Sick of climbing that ladder yearly to place your lights up? Consider a everlasting set of good lights. This weatherproof mannequin from Govee scores an IP67 rating (IP65 for the management field) and might deal with temperatures of –4 to 140 levels Fahrenheit. They are designed to be up year-round. I (Simon) examined the 100-foot string (200-foot can be an choice), which comes divided into six sections, with an extension twine to department from the decrease stage to your roof line. Each bulb is round an inch and a half sq. and juts out an inch. A flat cable joins them collectively at 18-inch intervals. Installation was pretty straightforward for essentially the most half, with the adhesive sticking nicely to the plastic underhang of my dwelling. I used the equipped screw clips to tidy up some cables and repair them extra securely. You can reduce them, and connectors are included, however this job is just not for the faint of coronary heart.

Govee presents every part however the kitchen sink in its busy companion app. You can set colours in zones (two per part), tweak the colour temperature, and select from a frankly bewildering array of lighting results, referred to as Scenes. Christmas is nicely represented within the Festival part of the Scenes, however there are additionally some good results in there for different holidays like Halloween. Depending on your house, they’ll function function lights. The white seems to be fairly elegant, they usually can get fairly vibrant (as much as 50 lumens a bulb). There is Matter help for simple setup, and you should utilize voice instructions with Alexa or Google Assistant.

If you have already got different Govee lights, you’ll benefit from the skill to group them for shared results, and you may schedule them, create results, and even sync them to music or sound, although this feels gimmicky. They appear expensive till you evaluate them to different everlasting lighting. If you don’t have a lot of an overhang, the lights will forged shadows and make shapes on the wall (Govee suggests putting in 1 to three inches out, and I’d suggest additional if you happen to can). My home is pretty small, so I solely wanted 4 sections. I want the lights had been nearer collectively, and slightly extra delicate. If seen bulbs and cables annoy you, these aren’t for you.