TechRadar Verdict
Govee continues to wow, this time around with the Govee Curtain Lights, which are perfect addition to your holiday decorations. Don’t be fooled by its Christmas-wrapped marketing, however. These lights are perfect for year-round use, even when you’re just curled up in a cozy corner with a good book on a rainy day. Fair warning, though: this isn’t a cheap purchase, and the lights aren’t going to look as big as they do in Govee’s marketing images.
Pros
- +Bright, vibrant and very customizable
- +Surprisingly easy to set up with 3x ways to hang
- +Light beads give them a cleaner look
- +App control and voice command
- +IP65 waterproof for outdoor use
Cons
- –Individual strings a little far apart
- –Lights not as big as in the product images
Smart light technology and designs just keep getting better and better, and Govee seems to be winning in that arena. The Govee Curtain Lights are another fantastic addition to our best smart lights list. And while the brand is currently promoting them as another offering in its smart Christmas light catalog, they deserve to be left up on your wall or windows – and not just ’til January, as that Taylor Swift song goes.
Truth be told, I’m kind of obsessed with the Govee Curtain Lights, and I’m not just saying that as a strong supporter of smart lights. They add a much prettier and much more romantic ambiance to any setting, whether that be my otherwise messy living room or your garden, that no other smart light – not even the recent smart string lights that recently hit the market – can replicate.
That’s not just because these are curtain lights, made of up 20 rows of individual string lights that all hang side by side like delicate willow tree stems. Although, if I’m being perfectly honest, that really does add to their appeal.
Basically, you don’t just get light patterns with them; you can actually create visual representations of things you see in the real world – falling leaves, pumpkin patches, Santa riding his sleigh, the face of your favorite pet, and you can do all that using your phone on the Govee app. That capability is a massive game-changer, especially to those folks who go all-out for Christmas.
They’re not just for Christmas, however. Put them up in your reading nook, and they’ll cozy up that space even more with twinkling warm lights. Set them in your dining space, and they can elevate the ambience not just for dinner parties but also during winter when morning tend to be dark and dreary.