Customer Reviews for Govee - 100ft Black Permanent Outdoor String Lights Pro
Customer Rating
4
Why
on September 3, 2024
Posted by: Edward Rochelle
from Ocoee, Florida, United States
Ordering was easy. Shipping was slow. Product is good buy WHY oh why do you use such cheap 3m tape that does not stick to anything including the back of the light itself. Many of my lights the 3m tape came off the lights themselves. I had to order extra screw in holders to keep the lights on. Got rain yesterday and now many of my lights fell off the house. No they did not actually get wet. Yes I cleaned the over hang good before mounting. And Why don't you sell extension cables. Customer satisfaction would sore 1000% if you did.
The light went up easy, this company definitely spent the time ensure they produced a well made product. The extensions supplied we great but I wish that sold them on their site as well.
Only a few days in but really like it so far. Had 1 3m sticky that came loose and replaced it and all good for the first 4 days. Even customized the bulb color and that was easy too. However, 100 lights took about 3 hours to install so a bit time consuming, plan accordingly. I also did not realize it had a power brick that cannot get wet and was not prepared, make sure you have a way to keep that up and dry.
Having these lights on our house is so much fun. We have really enjoyed having them for the past three weeks. There was not any presets for American Independence Day but using the app I was easily able to create a great-looking red, white, and blue scrolling scheme. Now that the holiday is over, I have set my lights to display a pale yellow to accent my home. My neighbors have commented on how much they enjoy seeing them. I am looking forward to Halloween and using some of the preset schemes. The installation of the lights was tricky mostly because the eaves of my house are high so there was a lot of up and down the ladder. My process I would first spray down the eave with rubbing alcohol and then wipe it down with a rag. Then I took my 2' level which was 2"wide and held it up against my siding and I drew a straight line where I wanted the lights making sure to only draw it in the area I had already cleaned. I found it much easier to install the clips and then go back and attach the 2-sided tape. I would usually do about 4 lights for every clip. Having the pencil line was also very helpful to keep the lights straight. I saw some videos online of other installs and the lights were not straight and I wanted to make sure that mine were. If there was anything I found lacking, it was the supplied clips. I like that they are mounted with 2-sided tape and a screw, but the screw was very small and difficult to work with over my head and on a ladder. I ended up purchasing some other cable clips that had a larger screw and the install was much easier. Also, if you have a lot of ups, downs, and turns you will probably need more clips than what is included. In conclusion, the install was done in about 8 hours total over two Saturday mornings. The lights look great, and we are really enjoying them. I am now looking at other products from Govee to see what else I want to use.
Lights are great. Easy install. Wish the screws where alittle more drill point to help install on aluminum. Over all great. Had my family members buy a set for there house.