My Favorite Smart Outdoor Lights Are $140 Off for Prime Day

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As someone who values efficiency, I never understood the point of putting up holiday lights each year only to take them down a few months later. To add insult to (likely) injury, this involves crawling all over your roof in the worst weather of the year. In between, you need to find room to store the lights and then spend a day untangling them. It’s lunacy, and permanent lights, which came to the consumer market a few years ago, are the solution.

Last year I tested nearly all of the smart lights on the market. It was the second year in a row I’d tested Govee lights, and they remained the best choice. Right now, Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights Pro are 32% off for Prime Day, bringing the price from $439.99 to $299.99.

Govee Permanant Outdoor Lights Pro, 100 foot string

$439.99
at Amazon

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$439.99
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Install them once, and they can remain on your house year round. They have a different profile than standard holiday lights, so it doesn’t look like you have string bulbs hanging off your house all the time. Instead, the small profile lights project color against your house. When you want to use them, your phone is your remote control, allowing you to choose color and motion patterns through an app.

They’re durable, too. Mine stayed up through the worst, wettest winter I can remember, and they still work great.

Looking for something else? Retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, and Home Depot have Prime Day competition sales that are especially useful if you don’t have Amazon Prime.

• Walmart’s Prime Day competition sale begins at midnight on July 8 and will include deals up to 50% off. It’s an especially good option if you have Walmart+. 

• Best Buy’s Prime Day competition sale, “Black Friday in July,” runs through Sunday, July 13 and has some of the best tech sales online. It’s an especially good option if you’re a My Best Buy “Plus” or “Total” member.

• Home Depot extended its 4th of July sale through at least July 9, competing with some amazing deals of its own. It’s an especially good option if you’re looking for power tools, appliances, or outdoor equipment.