Perfect for Christmas, holidays, festive occasions or all year round decoration this 100 LED set of copper wire LED lights is well priced at £12.95 for the 100 LED 10 Metre set.
Inside the Christmas themed box were the LED string set with hard-wired battery box with solar charging fascia and an easy to assemble ground spike stand. A well printed and easy to read User Guide is included although it is not really needed. No batteries are bundled with the set.
The battery box/solar panel control unit is well made and robust with a secure clip to keep the single AA battery safe and dry. On the reverse of the box are the two control buttons, one for Power Off/On and the other to scroll through the eight lighting modes available: Combination, Chasing/ Flash, In wave, Slow fade, Sequential, Twinkle/ Flash, Slo Glo, Continuous. Next time the light comes on it will revert to the last lighting mode used. A preset timer is available which gives six hours on and eighteen hours on, to activate simply turn the power switch On when dark and it will continue in this mode until the battery is removed or the unit switched off.
The unit is powered by a built-in 600MA Ni-MH battery powered by the solar panel on the front. For indoor use or when cloudy a single AA battery can be used instead. The device is IP65 water resistant and this should be fine for normal outdoor garden use but make sure neither box or lights are immersed in water.
The hardest thing about using the string is actually getting unravelled as it is supplied wound but with the one aim of getting tangled up! The 10M copper string has LED’s spaced 10cm apart with a 1.5M waterproof clear lead from the battery box. I found it was annoyingly difficult to avoid tangles and snares when getting it unwound. That task done, it was easy enough to position it around a tree in the garden as the wire can be twisted and bent to shape easily.
The lights look equally good when put into a decorative bottle, inside a wood burner and of course on the Christmas tree when that time comes. The lights are 2300-300k LED’s are warm and bright and lend a relaxing atmosphere and ambience to the room or garden.
This would be a fine addition to any household lighting system as well as for holiday or Christmas use both indoor and out.
Good User Guide
Easily tangled
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