Warm White Solar Fairy String Lights

I bought these extra-long solar fairy lights about two years ago, and I’m genuinely impressed by how well they’ve held up. The string is long enough to wrap around a big patio or fence, and the LEDs are bright enough to add a cozy glow without being harsh. Even on days when the sun isn’t at its best, they still manage to light up in the evening, which surprised me. The build quality feels solid too—I haven’t had any major sections burn out or stop working. Overall, a great choice if you want durable, low-maintenance outdoor lights that look good year after year.

I bought these 3 years ago and wrapped them onto the frame of an outdoor patio gazebo. I mounted the solar panels to one upright and ignored them since. We took down the canvas canopy every winter, but left the lights on the frame through rain, snow, and sleet - typical northeast US winters. All year long, they come on at dusk and are still lit at 5 or 6 am when we get our coffee! A cloudy day, of course, will reduce the time they stay on, and certainly, we don't always see the lights on at dawn. But overall, these have really been effortless and durable. We're replacing our canopy with a hard top model and we repurposed the old lights because the solar panels are getting a bit hazy (to be expected after 3 years in the sun and elements!). These are back in my shopping cart for the new gazebo! Note that these are fairy lights. We had 3 strings under a 10x12 canopy and it was faintly lit. Plenty of light to avoid running into furniture, see where your drink glass is, and see your companions. But the light was certainly dim and soft (we had the soft white version). I did add candle lanterns on the tables to brighten up the space a bit, but these are not "bright". Buy more if you want bright, or use these as the always-on background for additional statement lighting.

I ordered this product, and then left it in the box for a year. Finally, I was going to put them up. I left them out in the sun all day, and they turned on. But when I pick them up off the ground to put them on my fence, they shut off and never worked again. Unfortunately, it's a 30-day return. And it's been a year. So if you buy these, make sure they work within the right time limit. Had to redo my review. I went out this morning, and the lights were on and beautiful and bright and twinkling. Have to put my other review down to user error. I think that when I took the lights off the relative shadow of my back porch into the sunlight, they turned off automatically. But I've had them in the box for over a year, took them out, and now they work perfectly.

Only two of the 4 worked. Too late to return. UPDATE 1/28/26 THEY REFUNDED MY ORDER EVEN THO IT WAS PASS THE RETURN WINDOW. I CHANGED MY RATING FROM 2 STARS TO 4 STARS.

work great, very happy with them

Well I wanted to love these. I fully understand that copper is easily broken. However, this is ridiculous. Two of the four sets I ordered snapped at the solar charger. So that was disappointing, to say the least. Also, the wire is wrapped around a cardboard so it doesn't tangle. But the end where the solar charger is, is not the end that you can unwrap first. You have to unwrap from the other end. However, I always first put the solar charger where I know the sun is best and then run the lights accordingly. So this meant I had to unwind the entire line and wrap it in the opposite direction. Allow me to tell you, it doesn't matter how OCD you are about this part, it will tangle and then make you perform yoga breathing to avoid just snapping the wire out of sheer frustration. So yeah. If they could make the wire a bit stronger so it doesn't snap and wrap the wire to be run from the side with the solar charger, this would be great. Otherwise the two strings that didn't break, seem to be operating as expected.

Had these over a year and they are super easy to put up. Mine charge well even out of direct light.

The wire thickness makes them easy to wind around anything and they can tangle free. They are fun to have and I put the 3 arches in my garden. The light quality is subtle but beautiful. They are not very bright. The batter life lasts long enough for me to never see them go out at night. They are a great value for the money because the strands are so long. I have only used one of them over a huge distance. If you are using them for your garden arches be sure you put the charger high up so when your plants grow it doesn't swallow the little solar panel.