Love these lights! We put them up after Thanksgiving, and now tis almost Saint Patrick's day, they are still going strong! (I'm sure the neighbors love it!) I leave them up all year, just turn them off after the holidays. These have lasted so much longer than previous lights. The lights charge beautifully during the day and come on at dusk, lasting until about 1am. (About 9 hrs) function perfectly, plenty of length and the lights were spaced just right, didn't feel like there were any "bald" spots. The color is perfect we got the soft white and the red. Not hard to put up at all, didn't tangle even once (a Christmas miracle!) I feel like these lights were a great value.