Decorated our stairs with 3 sets of this garland this holiday season. We had used mini lights in the past and wanted a garland string of lights that did not require being plugged in. The LED lights within the 9' garland are beautiful. The garland is well made and all the cones and berries held up nicely. The garland lights stay on for 6 hours after turning on. Will shut off automatically and will come on again the following day at the same time. The garland each uses 2 AA batteries which lasted about 4 weeks, but were very dim the last week. Overall, we are very pleased with these lights.