Nice lights came on a spool. Thin strands a tiny pastel lights. I would have preferred red, blue, yellow and green, but that is a personal preference. I didnt like any of the flashing options, so just kept it on solid.Lights worked as expected. Lights are nicely bright. NOTE: will not work with a dimmer.These light so far are very bright and very long.Didn’t get a remote in the first box. Amazon said they would send me an entirely new set. And I would need to return the only one. That cost me money for returning it.New box comes in no remote. I’m not going to spend more money to return these. I’ll just make do.So if you plan to use these DON’T plan to get a remote.I hadn't realized how jarring the wire would be on greenery (evergreen shrubs) - pretty ugly in the daytime, but shines nice and bright at night. ALSO - though the lights are fine outdoors, the plug and control are NOT FOR OUTDOOR USE - which is not clear in the description. If you need to plug lights into an outdoor plug, buy something else.Works as should. The leds are bright and easy to see from any angle. It is easy to change patterns or colors too. Recommended super longWe couldn’t stop looking at our Christmas Tree, the lights made our tree so bright and beautiful.They were amazing until they suddenly just stopped working. Checked several different outlets and still didn’t work.These are so beautiful! And they are a good price. It says they are weather proof even in the winter but the little control panel does not look weather proof. I guess we will see. I haven’t put them outside yet so I will trust that what they say is true. Will update if it’s not. The look of them is so amazing.These lights are amazing ! All the different colour patterns are great ! I love how I can wind it up after they are used to store them properly as well ! And super long string 164 ft !Installed it in the front of the house. It was long enough for 3 layers of lights and that made it amazing. I'm happy we did not buy the white ones. The yellow/gold colour added a little more charm to the light...They are beautiful just outstanding looks great would recommend but would wish it would have red light not pink but other than that wowPurchased for a 3-storey apartment building's outdoor stairs. The aim was to just go up and down one side, but there was enough string to go up and down both railings. The tiny bulbs are really bright in the darkness. The colours are less "Christmas-y" and more relaxed festive colours, probably great all year round. Extra points for the included zip ties, and the fact that the plugin end is about 4 or 5 feet from the first light.