Out door trim lights.

[89coupe]

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While super convenient I don’t like these lights, makes your house look like a mini casino

Xmas lights are random looking and there’s a ton of variations from house to house

A street full of gemstone equipped homes… meh, they all look the same

Seems like every other house in my neighborhood has them now and each house is running a different theme or colour combination. Lots of variety.

[BavarianBeast]

As somebody who founded one of the first companies in Calgary I got to say that Watts is one of the cheaper and underperforming products on the market. I’ll still always recommend trimlight as #1 and gemstone a close second.

[89coupe]

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As somebody who founded one of the first companies in Calgary I got to say that Watts is one of the cheaper and underperforming products on the market. I’ll still always recommend trimlight as #1 and gemstone a close second.

What’s underperforming about them?

Define cheaper?

They have the same aluminum track system
The same LED lights
The same power supply setup.
The only proprietary difference between the companies I can see is their control app.

I do know that Gemstone was $2k more than what Watts quoted me for less coverage.

I also know my buddy used Gemstone and they fucked his install up twice and had to send out a 3rd team to get it right, ended up taking almost two weeks to complete the install.

Watts had my lights up and working perfect in two days. Zero issues.

[Rocket1k78]

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it beats fugly xmas lights clipped on your gutters

But the xmas lights hanging on your gutter are OG

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Xmas lights are random looking and there’s a ton of variations from house to house

A street full of gemstone equipped homes… meh, they all look the same

Yeah i gotta agree, I really wish gemstone came with some type of controller where you can do full customization instead of just 1 color and pattern. Theres 4 in my loop with them and yeah we all look the same. I miss the days of going to Can tire to pick from the 10 or so choices

[Rocket1k78]

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Watts had my lights up and working perfect in two days. Zero issues.

Gemstone did mine in 6 hours and that was front and back, watts is builder grade from what i hear

[ThePenIsMightier]

It's simple.

[89coupe]

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Gemstone did mine in 6 hours and that was front and back, watts is builder grade from what i hear

Post up your install, would be curious to see how many runs they had to do.

Glad yours worked out, my buddy wasn’t so lucky with Gemstone.

My neighbor used Gemstone, I honestly cannot tell the difference between the two installs in regard to the aluminum trim or lights used. The app is definitely different.

[Rocket1k78]

These arent the best pics because i took them at night but here you go. They have to come back for some minor tweaks but overall im happy.

[ExtraSlow]

That is what I aspire to, right now mine are a mess.

[mr2mike]

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Yeah i gotta agree, I really wish gemstone came with some type of controller where you can do full customization instead of just 1 color and pattern. Theres 4 in my loop with them and yeah we all look the same. I miss the days of going to Can tire to pick from the 10 or so choices

I'm willing to bet you can flash different firmware to the controller and take more control.
Alternatively, hook the lights to a different controller and go that route. Switch back if you don't like it. Most seem to run very common ESP32's.

I'm sure there's warranty aspects that I won't get into.

[89coupe]

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These arent the best pics because i took them at night but here you go. They have to come back for some minor tweaks but overall im happy.

Fucking Beyond lol

Children

[Rocket1k78]

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I'm willing to bet you can flash different firmware to the controller and take more control.
Alternatively, hook the lights to a different controller and go that route. Switch back if you don't like it. Most seem to run very common ESP32's.

I'm sure there's warranty aspects that I won't get into.

I was just trying to make bytem3 feel better about his post even though it was out to lunch lol My wife controls them and showed me briefly what they can do and there very well could be 1000's of combinations, so yeah if he likes random the regular string is not the way......

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Fucking Beyond lol

Children

I identify as a Pre teen! I could show real pics no prob but i got a feeling there's no changing your mind on why the watts are builder grade compared to others

[mr2mike]

Does "I'm a realtor" get dropped on the initial phone call for personal home services or when the worker(s) show up?

[89coupe]

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I was just trying to make bytem3 feel better about his post even though it was out to lunch lol My wife controls them and showed me briefly what they can do and there very well could be 1000's of combinations, so yeah if he likes random the regular string is not the way......


I identify as a Pre teen! I could show real pics no prob but i got a feeling there's no changing your mind on why the watts are builder grade compared to others

It has nothing to do with changing my mind, I simply want to see why people chose one company over the other.

Gemstone & Watts appear to use the exact same aluminum trim design and lights, app is different but same results. For me it was simple at that point, cost.

Trimlight from what I have seen uses a bulkier uglier aluminum housing that really sticks out and looks added on vs integrated, and the lights used look ugly, unless they have since changed to the clear LED’s Gemstone & Watts uses. As for cost, I never got a quote from them as I didn’t like their installation look.

[Thaco]

Co-owner of a company having a bias which is not based on facts? IMPOSSIBRU!

[The_Penguin]

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Trimlight from what I have seen uses a bulkier uglier aluminum housing that really sticks out and looks added on vs integrated, and the lights used look ugly, unless they have since changed to the clear LED’s Gemstar & Watts uses. As for cost, I never got a quote from them as I didn’t like their installation look.

Mrs. Penguin just had Trimlight installed at her work. Still looks like crap compared to Gemstone. Taller, more conspicuous aluminum track, and white LEDs that don't properly fit in the holes.
I still much prefer the Gemstone low-profile track, and low-profile LEDs that fit.

[s2k_boi]

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https://wattslights.com/

Was the best price for me.

Turned out great on my place

They are fully adjustable, any colour, any brightness, you can control each individual light, animate, scheduling, fully customizable.

Was 35% less than gemstone.

That's crazy. We did ours last year and the quote for Watt's was 5% more than Gemstone.

[Thaco]

FYI anybody who wants to order from aliexpress, message the seller for better pricing.


These are Gemstone style 3 led RGBW in aluminum channel.



20m (price is per 10m)

25M quoted


50m quoted (price is per 10m)

50m quoted

[mr2mike]

Definitely a great option!
If my house had peaks and a second floor I probably would have gone that route.

[Thaco]

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Definitely a great option!
If my house had peaks and a second floor I probably would have gone that route.

yeah i have done the 1st floor with normal pixels, but considering re-doing the main floor when i do the 2nd floor, just not happy with how my J channel worked out on the 1st