Wanting to make a 16x50 mega tree

[OZ-Hornet]

What’s the preference.

Strings of seed LEDs
Or
WS2811 12mm bullets.

 

[rgabr0]

Or led strip lights

 

[MikeKrebs]

Seed. but much higher density. You will appreciate it later when you want more density.

 

[Notenoughlights]

High density seeds = hard to repair, perhaps consider alternate node 50mm spacing strings if you want 25mm "spacing" between them.
Strip doesn't like being held under tension, tends to fail from being blown around
Bullet nodes, more expensive?

Moving more towards seeds here, light weight, smaller, cheaper, found some even brighter than 2811 nodes too with RGBW. Shouldn't catch the wind so much and act like a parachute.

 

[OZ-Hornet]

Seeds it is. Say 50mm spacing. Or tighter.

 

[andrewa]

I currently have a 360 deg, 32 string of 50 10cm spacing bullets
I am not satisfied with the density, so I am changing to 180 Degree 32 string of 100 with 5cm spacing evo's

 

[Mark_M]

From my experience of a seed pixel mega tree; great if you like the look, cost savings and small storage space.
But bad if you want robust and strong pixel strands and pixels to last.

 

[dannyp]

From my experience of a seed pixel mega tree; great if you like the look, cost savings and small storage space.
But bad if you want robust and strong pixel strands and pixels to last.

Do you attach the seeds to guy wire? I would think that guy wire cable tied to the seeds would stop them moving too much, but I guess that isn’t your experience?

 

[Mark_M]

Do you attach the seeds to guy wire? I would think that guy wire cable tied to the seeds would stop them moving too much, but I guess that isn’t your experience?

I don't have a guide wire.
Mine are overlapped in alternate nodes which has helped.

Mark's seed pixel mega tree - Smaller and cheaper!

My seed pixel mega tree - Smaller to store and turned out cheaper to make. Can't be bothered to read? Here's the video: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGL6h4FvXdo The inspiration In 2017 I created a mega tree with 'seed lights' purchased from eBay. I choose these lights because the...

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[Grim]

I chose to use 50mm spaced seeds on a 50 X 20 220 degree tree last year. I was disappointed with the resolution of the images so will be changing to 30 strands at 180 degrees for this year. The seeds were run at 15 percent (cos 30 was too bright) and used 2 ports with power balancing at 200 seeds. I had no problem with the strands moving much in the wind which got up to 47kph. I can't vouch for longevity as it was my first year. The biggest down side I can see with seeds on a megatree is that they give light in a 360 degree pattern and sometimes that caused light pollution to some of the graphics.