Easy enough install - comes with a sticky back, however these are only in order to hold it in place temporarily, as the actual securing is done with a fixing bracket and screws. I've had no problem with any drop outs or LED failures so far due to weather (and we've had some awful weather over the last week or so). I will say though that because we have a victorian property, the eaves are quite deep and so they are protected from the worst of the elements.

In terms of quailty, they seem good. As I expect from a well known brand like govee. No open wires or quailty control issues and the LED units feel solid and well sealed. It's obviously what bits are designed to be installed inside and which aren't. However I did have to drill through a porch to fit various cables though, as I'm sure most properties will need to think of how best to feed the lights out.

Once in place they look fantastic, just be sure to get the distance consitant. I wavered towards the end and it didn't look quite right and I had to do them again. Looks very classy on a dimmed, warm white but you also have the option to go all out with scenes and rainbow colours if you wanted too. Which brings me to the app - fairly straight forward pairing process, especially if you already have the app like I did. Took a matter of minutes and integrated with my alexa via the skill perfectly. App is very intuitive and the possibilities for customisation are near endless. Probably the best app of any smart device I've used. Price point feels reasonable for the quality and ease of use. Would have liked the entire device to be suitable for an outdoor power supply and fully waterproof but otherwise, fantastic

The lights themselves are good enough. Bright and colorful. They are quite close together, so I tend to use every other one, or less. Installation is OK, the 3M glue seems to be strong. The ribbon cables are twisted in the box, so they don't lie flat - not the prettiest if visible. Some glue for these to hold them flat could be useful. You can choose different colours per light, but you can't choose different brightness settings per light, as far as I can see. The Govee app is pretty bizarre. Pairing for Matter/Homekit worked eventually. You can control the strip in Apple Home, but it stuffs up any customisation you might've done in the Govee app. Colour and brightness can be set, but it's all the bulbs at once. So anything other than really basic automations need to be set in the Govee app. What I can do it tell Siri to turn them off or on, and that seems to not stuff up the 'scene' I created - not normally anyway. When it does stuff it up, it's back to the Govee app to fix it. Govee app only works if I put my iPad on 2.4Ghz wifi (guys it is 2024, can't we just use Thread?). Maybe if I put it into a HomeAssistant setup I'll get some real control and integration with Homekit. I wanted motion detection, for example, but not really possible. Matter is such a crock. Despite the promise we're still stuck with vendor apps and ancient Wifi specs. But, soon it's halloween and then Christmas, and these will add to the garish light show - and I guess that's the real point of them.

Got this in the leadup to Halloween and Christmas and I must say I am absolutely mind blown. Firstly it arrived extremely well packaged. It was easy to work out how to use and set up, and the instructions are clear to follow. It was super easy to install by using the already attached 3M tape, but you can also add clamps to each LED light for an even more permanent fixture. Each segment has 12 LED lights on it, and you can daisy chain all the ones you get together. You extension cables too which is handy to extend the cable where needed. The switch box lets you also turn them on/off. I love that I can also control it via the Alexa app making it super handy. Where the magic really comes in is the app. It is extremely well designed and gives you FULL control over the lights right down to each individual LED! It has built in themes and designs, and you can set schedules, adjust brightness and much much more. A very comprehensive kit that has transformed the look of the house and cannot wait to turn them on each day and especially during the festive seasons!!

These do not remember their last state when powered off by a remote outlet, power them back on it goes back to default, there is the odd time it will remember what the last setting was but then it won't remember the next. when I plug them in it shows the last scene for one second then changes back to the last one it -did- remember (seems the magic number here is 15 minutes and it remembers the setting). and even though you can use the same custom diy/workshop as the outdoor pro lights you cannot link the 2 together to run the same sequences making it a pain to control just as an fyi to others who might want to try to do the same thing. I understand that when you arent near them that this is not possible, but when I am in the house and connect to all the lights this should be possible to do. Unfortunate that they are not as configurable as cheaper sets on the market. As these are normally 99 dollars I would not recommend them at all at that price, I would likely recommend the wifi versions (which are twice the price) if you require better flexibility. Recommendation to govee, change the saving rate to saving the scene every 60 seconds instead of 15 minutes, and a way to group this with the permanent lights for the same scene would be highly beneficial