🌞 Enhance Your Outdoor Ambience with Solar String Lights Outdoor - 2Pack 240LED Total Solar Powered Fairy Lights 8 Modes, Waterproof Decoration Lighting for Tree Patio Christmas Camping Wedding Party - Warm White Review

They were easy to install and test (just take them to a dark room to make sure they work). But they need a full day of direct sunlight to glow for more than a few hours. On sunny days they are good at night. But PNW late fall-almost winter means few sunny days and many nights when they either don't turn on or only stay on 1-2 hours after dark. In general I still like them as I got tired of changing the battery after one season due to corrosion. They were cheap so I'm okay with how they work…

Unlike other string lights I've bought, they were very awkward to install. The easiest way to wrap them is from the end attached to the wire going to the solar receiver. When I started unwinding the rope around the barrel, it was knotted/tied at the tie. Instead, I had to unwind the entire strand from the other end (not easy to explain, but believe me it hurt), which requires unwinding the entire strand and then trying to tie the tree up with 10 feet (or so) of thin wire wrap around, which…

The lighting is good. Solar charging is also pretty good. My 2 complaints are minor but annoying: 1) The lights are wrapped in a solar panel/controller on the hidden end of the cable. That means if you want to place the solar panel/controller where you want it (in a sunny spot) and then unroll the strings, you need to unroll them at the other end first. Not perfect. 2) The light mode will revert to the default "variable light" mode after one charge cycle. So if the controller is in an awkward…