To want TWINKLING lights not BLINKING lights

[HopelessLayout]

After falling for yet another completely misleading product description, I am now in possession of my fifth string of awful blinking and flashing fairy lights!

I want the type I used to see everywhere at Christmastime in the 1990s, where the bulbs would very slowly wink on and off in completely random order, almost like fireflies.

Does anyone else remember these or am I going mad? And if the former, can you tell me where to purchase these, please?

Probably quieter than what I recorded as I had Holby City on in the background .

@WhentheRabbitsWentWild.

Entirely selfish I assure you. I want to see your lights. 😂

@WhentheRabbitsWentWild Yes please post your video to YouTube!

This chap is wearing a string of them around his neck!

I've given up and bought the firefly ones. Will let you know how they turn out.

If you can get to a b and q they display their lights and you can press through them and see what options they do before purchase (.... Hope each b a q does it and not just ours 😂)

Every set I've bought start off on the setting you choose but after a minute or so end up on a fast flash. I've given up and leave them on static now

@MrsGideon I've capitulated (for now) and bought some firefly lights too.

I found a brand called Kondstsmide that are similar to what I wanted:

I'm not giving up the mission though! So many manufacturers seem to promise the twinkle and not deliver… it definitely does have something to do with the incandescent bulbs so I guess technology hasn't "caught up" yet.

These ones are more of a flicker than a twinkle, but they will be a lot better than the flashing nightmares I currently have!

I think the key also is to place them carefully and have a static light set running alongside them.

@HopelessLayout Agreed. They're probably the best we're going to get from LEDs though and I'm pretty happy with that. They don't give me a headache so that's something!

I just installed twinkly lights we bought for dd’s room and thought of this thread. I just sat there watching them mesmerized as they slowly came on and off at random.

Twinkly smart lights. They were not cheap, but they are gorgeous.