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Update to original review: Here to order more sets. Original sets worked continuously without fail for almost 18 months. This despite being subjected to torrential sustained rain, occasional hard freezes/snow and occasional basketball hits. Suspect nocturnal critters may have damaged wiring. Even so, these lights have been abused by weather/neglect/critters & still worked until now. Still highly recommend.Original review:Purchased two sets May 2015 to trial solar lights for one area of deck for a teen party. Lights were simple to install and wrap around bottom of deck railing. As of the date of this review, both sets still functioning at 100%. Live in southern USA, so lights do benefit from sunny days. Despite critters and unusual amounts of rain, these lights never failed to come on at dusk. I mention critters because various wildlife (& human kiddos) have on occasion dislodged the solar states. Simply to just adjust or re-stake into ground.Very pleased with ease of use, durability and the ambience of these solar lights. Plan to purchase multiple sets for other areas of deck and yard where use of "electricity" is not feasible but soft lighting would be an advantage..

Great little lights for patioComes with installation hardware ( little clamps and nails) it would have been nice to have a couple more of those though,to put them every couple of inches so the lights don't sag .....but it's really no big deal...it comes with on/ off and flash mode...very nice and not too bright...very nice for just sitting on the deck without being in the dark...would be nice for parties if you bought multiple sets

I have to give this item 5/5 stars. These lights are amazing because they stand up to 45 mph winds, 6 inches of rain (so far), 52-94 degrees. When fully charged, they are as bright as conventional electric ones. The most important thing to remember is to position the solar thingie so it gets maximum sunlight as long as possible. With a good charge, these suckers last from dusk to dawn. I put several strands up in September just to see how they would last. And amazingly, they still do, bright as ever. Just as nice today as when I first put them up. That was 89 days ago. Have had many compliments on them. Now I want more, even tho the price has gone up a little since September. You WILL enjoy these!!

Received on time and nicely packed. This I gave to my dad to wrap around his small house to use as a night light. He really loves it. He can walk to the bathroom without using a flashlight. It puts out a lot of light at night in his small house. Wanted to order more later. So far it works as expected.

EXACTLY what we were looking for!! Not too bright to keep us awake at night (they are outside our window on our covered patio, but bright enough to give us some ambient lighting! Plan on ordering more!!

Beautiful lights...not white bright, but still very pretty around the pool fence. The 23 foot length advertised is several feet of cord, so not quite as long as I thought they would be. They worked right away, and - except for a few cloudy days - have worked every night!

This is a way bigger roll of lights than i thought it would be. I was super impressed when i got it in the mail. We plugged it in to test the lights and it is the most beautiful colors i have ever seen. This is going to be beautiful at our daughters outside wedding :)

I love it. Came easy to unwind and wrap around the banister on my porch. Easy to connect others if I need to. Very happy.

It's so large it is a bit cumbersome to figure out where and how to hook it up. Maybe you have a better plan than I did for mine haha.. I just strung it around the ceiling for Christmas. It took a while and amazingly the power and toggle switch lined up right where I wanted it. Once it's set up, all the fancy options it has are pretty cool and it's quite bright. The tube is very solid and sturdy feeling.

good product

Great Job

This is exactly what we ordered. Nice product. I did find it half that cost after purchase at a local Walmart store. Life and learn. Thanks.

These are wonderful lights and have worked well for me for three years now. I use them as Xmas lights on my back deck which has no electrical outlet, so I've only used them for the month of December into January only. Normally I have them on each night for about four or five hours. I will say that at times the strands will become dimmer the longer they are on, and if there is a series of cloudy days in a row, they might only be on for an hour or so before shutting off. I think there has to be at least one or two days of sun to get the charge up to full power. I would recommend getting at least two strands, as one strand is not very long at all. The other downside is you can only shut these off by the switch button, which means going outside in the cold and manually doing it. But I've really enjoyed these lights, and if you put them in a location where they'll get sun and a decent charge, you'll be happy!

If you have a problem with them, they have a warranty and they do honor it! I was impressed with the customer service. We are giving them another whirl. If the replacement works out, will buy them again. When they work, they are great. My only negative, can't change the batteries.

Product works well. It is not as bright as non solar rope lights or LED rope lights but it does give nice ambiance. If you need lights to see by or to light up pathways I would look for brighter lights. But for just ambiance these work perfectly. The solar option is nice so you don't need to run power to remote areas.

Works great, but I would appreciate other mounting options that do not require it to be staked into the ground.I would like to be able to mount it to the top of the play house and not worry about it being run into(damaged).

Nice lights. Not extremely bright, but they give off some nice ambient lighting. I did not after a rain or two that some condensation gets inside the tube so I hope it doesn't affect the longevity of the product.

The actual rope light is really only 5 meters long (16ft), the cord from the battery pack to the rope accounts for the other 2 meters. The battery pack is rated for >500 cycles so probably won't last more than two years in daily use, still, works great as accent lighting and for the money is a great buy -

I was hoping that it would have been brighter.

Easy to install with clips and lights up deck beautifully! Very even and soft light.

Great product.

Very nice lighting

Very bright and beautiful as described but no instructions since the power cord was shipped without being connected. I was able to confirm how to connect after watching a few YouTube videos for other products

GOOD

great for a project I want to do

Second set. First set lasted only a year; when it worked, it looked lovely around my pond. I just think it should have lasted more than one year.

I love the solar aspect of these light ropes. I wish they had been a little bit brighter next time I will buy the bright white

These lights work just fine, but they don't provide as much light as I had hoped. In the photos they appear fairly bright, but in reality they are somewhat dim and throw no real light to speak of. I think I was expecting too much.

bought this to add some light at night to a stairway. Whereas it does what I intended on a basic level, there are some things that potential buyers should know:1) the on/off switch is actually on the solar panel, so you have to put it within reach to turn it on and off.2) Although this has a light sensor so it knows when it is dark, this feature only works in "mode" setting, not "on" setting. Mode setting is to make lights flash. Therefore, the light sensor is only useful if you want the lights to flash.If there was an option to have lights turn on stead by themselves at nightfall, then I would give this 5 stars (not to mention buy a bunch more). But as is, can only use it for Christmas, so going to add it to my decorations box.

They are NOT as bright as the photos. We bought 2 for our camper to hang on the awning and they were just average at best. We wanted to be able to use these to light up the outside but for these to "light up" anything, you have to be like a few inches away. For cheap waterproof lights with a solar charger, I guess we got what we paid for. And of course, I charged them ALL day and for the entire week the never changed brightness. I would not buy these again and will make sure the next ones we buy are as bright as the photos show.

These lights quickly dimmed. Started out bright but after two months of constant use they dimmed by I would say around 70%

They are very bright !!! Exactly what I was looking for. But, I want to cut to a specific length, which the seller says is possible. Problem is, there aren't any marks on the item to indicate cut locations. Nor are there any printed instructions that come with the item. Otherwise this item would get 5 stars.

Had my handyman hang the lights...they look great but recently a section in the middle is now out. It says I can't return as there was a 'window' for returns!!!!I am not happy about that!

I have not been able to put up the lighting yet. The clips to install have to come from a different company. one would think that they would be part of the light kit. The clips were ordered on the same order. 8 days after the lights got here, the clips have not arrived yet ! I could have made them myself and had the lights up and working by now ! The lights look like they will be great. Not happy with not having the mounting clips yet!

They work if you tie the connection up tight, but they do work and are very bright. My biggest complaint is that they were shipped in point of sale packaging, no overpack whatsoever so the real that they are on is broken. I have no idea what inclines a retailer to use point of sale packaging as shipping packaging.

returned, not the right size for our purpose.

Not very bright. They appear much stronger in the picture. The tubing is actually an opaque-ish plastic, not clear. I used them on my back porch and they don't really light up anything. I just use them for (faint) decoration.

Purchased two 16 ft and two 33 ft strings. they work great the first 2-3 months. Now six months later, after a full day of Florida sunlight, three of them fade out after one hour and the other one only lasts two hours. I figured I would replace the battery (as I have done with other solar lights), to my surprise, when I opened up the control box, the battery was not replaceable. The control box does plug into the string, since I semi-permanently installed these, I'm going to have to buy additional strings just to get the box with a new battery.

They worked well for two weeks, that was it.

Eh... were ok and kinda bright for a few weeks. I even ordered more to complete a perimeter on my dock to just delineate the area of my firepit so no one fell in the lake. They mostly died after a couple rainfalls. One 4 ft section still lights up occasionally and when spring comes I'll have to throw them away.

I've had these for a few weeks. The description on the box says they stay lit for up to 12 hours. The first night out, they seemed to stay lit for several hours, but starting the second night, they came on at dusk and only stayed on about 2 hours. The solar panel is facing the southern sky with a clear unobstructed placement…LOTS of sunshine usually, but we have had more than our share of gray days lately. I have two sets of another brand of solar lights, however, that stay lit all night (solar panels are facing south as well). This solar panel, however, is smaller, so I'm wondering if the battery is not charging completely. I have to say I'm disappointed, but I may try changing out the battery and see if that works.

My rope light only measured 17 feet. It is supposed to be 7 meters, which is 22.96 feet. Unable to use in my application and hope to return, though that's a lot of trouble, given the price. The lights themselves work fine.

The last 6 feet of the rope does not work properly.. goes out if you touch it

One Christmas season having these up and 1/4 of the strand went out. There's a short in it somewhere because when I move it a certain way the lights turn on but won't stay on.

They don't extend - you can't plug another string into the end of this one.

Less than one month using it as a light under a RV to discourage rodents. Suddenly the last 20 ft stopped lighting. Examination reveals a hairline crack in the cover. Not sure of cause (not rodents). The lights are either laid out loosely on the ground under the RV or loosely coiled (much larger loop than how it was shipped) and stored. No hard freezes or anything of that sort.

Ordered blue lights and received warm white, atleast they work I guess...

Pro: Bright white color, and terrific when in place and working.Con: one of the resistors died on day 3 of usage, rendering the last 6 feet or so dead. Plug is also too small (not snug as you expect from every other electric plug you've ever had), so it has to be held in place in the outlet.

Item broke after only using it once. I don't know what broke but it will not light up. thumbs down.

If they had worked maybe I would like them - but they would never charge, and never worked. Didn't bother sending back - too much trouble.

ive found that about 50% of these work, and about half of the working ones fail just after the return period expires.. ie.. JUNK

I was very happy with the 16.5 foot rope light for about two months. The lights are progressively dimmer as you reach the end of the rope now and there appears to be moisture (mold?) build up around the lights or they have burned the plastic rope. I am about to take it down as it no longer looks nice and I am concerned what is happening inside. This was my first rope light, not sure if I will buy another or not.

Lasted less than four months. Didn't cost much thank goodness.

Cute idea, but did not ever work well...if its a cloudy day they never charged up enough to light up well.. dim at best... I purchased 4 then 10 more sets.. installed them to railings and within 3 weeks I had 4 dead strings.. out of 10... unacceptable.. credit to AMAZON I was issued full refund as soon as the prepaid shipping labels were scanned into the UPS system...http://jerseyshore.craigslist.org/bpd/5375104669.html

Very bad lighting only worked one month and they all turn to Yellow I'm very disappointed this merchandise

I PURCHASED THE 100 FOOT LIGHT, ONLY HALF OF ROPE LIGHT WORKED , NOT VERY RELIABLE

Very cheaply made. The plug wouldn't even stay in the outlet under its own weight

Part of the rope didn't light up. Big disappointment. Don't waste your money - buy another brand! I had to return both boxes.

these are not covered in any way. they are directly on the circuitry so they would have to be stored under or behind something.

Sections of string lights have started blinking and cut out . Burn spots in cord