plasmadrive Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I see them all over ebay but I am fishing for input from those that have already bought, and would recommend. I need a lot of them so price is important. I can make them waterproof myself but the wire needs to be decent and not stiff. Any one? thanks in advance Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Polenchar Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Craig, I bought 5 sets of them from an e bay seller. The price was not bad but I am very unhappy with the speed of the tubes.They are slow. Not sure if I will be using them or not. Just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMeBobO Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Mine are from here and have lasted 3 seasons no issues.http://www.christmas-leds.com/productinfo_v3.aspx?productid=50105-36http://www.christmas-leds.com/productinfo_v3.aspx?productid=SNF-CRT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Mine are from here and have lasted 3 seasons no issues.http://www.christmas-leds.com/productinfo_v3.aspx?productid=50105-36http://www.christmas-leds.com/productinfo_v3.aspx?productid=SNF-CRTThanks BobO,I just looked those up but can't make out the actual pricing. Surely they can't be selling one tube for $28 and then one power cord for $10 then one spacer wire for $15.. that would be insane pricing if I needed 50-100 tubes.. I sent them an email to see what they really are selling for the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Hey BobO, I just got a response from them on those tubes.. Holy Moly man.. did you really pay that much for those? For ten tubes and 10' in-between they would cost about $45 per tube. Too rich for my blood.. But thanks for the link. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc75067 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 may not be the same as you are looking for but i ended up buying some that connect to c9 sockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 may not be the same as you are looking for but i ended up buying some that connect to c9 socketsDid you like them? Got a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc75067 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Did you like them? Got a link?will be the first year for me. i got them from jeff at illumimax. i can take a picture of them this afternoon if you like. not sure what he has in stock so you would have to contact him for a list of what he has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc75067 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 (edited) went ahead and took the picture of them in the box. these are the 12" i have 10 of them brand new in two small boxes. the one box i opened to take a picture of them. not sure if i will be using them in our display this year.. i ended up buying a bunch of stuff "just in case" Edited September 24, 2013 by gc75067 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmes Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Take a look here: http://store.lightsmusicmagic.com/search.asp?keyword=snow&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=GO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulXmas Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 I got 6 sets of 10 tubes for about $60 shipping was about the same and they arrived in 3 days.www.aliexpress.com not sure who the seller was.This will be the 4th year for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gc75067 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Take a look here: http://store.lightsmusicmagic.com/search.asp?keyword=snow&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=GOthe c9 retrofit in 12" is what i got... not sure if same brand or not but same description of what i have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMeBobO Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Thanks BobO,I just looked those up but can't make out the actual pricing. Surely they can't be selling one tube for $28 and then one power cord for $10 then one spacer wire for $15.. that would be insane pricing if I needed 50-100 tubes.. I sent them an email to see what they really are selling for the price. They cost even more a few years ago! But I have mine on a PSU in a box with a DIO32 and mine are 3 feet apart so I didnt need the spacer wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 (edited) went ahead and took the picture of them in the box. these are the 12" i have 10 of them brand new in two small boxes. the one box i opened to take a picture of them. not sure if i will be using them in our display this year.. i ended up buying a bunch of stuff "just in case"Thanks.. I searched for that name and found nothing to do with meteor tubes.. ahh.. but I did find Minleon.. But they are very expensive also. thanks again, but too rich for the effect I want.. Edited September 24, 2013 by plasmadrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Take a look here: http://store.lightsmusicmagic.com/search.asp?keyword=snow&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=GOinteresting web site.. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Ancona Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 If you don't mind building them yourself: http://www.diyledexpress.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=5&zenid=f791ff46165a36b956c4ff57252e1c29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyD Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 I see them all over ebay but I am fishing for input from those that have already bought, and would recommend. I need a lot of them so price is important. I can make them waterproof myself but the wire needs to be decent and not stiff. Any one? thanks in advance Craig I thought you already made a butt-load of these?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 There was a thread about the Ebay tubes about a year ago or after Christmas. Someone did a nice video of them setup in a makeshift burst. A few complained the wires were thin and questionable. A few years ago I got some 35" ones from Shopko that seem to be fairly close to what's on ebay and haven't had any issues with the wire. My suggestion is get them and silicon the ends and where the wire enters the tube and you should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 I thought you already made a butt-load of these??LOL.. I made icicles.. 1.6 butt-loads actually.. What I need are plain Jain meteor tubes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmadrive Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 There was a thread about the Ebay tubes about a year ago or after Christmas. Someone did a nice video of them setup in a makeshift burst. A few complained the wires were thin and questionable. A few years ago I got some 35" ones from Shopko that seem to be fairly close to what's on ebay and haven't had any issues with the wire. My suggestion is get them and silicon the ends and where the wire enters the tube and you should be good. I saw that burst effect.. I actually ordered a couple of sets because of that video.. but they were too slow.. now I want too slow. I figured I could fix bad wire and silicon cheap tube covers.. The cheap ones seem to work ok if you get the right cheap ones.. I just plain forgot who I ordered from. I will check our shopko. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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