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I bought these lights in April, I had to return the first batch because only of them worked, received the second set, I made sure to check if they were working this time, I pulled the plastic that is inside where the batteries are " note if you are not going to used them for a long time put back the plastic piece" I made this mistake I did not put back the plastic piece today I was going to used them, surprise! The battery was dead, I replaced the batteries will not turn on manually or with the remote, I then read there's a positive and negative, make sure one of the batteries is facing down the other up, after correcting this the lights worked again.

I got these to put in old-fashioned oil lanterns we have hanging in our half bath. They work out well & I like the look, the problem is that the remote will turn them on but not off so I have to have the control section hanging out of the back of the lantern. It's not a big deal, but I got twinkle lights specifically with a remote so I wouldn't have to do that. I also discovered today, when I went in to take a pic for this review, (that wouldn't upload) that the batteries are dead already & wouldn't turn on. They have only been on once, for a few hours on Thanksgiving evening, (when I discovered the remote wouldn't work) & now they won't turn on at all. So I swapped them out for another strand but it seems to me that something like this should have batteries that last longer than a few hours.UPDATE: so it’s now mid January 2023 & none of the lights are working. We were having company the other evening & I wanted to light them, they haven’t been turned on since Thanksgiving when I swapped them out & guess what? They don’t work. I have fairy lights from literally 9 years ago in a big vase with wine corks (no remote) that still work. I used to string them around the bottles on our bar & they’d be on for hours (sometimes overnight) nearly every day….and they STILL work w/no battery change.Super disappointed.

These are so cute and I really wanted to like them, however they have a short battery life. One of the remotes didn't work at all and the second only worked on some of the lights. It was nice that it had replacement batteries but overall wasn't worth the money for how short of a time they lasted.

Small and sparkly. Perfect

UPDATE I had only checked the batteries in the remote, realized the white holder with the lights also had 2 batteries that needed to be replaced. That is why the added a mini screw driver. Just wish the batteries lasted longer.beautiful at first. Then after one week it no longer works. I had thought I needed to replace the battery in the remote, glad I didn't. Had two more that I didn't use and decided to check them by pulling the tab on the light part. We shall see how long these last. Even though these are not expensive, you want them to work more than a week and don't want to waste your money.

One came in not working in the pack and even though I followed the instructions for maximizing battery use, and ran the lights only in the evening and night time, it only lasted about 10 days,

Be prepared to change lots of tiny batteries

I was very disappointed in this product! Out of 12 light units, only 1 light unit is warm and 11 are cool lights. They are advertised as warm lights! All of the batteries were dead. (I expected that so I ordered replacements...thank God) Out of my 2 packs (12 lights total), only 5 were remote! You can see in the picture that the big black knob on the end is the remote unit. The other 7 Lights you have to flip on or off manually. There should have been 12 remote units! I would have returned them but I went to all of this time to replace batteries and figure out how they work...it wasn't as easy as it should have been....I'm fairly handy! Also, I did a dumb thing writing my initials on the units before I checked them. I'm sharing lights at an event and need to get mine back. To check 12 units, this took about 2-1/2 to 3 hours. You will need the tools pictured to change batteries and see if the units work. Battery voltage meter, because of the size of the round batteries, I couldn't use my handy meter...had to pull out the big boy meter. Philips screw driver to remove the tiny screws before changing batteries. I had to use a smaller flat head screw driver to pry the batteries out. Oh, if your batteries are even 2.89 volts, these will not work. you need a full 3 volt or more battery, I purchased what was indicated...They call for CR2032 Lithium and the ones that I removed were CR 2025. Honestly, I believe these to be USED units...even one of the remotes was missing the plastic covering that keeps the battery disconnected until use. BUYER Purchase at your own risk! I'm very unhappy. If you are interested in any of the features of the actual remote units, they seem to work fine. I'm sorry to have had to deal with such trouble, precious time, and untruths about these lights! They come from China...another reason to buy USA!

These are good in theory but there are issues. As people have e mentioned, the batteries don't hardly last for a few days. I just bought name brand batteries to see if they last any longer.Secondly, after the lights have been on a couple hours, the remote does not work (the IR receiver may overheat?) and you have to turn the lights off using the button on the battery pack.If I paid a few dollars you say chalk it up to what you paid for but these were not cheap (in price).Stay away and save your money.--‐---------------------------------So my update is that I added brand new batteries and turned on the lights for a few minutes and turned them off. I just went to turn them on again (about three weeks later) and the batteries are dead. STAY AWAY from these.