The outdoor lights 2 look amazing, very bright. Every led is customizable. There is 1 mounting clip for each led in the box of the "outdoor lights 2", the first generation i heard used to only provide 1 clip for every 4th led, they still might, not sure, might be fixed now..

They need to be connected in series for the walking light scenes to flow one way. The only way to have multiple lights synced together when selecting scenes is through Bluetooth connectivity only, just wifi is not adequate. So either you need to be in the center of your home to select scenes, or within 40ft of all your controllers outside. Google assistant will not control the lights together, only separately and basic color options. The Govee app is great to use after you get the jist of it.

The "outdoor lights 2" 150ft comes with 2 long (16.4ft) and 2 short (5ft?) extensions, which can all be used simultaneously with the 150ft strand, that is the max unless you go with the pro lights @ 200ft.

It would be nice to be able to create your own unique scenes down the road, more than what it is now. The customizing can definitely be expanded.

Do yourself a favor, make sure the lights are tested before install, count your clips to leds. Use the adhesive backing AND the clips with 2 screws. Buy yourself #6 x 5/8" white head screws for a #1 red robbie bit,
chuck away the phillips head mini screws that come with them, unless you have a magnetic bit that holds the provided screws nicely for a one handed operation, saves the hassle when 20ft up a ladder in sub par conditions!

It takes some good preplanning to make sure that the final installation looks professional and balanced for the building and not a slap dash job.
First- measure the distances carefully, Identify any unique points like a peaked roofline and the connection point to the power and controller module.
Second- calculate the spacing of 16.5" inches (42cm) bewteen every LED in the 12 section strings. Third- After calculating the number of LEDS between the power connection and the Roof peak shift the required number of LEDS over so that the LEDS are evenly spaced from the roof peak. Then start attaching via the adhesive strips back toward the power connection. If done correctly you will end up at the optimal point for the power connection. Then continue from the other side of the peak by installing the next string away from the power end. I found 3 inches was a good distance away from the wall and a nice nighttime lighting effect.
I feel this will save me years of taking Christmas lights up and down needlessly.
Another benefit is that squirrels won't mistake these lights as pine cones and destroy the C9 led lights thinking they are a food source!

Calling the 16’ light string an “extension” is false advertising! While you can only use it with the 50’ and 100’ sets, according to their CS, you can’t add them to the sets to extend them another 16’. According to CS when I tried to add it to a 100’ set and had problems (that ended up not being related to the additional string), it’s not an extension, as they claim the 100’ power supply will only work up to 100’ and not more, therefore, there’s no such thing as an “extension.” It’s a replacement string, not an extension and its description should be reworded. Either that, or CS needs to stop claiming it won’t work to extend beyond the length of the 50’ and 100’ sets, because it actually does. Pros who install the lights for others confirmed that the power supplies for the 50’, 100’ and 150’ sets are the same.

That being said, thankfully, their CS is wrong. After replacing a bad string, I now have 116’ working on a 100’ power supply and controller with no data issues. I’m also using a 4’ pro jump cable without issue, which they also said couldn’t be done, when others told me it can. The only good thing CS did was to refund me for both my orders, without asking for me to return anything. Whether that is because they know they’re misrepresenting their product on their site, I don’t know, but they were very quick to offer a refund, which makes me suspicious. I love the lights, the app is so-so and not intuitive. If it weren’t for a Facebook group I’m in, I wouldn’t know I could use other people’s DIYs.

Can’t say enough positive things about my first experience with govee. My wife wanted permanent lights like our neighbors gemstone lights. After seeing the cost of those I found Govee on Amazon and did quite a lot of researching reviews and watching YouTube installs. I didn’t feel comfortable cutting and splicing so I planned accordingly and ordered 100ft to place around the front of my house with the plan to expand to my garage peak once I learned more about splicing.

Install day went smooth, however I would stress to plan very well before installing anything. I laid out lights, measured everything numerous times and ended up getting about 6ft wrap on both sides of house. This way the install is even and looks really professional. As for the install process I ordered a pack of similar wire clips from Amazon and I secured each light with adhesive and a clip held in place with a screw into my aluminum soffit. It’s been a month and I’ve had no issues with the adhesive (and shouldn’t due to all the clips). I ended up placing lights as far away from the house as I could (~16 inches) as we liked the diffused look better, but it’s all personal preference.

As for the wire, I have blue soffits and I really do plan on eventually covering with a piece of blue j trim or something similar. In saying that in the month I’ve had them installed, the wire has not bothered me as I thought it would. I notice it because I’m looking, but even my neighbor with gemstone lights admitted she’d rather have spent the much lower price and have the wire showing. Possibly next year I’ll see about covering it up.

As for the app, it is quite intimidating at first and I found trying to create my own patterns confusing and honestly overwhelming with all the options. However, I watched a few YouTube videos and now I’ve created a few different sports themes and a feature spot light using individual lights. A few weeks using the app has me quite comfortable using it and super impressed with the unlimited options. The best part so far is my kids picking the ready to use light themes in the app and they run out to the front yard to check their choice out.

For the price I really cannot find one negative thing to say, very happy. With canadian winter approaching quick I’m hopeful they stand up to the cold, but have no reason to think they won’t.