Article by Marcus Siu

When it comes to setting the right mood, it seems there is absolutely nothing more important than colored lighting, especially during the holidays. Whether you are driving through a dramatic city backdrop with buildings splashed in multi-colored lighting, walking through a holiday decorated neighborhood with homes surrounded by lively flashing colored lights, or just simply relaxing at home entertaining guests in a festive illuminated environment, it quickly makes people feel lively in a a fun filled party atmosphere.

With MPowerd Luci Solar String lights, you can take the festivities and party anywhere you want to be; whether it’s just the backyard patio, a campsite, or at a beach. The unit is very compact and convenient enough to just throw it in a purse or small bag.

Unlike having to deal with long traditional stringed lights that takes time to untwist, your stringed lights will be set up instantly in just a few minutes from the palm of your hand. Though it wasn’t intended to displace traditional Christmas light decorations around your house and in large area spaces, it’s certainly a great alternative option for lighting up small intimate spaces where people gather.

There are two different Luci Solar String lighting products; the Luci Color Solar String Lights and the Luci Solar String Lights. They are essentially the same product, except that one utilizes color and the other one doesn’t. The Luci Color Solar String Lights has six different colors that you can choose, all with a touch of a button: blue, violet, turquoise, green, pink, cool white + color cycle mode while the other just uses basic warm white LED’s. If you wish to be more traditional then the white LED’s would be your choice.

It’s power is generated through the sun through its solar panel, so your electricity bill cost will not be affected. The round canister pack twists off by hand. In it contains the wires and string lights all in one. After the unit is charged, all you need to do is unroll it out of the canister, find the area you wish to light up and find something, such as a tree twig or stake that you can wrap the tip of the wire to. If you plan to use it indoors, a plain small nail will do the trick.

Depending on how much brightness you need, the battery life at low mode can run up to 20 hours, the medium mode runs 11 hours, the high mode runs five hours, and the flashing/emergency mode runs nine hours. Each unit pack contain 100 lumens into 10 nodes all on an 18 foot cord.

If you live in a region where you don’t get much sun, such as in the Scandinavian countries during the wintertime or just don’t have access to the sun for some other reason, you still have the option to quick charge it through its own USB port. You can even use it as an emergency power bank, in case you desperately need to juice up another device, such as a cell phone or tablet.

For me, I like to use the Luci Color Solar String Lights right above my vertical blinds in my living room, spacing the colors evenly creating a nice accent background drop. It complements the color lighting coming from the smart bulbs coming from my lamps.

Most of the time, I like to set it to one color depending on my mood. I usually choose violet in a low mode, which makes me feel more relaxed at night. The long 18 foot cord makes it easy to stretch it across illuminating and highlighting the panels of the blinds, which dramatically reflects to the floor giving the room added warmth.

The tricky part of setting the unit up is trying to figure out where to conceal the round canister to keep it out of view. I hung up a little nail on the wall right near where the lights stop at the top of the blinds. It is still visible but it seems to blend in anyway to the environment, much like a smoke alarm does on walls. In any case, it certainly doesn’t look out of place and it’s still much more desirable than having to install an electrical outlet next to the side of the blinds. That would certainly be an eyesore.

I love the fact that after charging the unit, it seems to retain it’s charge, even if I sparingly use them. There have been times when I wouldn’t turn it on for a few weeks and I would expect it not to turn on, but it turns on. I have been very happy that the battery holds its charge after a few months before it finally gave out on me.

Another added bonus is that it also has a built-in LED external flashlight. This certainly helps out during those nights when you forgot to bring your flashlight and need to find your way back to the camping site in the middle of the night. It’s also great to look for your lost and misplaced items, such as the car keys or the half full bottle of beer that you left behind.

Christmas is the perfect time to go “green”, if you aren’t already. Products like these not only enhance our lives, but it also helps the planet.

The retail price of these lights are $49.95, but during it’s extended Black Friday, you can get two for the price of one. Certainly a bargain in my book.

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