One really cool way to celebrate special occasions such as national and international holidays, as well as birthdays, and also different festive times of the year is by decorating your house with decorative outdoor lights. Adoring the outside of your house during such times can truly help to add some real beauty to the outside of your home. Whether you’re celebrating Independence Day, trying to pass spooky Halloween vibes, looking to fully embrace the Christmas season, or even if you’re just celebrating your birthday or the birthday of a loved one, using decorative outdoor lights can really help you set the mood when it’s time to celebrate a special occasion. The Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights take the idea of decorative outdoor lights to a whole new level.
The Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights are smart decorative outdoor light stripes rated to have a durable special anti-UV construction and a IP67 Water-Resistance Rating, which integrate 72 App-controlled RGBIC LED lights boasting up to 26 lumens of brightness that can have their brightness and color individually adjusted with 16 million colors to choose from, featuring an estimated lifespan of 50,000 hours, both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity, plus in-App controls via the Govee Home App, which offers 72 different light scene modes, a set timer function, and Voice Assistant support for Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant.
Designed to help homeowners celebrate any special occasion, these smart decorative outdoor light stripes allow you to seamlessly display and control unique commemorative light effects outside your home right from your phone.
Now, let’s have a more detailed look at the Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights and check out all the cool functionalities that these smart decorative outdoor light stripes have to offer you.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with the available sizes for the Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights, know that these smart decorative outdoor light stripes measure exactly 100 ft. (30 m) in length. As such, you can completely cover an entire side of a house (typically the front-side) from on end to the other with relative ease.
In terms of their design, note that these smart decorative outdoor light stripes also feature a fairly discreet and minimalist design, as they integrate a semi-transparent cable that allows these light stripes to seamlessly blend in with the exterior of your home, no matter the paint color or texture color of your house walls.
Moreover, they also feature a very durable construction, for which their high-quality plastic cable cover is also coated with a special anti-UV material that helps to protect the internal connection cables protected from sunlight damage.
In addition, the Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights are also rated to have a IP67 Water-Resistance Rating, which makes them completely protected against dust and water over extended periods of time, meaning that they can perfectly withstand any sort of weather conditions, whether that’s just heavy wind, rain, or even snowfall. As such, you can install them outdoors without having to worry about any sort of weather-related damage.
On a side note, we’d also like to point out that their dedicated control box and adapter are rated to have a IP65 Water-Resistance Rating, meaning that they can withstand dust and small splashes of water (such as the occasional light rain or an accidental water spill from a water bottle).
Regarding their components, know that each of these smart decorative outdoor light stripes integrates a total of 72 high-quality RGBIC LED lights, meaning that multiple colors can be simultaneously displayed on a single strip of smart LED lights.
Their built-in RGBIC LED lights boast an adjustable brightness level that can be set up to a maximum of 26 lumens of brightness, and can have both their brightness and color individually adjusted, with 16 million colors to choose from.
Finally, for their power specifications, note that these smart decorative outdoor light stripes feature a Rated Voltage of 36V 2A, for which they’re rated to have an estimated lifespan of 50,000 hours before they need to be replaced. That lifespan estimation equates to exactly 6250 days (~17.12 years) when having these smart decorative outdoor light stripes turned On for an average of 8 hours per day, which is a really long time, if you think about.
SET UP / INSTALLATION
When it comes to the set-up / installation process of the Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights, we’re very happy to say that these smart decorative outdoor light stripes also feature a very simple installation.
You can install them on eaves, walls, fences, and also throughout corridors in order to create visually appealing light effects on the outside of your home, no matter the occasion.
To install these permanent decorative outdoor light stripes, you’re simply required to use the provided VHB glue adhesive patches and clips. Then, it’s just a matter of splicing through the integrated waterproof joints every 16.4 ft. and install them in whatever spot you want to have them at. The while installation should only take around 10 seconds for each strip of smart LED lights.
It is recommended that the total length after adding extension lights doesn’t exceed 159.4 ft. (48.6 m).
On another side note, we’d also like to point out that these smart decorative outdoor light stripes cannot be cut, so keep that in mind.
Embedded below, we have a simplified diagram of the product’s official step-by-step installation process:
CONNECTIVITY
For their wireless connection methods, the Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights boast both Bluetooth Connectivity as well as Wi-Fi Connectivity, which are respectively used for establishing a wireless connection with the App and for establishing a wireless connection with a smart speaker that integrates a Smart Home Voice Assistant.
THE SMARTPHONE COMPANION APP – The Govee Home App
For controlling the Govee RGBIC LED Outdoor Lights different functionalities, homeowners simply need to install the Govee Home App on their smartphone, which is available to download for free for both iOS and Android devices
Via the Govee Home App, homeowners can choose from a total of 72 pre-programmed light scene modes to have their Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights displaying (such as the colors of their favorite football team during live matches), all with just one click of a button.
Additionally, the Govee Home App also integrates a set timer function that allows users to program specific times of the day for these smart decorative outdoor light stripes to automatically turn On or Off.
OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES
Voice Assistant Support (Alexa & Google Assistant)
Last but not least, the Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights also feature Voice Assistant support for both Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant.
This allows homeowners who own a smart speaker running either of those Voice Assistant Smart Home Systems to wirelessly control the light-display settings of these smart decorative outdoor light stripes by using simple voice commands.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
Inside each package, users will find: the separate segments of the Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights that when combined together measure 100 ft. in length, along with a couple of screws, anchors, and clips, plus several VHB glue adhesive patches (for each RGBIC LED).
FINAL THOUGHTS
The Govee RGBIC LED Permanent Outdoor Lights are smart decorative outdoor light stripes rated to have a durable special anti-UV construction and a IP67 Water-Resistance Rating, which integrate 72 App-controlled RGBIC LED lights boasting up to 26 lumens of brightness that can have their brightness and color individually adjusted with 16 million colors to choose from, featuring an estimated lifespan of 50,000 hours, both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity, plus in-App controls via the Govee Home App, which offers 72 different light scene modes, a set timer function, and Voice Assistant support for Amazon Alexa and the Google Assistant.
All in all, these smart decorative outdoor light stripes are perfect for setting a mood outside your home when celebrating any special occasion, whether that’s the 4th of July, Halloween, Christmas season, someone’s birthday, or any other special date.
If you’re interested in purchasing them, know that they’re currently discounted from their normal price of $199.99, and are now going for just $169.99 (saves you $30). You can order them online, either directly from Govee’s official shopping page, or alternatively, you can instead get them from Amazon, if you’d prefer.
