Man Pays $237 for Lights to Make Neighbors Jealous They Have Neighbors

KEY POINTS

•Philips Hue offers Festavia string lights with 65- and 130-foot options for $145 and $237 on Amazon during early Black Friday sales.
•The lights feature 250 individually addressable LEDs, support Bluetooth and Matter, and work indoors or outdoors with an IP54 rating.
•Govee competes with more budget-friendly Christmas Lights 2, offering strands from 66 to 328 feet, prices ranging $63.99 to $249.99.
•While Govee’s lights have IP65 rating, their power adapters only reach IP44 and use less impressive drop-style heads.

Philips Hue’s Festavia lights are trying to turn your holiday home into the Vegas Strip with a 65-foot strand at $145.19 (down from $241.99) and an eye-popping 130-foot one at $237.60 (from $395.99). Boasting 250 LEDs, individual pixel wizardry, and app-controlled mood magic, they even play nice with Alexa and your Spotify playlist. Not to be outdone, budget hero Govee pitches 66-foot strands for $63.99, getting longer with options topping 328 feet for a cool $249.99. Their lights have drop-style heads, which sounds less ‘wow’ and more ‘weh.’ Meanwhile, power adapters playing chicken with IP44 ratings adds to the slapstick. All lights guarantee festive chaos, color-coded for your Christmas bragging rights.