Jellyfish vs Trimlight vs Yule Love Lights: Permanent Lighting on Long Island Compared
Jellyfish vs Trimlight vs Yule Love Lights for permanent lighting on Long Island. Compare product, install, warranty & local service. Call 631-517-0186.
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Jellyfish vs Trimlight vs Yule Love Lights for permanent lighting on Long Island. Compare product, install, warranty & local service. Call 631-517-0186 Get A Quote Call Us NowIf youโve started shopping for permanent, app-controlled roofline lighting on Long Island, two brand names come up fast: JellyFish Lighting and Trimlight. Both are well-known national systems, and both have local dealers serving Nassau and Suffolk. As an installer who works on Long Island roofs every week, we get asked all the time: โHow do these compare, and where does Yule Love Lights fit?โ
This is an honest, installerโs-eye comparison. Weโll lay out what each option actually is, how the install and warranty work, and what tends to matter most once the truck pulls away and youโre living with the lights through a Long Island winter. Weโll be fair to the competition and stick to verifiable facts, no invented specs.
First, what โpermanent lightingโ actually means
Permanent exterior lighting is a track of individually addressable RGB LEDs mounted along your roofline, eaves, or soffits. Unlike the strands you hang every November, it stays up year-round and hides in plain sight during the day. From an app on your phone you can run warm-white accent lighting most nights, switch to red, white and blue for the Fourth of July, orange for Halloween, or full multicolor for Christmas, without anyone climbing a ladder again.
All three options on this page do that core job. The differences are in the hardware approach, who stands behind the install, and what the warranty really covers.
The three options at a glance
| JellyFish Lighting | Trimlight | Yule Love Lights | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | National permanent-lighting brand sold through local dealers | National permanent-lighting brand sold through factory-trained dealers | Long Island lighting company offering permanent app-controlled LED systems |
| Control | Smartphone app; voice via Alexa, Google Home, Control4 | Trimlight Edge app; works with Alexa and Google Home | App-controlled permanent LED roofline lighting |
| Daytime look | Track installed under the eave, color-matched to the home | Patented channel color-matched to the roofline to hide wires | Discreet, color-matched install |
| LED lifespan (mfr. rated) | LEDs rated ~30,000 hours | Components rated for a long lifespan (up to ~40 years with proper use, per Trimlight) | Quality LED systems |
| Warranty (per mfr.) | 5-year parts, 1-year labor | Lifetime product warranty on components; minimum 1-year labor (set by dealer) | Backed by our Stay-Lit Guarantee and local service |
| Who installs | Local authorized dealer | Local authorized dealer | Yule Love Lightsโ own insured crews |
| Local service | Depends on the dealer you get | Depends on the dealer you get | Local, all-inclusive, one company front to back |
Warranty and spec details above are drawn from each manufacturerโs published materials and can change, always confirm current terms in writing before you sign.
JellyFish Lighting
JellyFish is a permanent color-changing LED system installed under the eave on a special track thatโs color-matched to your home, so the wires arenโt visible during the day. The lights are RGB and can produce a wide range of colors and patterns, and you control everything from the JellyFish app or by voice through Alexa, Google Home, or Control4.
On the numbers JellyFish publishes, the LEDs are rated for roughly 30,000 hours, and the standard warranty is five years on parts with one year on labor, with the labor portion handled by the authorized dealer who did your install. On Long Island, JellyFish is sold through local dealers, RDR Lighting is one of the dealers that markets JellyFish across the Island, for example.
Where it shines: clean, recessed-can look for nightly accent lighting, mature app, strong brand recognition.
What to ask about: the five-year parts window is shorter than some buyers expect for a โpermanentโ system, and your day-to-day service experience depends entirely on which dealer you end up with.
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Trimlight is the other major name. It uses a patented aluminum channel thatโs color-matched to your roofline to conceal the wiring, and it runs on a low-voltage (12V) system, which Trimlight points to for efficiency and heat management. You control it with the Trimlight Edge app from anywhere, and it integrates with Alexa and Google Home.
Trimlightโs headline is its lifetime product warranty on core components, with a minimum one-year labor warranty that individual dealers can choose to extend. Important detail straight from Trimlight: a DIY install voids that product warranty, the system has to be installed by an authorized Trimlight dealer to keep coverage intact. On Long Island, Trimlight runs through authorized dealers as well, including Trimlight of Long Island and Suffolk Trimlight.
Where it shines: the lifetime component warranty is genuinely strong if you keep your paperwork and your dealer stays in business.
What to ask about: โlifetime productโ covers parts, not necessarily the labor to diagnose and swap them after year one, clarify exactly who pays for the ladder, the truck roll, and the time when something fails in year three.
Where Yule Love Lights fits
Hereโs the honest framing. With a national brand, youโre really buying two things: a product made by a manufacturer, and an install from whichever local dealer happens to hold the territory. Those are two different companies, and a warranty is only as good as the local crew still around to honor it.
Yule Love Lights is built differently. Weโre a Long Island company, we install permanent app-controlled LED roofline lighting, Christmas lights, landscape lighting, and event lighting across Nassau and Suffolk, and weโre the same people who answer the phone, climb the ladder, and come back if something needs attention. Hereโs what that means in practice:
- All-inclusive, one company front to back. Design, install, service, and takedown questions all go to one local team, not a manufacturer in one state and a dealer in another.
- Fully insured and CLIPA-certified. Youโre letting a crew onto your roof and into your electrical. We carry insurance and hold certification from the Christmas Light Installation Professionals Association, so youโre covered if something goes sideways.
- 5-star rated, with the Stay-Lit Guarantee. If a section goes dark, we make it right. Thatโs the whole point of hiring local.
- We know Long Island roofs and weather. Coastal wind off the Sound and the South Shore, ice, freeze-thaw, steep older rooflines, mature trees, we account for all of it because we work in it year-round, not from a national playbook.
- Real, upfront pricing. Permanent systems generally run about $2,500 to $9,000 depending on the size and complexity of your home, and seasonal Christmas light installs start around a $1,000 minimum. No mystery quotes.
Weโre not here to bash JellyFish or Trimlight, theyโre solid products, and a good local dealer can do excellent work with either. Our pitch is simpler: when the install, the service, and the guarantee all come from the same insured, certified, Long Island-based team, thereโs no finger-pointing when you need help. Thereโs just one number to call.
How to choose: a quick checklist
Whichever direction you lean, ask every company these questions before you sign:
1. Who, exactly, performs the install, your own employees or a sub? Get it in writing.
2. Are you fully insured, and can I see the certificate? This is a roof and electrical job.
3. **What does the warranty cover, parts only, or parts and labor, and for how long?** Pin down who pays for the service call after year one.
4. How do I get service if a section fails in January? Response time and who shows up matter more than the brochure.
5. Can you show me real local installs and reviews? Long Island homes, ideally near you.
Get those answers from JellyFish dealers, Trimlight dealers, and from us. The right choice becomes obvious fast.
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If you want a straight, no-pressure walkthrough of permanent lighting for your home, what itโll look like, what itโll cost, and exactly whatโs covered, talk to a real Long Island installer.
Call Yule Love Lights at 631-517-0186 for a free consultation and quote. Weโll give you honest answers, real local pricing, and the same insured, CLIPA-certified team from design through service. Light it once, love it for years.
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Sources: Trimlight (trimlight.com, product, warranty, and FAQ pages); JellyFish Lighting (jellyfishlighting.com, product and warranty pages). Manufacturer specifications and warranty terms are subject to change; confirm current details directly with each company before purchasing.
