Ahhh, well since you give me a great link to the molding side of it, maybe I can help you on the controller side.
Fibaro RGBW Micro Controller Z-wave, Works with RGB/RGBW LED Strips
Now, I know what you'll think, because I thought it too - $70 for a dinky Z-Wave LED light controller? WTF?!
But it's actually so much more. Besides DC in (BTW, it takes 12 or 24volts, too) & Ground there's "IN1", "IN2", "IN3", "IN4", "R", "G", "B", "W". And the manual is odd too. You connect the LEDs up, then you have to wire switches into it too, etc etc - I haven't totally figured it out, but it's kinda neat. Also you can get it running on SmartThings. I've just migrated from ST to Home Assistant with a Aeotec Z-Wave stick and a deConz Zigbee stick.
The 4 "IN"s can be used for multiple sensors - which I might have to give a shot.
Anyway, what I've done is hookup 2 light strips to the controller - one is RGB, the other cold white (It's what I have at hand, and I like the color reproduction etc etc, haven't played with many RGBW lights). I typically use a white LED strip with 60 LEDs/meter, and then the RGB is 120 LEDs/meter.
You can control almost an unlimited number of strips with the one Fibaro controller - the secret is to add in RGB LED Amplifiers when the colors start going wonky. Honestly, they're cheap enough I do it between every set of LEDs I intend to connect together.
In testing, I found I like the look for the RGB LEDs closer to the wall, and then the White strip.
So there you go - hope I didn't confuse you there, trying to bang this out and get back to running ethernet throughout the house. Let me know if you have any questions.
try checking out your local hobby shop. Or amazon how ever you prefer. You could get some super bright LED strips that are super thin and wire them up with hardly anyspace under the board or above being taken up. The strips are less wide than the thickness of the edge. Run the edge and now you have illumination in front of the board on the ground. Mix that up with a high quality head lamp and maybe some friends and you might just have a good time.,
I've been thinking of doing this for some nighttime neighborhood strolls.
edit something like this
https://www.amazon.com/Intensity-Waterproof-300-Flexible-Superbright/dp/B005ONEJ00?ie=UTF8&amp;dpID=61-%2BwNqfcRL&amp;dpSrc=sims&amp;preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_
Amazon.
Shelves:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CPPRSYX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
Grow lights:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PWC3F8B/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QNHTZ9C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
Fairy lights:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072NH2FQ1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
Congratulations to you as well! 🤗
You sure can! Here are the twinkle light curtains and here are the battery LED lights
Here's a roll of 16' for 10 bucks. He said he got it on Amazon.
They're something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JT3DDJO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_9QGfAbSR5KDZG
I'm not trying to use them as additional light for the plant, just want some ambient lighting. I just don't know enough about horticultural lights to understand what this light could do to the plant, if anything.
Happy Birthday!!!!! Hope you are doing all kinds of Birthday Shenanigans tonight!
My favorite joke:
What did the goldfish say when he swam into a wall?
DAM!
These battery LED Lights for $4.80 would be nice, if I win! :)
We are DIY'ing much of our wedding. Buying booze and food and hiring the DJ etc. were easy, but now we have to figure out decorations!
We have this vision for wall art throughout the venue. The idea is that we take lights (for example, fairy lights) and some kind of grid (for example, chicken wire) and make huge "light murals" of Chicago and New York skylines, where we are both from. So the lights form the outline, using the chicken wire as a grid system so it's uniform -- and also easy to transport, roll up, unroll, and hang.
I made a proof of concept in Illustrator: http://imgur.com/8X3it39. It's about 8 feet by 4 feet and uses 2 inch chicken wire. I measured the length of the path already, and it's about 33 feet. Luckily, they sell fairy lights in 33 foot increments which is perfect.
Don't mind the gaps in the lines in the image. I made a custom brush/pattern in Illustrator and I'm not very good at it. But it would be one continuous string of lights.
We don't know how many we'll have, and if we'll do a separate one for each skyline, or combine skylines on the same grid and distinguish between the two with different colors.
But I wanted to get /r/DIY's thoughts on the general concept first. Do you think that will look nice? Is this doable? Is there a better way that I'm not considering? Maybe different lights, or something other than chicken wire? I haven't really been able to find examples on the Internet.
This is made up of:
It gets a ton of smiles and comments. Have fun this season! I sure did.
Samsung magician is going to give you everything you need for SSD optimization. You could bump the ram up to 16gb since it looks like you will be encoding on a semi regular basis (guessing thats what the optical drive is for) It's like 15 bucks more to double your Ram. The only other thing I would say to get, purely for aesthetics, is some LED lighting.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NQR7R32/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
Things like this are Very cheap. Like 3-4 bucks, and make you feel so much better about your build. I bought some blue ones for my rig, and while I know it does nothing for performance, it just makes me happier.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYO4ZHF/
It's 16 feet and you can cut it to your length
Right, okay, several options then based on time materials, ect.
Option 1: Super easy but probably the least impressive, Fairy String lights. Wrap those around a little low gauge wire so they keep their shape, plant the base up off the tops of the shoulder / head (to keep them from hitting people) and there you go, you can even bend the support wire in weird ways so it looks less like you're a walking crib mobile. The downsides are of course that you will have visible wires sticking up off you and each light strand will have to be turned on and off individually.
Option 2, and the method I personally would take: Plant star chip 3v leds in your suit various places, again, I recommend higher up but it matters less here. Wire them all together with a simple on off switch. Attach standard fiber optic cable to each LED (not side lit), sometimes you can get more than one strand per light, but it's a little tricky to place them like that. Hot glue a clear plastic or crystal bead. The hotglue should disperse the light from the fiber optic cable though the bead. It'll be heavier so again, you may want to use some support wire, or you can just let them move and sway naturally when you walk. The fiber optic line by itself is transparent , so it'll be less visible but at the cost of being less structurally sound. Plus less cost effective since you'd need the lights, the cable, the batteries, and the switch.
Fairy Lights Battery Operated - Non Blinking- 9ft 8in - Set of 1, Warm White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M2DPLIE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0DrBzbGDXAD99
Not an outlet, but a lot of places sell battery powered "fairy lights". Here is an example. They look a little smaller than Christmas Lightsn but they are cute.
I used a 40ft string of remote controlled fairy lights with different light levels (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J0WD050/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_87ANzbSSSXPWA). They are never hot or even warm to the touch, even after they run for hours. We usually have them on a 10-50% brightness. The flowers have a hole in the base, so I hung basic picture hooks, and hung the flowers. Once everything was hung, I just wove the lights in and around them. The basic pattern I stuck to was wrap flower, bent light wire around hook to secure, go to next flower.
The remote sensor and plug are down behind our wine rack, and I ran the lights up and down the wine rack bars to backlight it first. The wire crosses from the wine rack to the flowers behind the lowermost leaf, which touches the wine rack just barely so you don't see the cross over. It took some finagling and it's not easy to get them up, but it was really worth it.
The LED strips are a little different then the rope lights, Strips are more for creating a custom accent lighting and the rope light (which can be used in the same way) are for more temporary things and you are limited to their lengths.
Be sure these are in there.
E-MART 3.5M 30 LED Battery Operated Christmas Wedding Fairy String Lights,white - US SHIPPING https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AIA200K/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_0pEJwb8D3KE1V
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AIA200K/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_0pEJwb8D3KE1V
I used some small lights from amazon and used command hooks in the top corners of the case to mount them. It worked pretty well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FB1CHHQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
What a great project! I've been daydreaming about automating an off-grid cabin, which has some similarities. One thing I think you should keep in mind: LTE coverage isn't universal (in the US, at least) especially in places you can go in a van, and you're probably better off keeping everything local. Both Alexa and SmartThings require an internet connection to work, and most smart tvs work best with streaming services, which obviously require internet and will also eat through your data alotment.
It also seems like your mindset is shrinking a smarthome to fit a van, rather than building up from scratch. I would humbly suggest taking a minimalist approach, to stretch your living space and energy budget as far as possible.
I'm sure there's a number of other features of van life that I haven't thought of (tank levels, maybe air quality), but I would try to keep those local (and hard-wired) to a Raspberry Pi (or similar low-power computer) rather than complicate things with an additional wireless protocol (one the of the advantages of a van is it's so small!) or an internet connection.
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Seems like an awesome project! Good luck!
Yes and no. This is what I ordered
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JT8ZLB6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
which has a resistor built into the wiring for each LED. You can see the resistor under the insulation near the LED if you look closely. While this specific product does not list the resistor type, if you view similar products at amazon you'll discover nearly all of them use either a 24ohm or 26ohm resistor, so I am extrapolating that is what is used here. The reason I went with this specific product is because the wires are color-coded to the color of LED (the other products I found all used just red/black wires, so you'd have to connect each one to figure out what LED color it is).
Since the resistor is built in, then yes, essentially the LEDs are simply connected directly to the battery.
Note that I am not an electronics expert when it comes to stuff like this, and I designed this circuit with the help of someone who has a 2year degree in electronics. He says its very simple, very effective, and with 2 LEDs with resistors built in, a single 9v battery should (in theory) run for weeks of constant use before it dies out.
Hope this answer helps anyone with similar questions!
Edit: Here's a link to the battery connectors I ordered: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M4ZEQM2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
and here's the speaker wire: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000N7FQD6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
I tried to find a link to the crimp-on butt-connectors I got from radioshack but was unable to. Again, they were the 22-26gauge connectors.
You still could though
Okay those are way to big lol
Bit-Lite 50pcs Easy Color-Coded... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JT8ZLB6?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I recommend something like this.
The light is gonna be a lot more direct and smaller, plus it's pre wired so all you gotta do is either hook a plug into it or wire it directly to a power source.
Just one red one will do ya wonders.
I currently have 3 whites on either side of my odst helm and I wanna say that they produce at least 6-700 lumens.
So they can be plenty bright
Consider the quiet beaches like Table Rock Beach. Only about 1.5 miles south of Montage. Easier to setup before hand and less crowd.
This too: http://www.amazon.com/Light-String-Multi-Battery-Operated/dp/B00CLYYYLO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1398210572&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=battery+led+christmas+lights
These are the lights that I've been using for my projects.
The switch is small enough that it's easy to include a little hole so it's super easy to turn them on and off.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NQR7R32/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1426866492&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Blue+molex+led
Okay I admit I just searched for "blue molex led".
This is what I ordered.
I've seen many others suggest that as well.
I sorta did two years ago when I first made it (link)
Lights are these - (from Amazon), they came with a control box and are powered by 3 D-cell batteries. They're remarkably durable, still work fine.
Those are NLA, but I'm sure there's new versions.
It'd be fairly simple to use a ~4.5V voltage reg and run it off the car battery, but I like it being self contained and simple.
I did pick up two dollar store extension cords and used those to extend the wires so I could put the control box in the glovebox.
Loved the edit, only part that bothered me was the glare on the PC case, you really couldn't see all that well inside. Also might I recommend for that poor case some Led lights to give it a little bling?
I used these, they have multiple colors and lighting effects:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y61HF4W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
This should work https://www.amazon.com/Strips-Female-Connector-Extension-Cable/dp/B00BG7QUIC
See if this works: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FB1CHHQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_zyFtzb7M83P4S
If not, just search for "led string"
I just used one string and hid the box/switch in the area between the mandibles.
https://www.amazon.com/Bit-Lite-50pcs-Color-Coded-Pre-Wired-Lights/dp/B01JT8ZLB6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1483681976&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=12v+led
Doesn't seem too pricey IMO.
I'm a sucker for string lights
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071CFJ52T/ref=asc_df_B071CFJ52T5379116/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;creative=395033&amp;creativeASIN=B071CFJ52T&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=198081434346&amp;hvpos=1o1&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=17738584494946239245&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9061263&amp;hvtargid=pla-353618347572
https://www.amazon.com/Strips-Female-Connector-Extension-Cable/dp/B00BG7QUIC
This is an Amazon link
I bought a small string of Christmas lights 3 or 4 years ago from Target or something. I'll look for them online, but they were cheap. They're a string of about 20 bulbs, each one about 6" apart, and are tiny LEDs. They're powered by 2x C batteries.
Edit: Found some similar ones.
https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Powered-Strips-Waterproof-Flexible/dp/B012F1EMTG
Fair enough! And you're right this would be sort of a project. well theres always the self adhesive led strips. they are silly simple to put in and since you dont have to worry about them being waterproof.... i hope.... it would work. also this kit has everything you need. In any case, Congratulations on the Baby Boy and good luck.
https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Lights-Battery-Operated-Blinking/dp/B00M2DPLIE
https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Lights-Battery-Operated-Blinking/dp/B00M2DPLIE
This looks good too.
Find something that is 500mA or less @5v . such as this > https://www.amazon.com/USB-LED-Lighting-Strip-HDTV/dp/B06Y61HF4W?th=1
Other angles
Specs:
Monitors: Asus PG279Q
Monitor Mount: AmazonBasics Premium Dual Monitor Stand
Monitor LED Backlight strip: Swift Power Electronics - Multi-Color RGB - USB LED Backlight Strip
CPU: Intel Core i9-7980XE Extreme Edition
Motherboard: Gigabyte x299 Aorus Gaming 7
RAM: 32GB (4 x 8GB) G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 series
Video Card: Nvidia Titan V
Case: be quiet! BG001 Silent Base 800 Case, Orange
Speakers: Audioengine A2+
Keyboard: Apple Magic Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech G900 Wireless Mouse
Headphones: Bose QuietComfort 35 Series 2 - Triple Midnight
VR: Oculus Rift
Lamp: BenQ e-Reading LED Desk Lamp
Lamp clamp: BenQ Desk Clamp Accessory
Chair: Herman Miller Classic Aeron Chair, Size B
Desk: Bush Business Furniture, Corner Desk Left Handed 72"W, Mocha Cherry
Under desk filing cabinet: Bush Business Furniture Components 3 Drawer Mobile File Cabinet, Mocha Cherry
I got your back Fam.
I'm trying to make two led light strips "smart" by having them work with my Philips hue bridge, so I've decided to get an FLS-PP controller (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NMSQ4QQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_mLxozbAA4DEXS), power supply, and a cheaper roll of RGBW LED's. I eventually want to connect everything to HomeKit. Since I'm routing two LED strips with different colors to the controller, I heard I need to use an amplifier (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MN7AFLC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_aPxozbHAC56Y0). At this point I feel like I don't know how to go about connecting everything together. I know that one of the light strips is going to be about 5 feet long, and the other long enough to provide coverage alongside the edges of a 60" TV. I don't know whether each light strip/color will be able to be controlled individually or not, how many power supplies are needed, and if there's an easier/better way to go about this. If someone could give me some advice, I would really appreciate it!
TL;DR want to install two hue compatible led's on a budget, don't know best way to go about it.
They're just some battery powered string lights that I got from Amazon. They are nice but dealing with battery life will be kind of annoying.
They're known as [fairy lights].(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071CFJ52T/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_NnGzCbPZXMDG3)
Made the switch to LED yet?
Something like this string product might help you glow a room on very low consumption.
Why not just use a battery-powered light string?
Budget I am trying to stay reasonable as this is my first build so I don't want to over-complicate anything. I was looking at these for the lighting https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Fairy-Star-String-Lights/dp/B00JT3DDJO so I could literally just string them across the top of the piece and since the entire top will be covered with detail work I can hide the wires under that.
You can get pretty cheap battery pack LED's for this kind of thing.
My friends and I usually either do glow sticks, or hang a big torch style flashlight.
But if you're not worried about miscreants stealing lights off baskets, then those linked are battery operated, and cheap.
Why would you need a adapter? Or you mean something like this?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BG7QUIC
I use these Boomile lights . They arrived in 2 days and you can individually adjust the r, g, and b values.
You can always buy the print you like and install fairy lights into the canvas by cutting small small holes and glueing the lights in.
Radiance Dimmable Starry String Lights with Wireless Remote, 40 ft, Copper Wire, Warm White https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J0WD050?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf
I use those lights in my daughters nursery and it doesnt get hot. Theyre remote controlled and you can change the brightness of the lights. It is super long and has a bunch of lights to work with. So using one for a city of lights could work.