Brizled Outdoor Christmas Lights, 78.74 ft 240 LED Warm White String Lights

Why it's worth it

Nearly 79 feet and 240 warm-white LEDs for a fraction of what the smart strings cost. There's no app and no color, just the soft traditional glow that most people actually want on a tree, plus a timer that remembers your setting.

Good Housekeeping's testing panels rated warm white around 2700K highest for the traditional tree look, ahead of both cool white and multicolor. That's worth sitting with before you spend on color-changing hardware. If your mental image of a lit tree is amber and soft, a warm-white strand gets you there directly, and this one runs almost 79 feet.

The timer is the feature you'll use every day. Press the button on the adapter and the lights run six hours on, eighteen off, and remember it through a power cycle. No app, no schedule to configure, no phone required. You plug it in once in late fall and stop thinking about it. Eight lighting modes are on the same button if you want twinkle or a slow fade.

From our review of 8 led string lights for the holidays

What we like

• +Good Housekeeping's testing panels rated warm white around 2700K highest for the traditional tree look, ahead of both cool white…
• +The timer is the feature you'll use every day
• +It runs on 29 volts through a low-voltage adapter rather than line voltage down the strand, and it's rated for indoor or outdoor…
• +Owner feedback here is broadly positive over a very large number of buyers, mostly praising the color temperature and the fact…

What to know

• –You can only chain three strands, which is stingy for a warm-white set
• –The mode button lives on the power adapter, so changing modes means walking to the outlet and cycling through in a fixed order
• –It's warm white only