These lights only consume 5V low voltage and don’t generate any heat to cause any fire hazards, making them a safer decorative item. It comes with eight light settings and a time remote that allows the lights to glow in eight different flash modes with multiple combinations like waves, sequential, chasing, flash, slow fade, twinkle slogs, and steady, that you can control through the wireless remote without having to get up from the boat.It has a special timer mode that turns off the lights automatically after six hours and turns them off after 19 hours. However, if you don’t like the settings, you can set the timer manually or keep them turned ON as much as you like. The lights are portable, and you can carry them anywhere you go. Since they are USB powered, you can turn on the lights using a power bank, laptop, cellphone adapter, and any other USB power source.