YQL Outdoor String Light Hanging Kit 304 Tension Guide Wire Cable 164ft

Great quality and perfect for stringing lights! Honestly a must have and game changer for ease

Originally bought to hang a shade tarp. It worked and when the tarp gave out, we continued to use the kit outside for lights. Hang properly and it will change the ambiance at night.

Very simple to use and it comes with everything you'll need plus some extras just in case. I've used this product before and it is held up really really well.

I noticed many older reviews mention weak screws, turnbuckles that lacked the ability to pull due to sloppy threads, and more. I didn't find any of those problems. In fact, I was happy to see all stainless hardware and found it worked well. There were only two problems with my kit, one of which I could have prevented, one is I'd call a problem with the parts. The twist-ties were the weakest link. About a dozen of them had the vinyl cover separate from the wire as I twisted them (for the first time) around the light string I was hanging. But there are a LOT of them in the kit so I didn't mind. The screws, turnbuckles, carabiners (spring clips), fastening loops and anchor loops all held up well. Except for one incident. One of my 3 runs (all about 20 feet / 7 meters) split where the wire coat separated from the wire. Since the wire coat is pretty thick, even when screwed down hard (or perhaps TOO hard) the bight (loop fasteners) lost its bite and my closed end came undone. I was able to fix this rather easily because I still had sufficient slack to make a new bight. Some hanging tricks I learned: First some terminology... I'm referring to the following parts by these names; turnbuckle (the long piece with an eye on one side and a hook on the other) - open it nearly fully. anchor (the U shaped piece that is held with two screws to the anchor point - e.g. tree, decking, etc), bight - a loop in the end of the wire cable bight clip - a small piece with two small holes that the cable can pass thru, and two small screw that are used to tighten the wire into the clip. The bight clip is used to make a bight in the wire. carabiner - an O shaped closed loop with a spring loaded "gate" or opening. The large end is attached to the anchor, the smaller end is where the "bight" goes. 1. Fasten the anchors first and make sure they are fully snug. 2. Create a loop through the eye of a fully extended turnbuckle and hook it into the anchor. 3. Stretch the wire to its other anchor point 4. Clip in a carabiner (spring fastener) to the anchor. 5. Cut the wire leaving about a foot (10 cm) of slack - enough to make a loop around the carabiner and back through the bight clip and then some. Do not tighten the bight clip screws. 6. Grasp the free end of the cable with pliers (vice grips) and begin pulling. 7. When nearly all the slack is gone, tighten down the bight screw on the long side of the cable about an inch (2cm) away from the carabiner. 8. Pull more firmly and then tighten the other side of the bight clip. You should leave a loop that isn't closed around the small end of the carabiner 9. Give the whole thing a small tug. 10. Rotate the turnbuckle to remove any obvious slack, but don't overdo it. There will be more slack/sag once the lights are hung, and perhaps more over time. 11. Hang your lights using the twist ties as described in the instructions. 12. Use the turnbuckle to remove remaining slack - but don't expect there to be no sag. In fact, if you end up with a fully shortened turn buckle and there is still too much sag, you'll need to loosen the turnbuckle and go back to the other end of the cable and remove more slack. 13. Once all looks good, trim off all but the last 1/2 inch (1cm) of cable... BUT NOT BEFORE HAND... you may need to do more stretching! If you don't expect to ever take down the wire cable, you don't need to use the carabiner - the slack removal would occur around the anchor. The only problem I ran into was that the bight around the eye of the carabiner broke free. This is because the insulation separated from the wire. I did a little digging, too, and I'm not convinced you can get all the parts for a significantly better price - the only way you might gain some savings is by buying only exactly what you need - in my case I'm glad to have some extra bight clips, anchors, turnbuckles and anchors. Oh, by the way, if one end of your wire is a tree... I'd suggest you leave plenty of slack, otherwise wind will definitely break something!

Wire was easy to install. Just installed so I can’t say much on its durability. Comes with everything you need and then some!

For then last two years we had about 150' of 'commercial grade' string lights from the big box membership club. The problem was, we had three large open areas (50' across each, approx.). We originally hung our lights with no wire. Within weeks they started sagging. The looked "okay", but in some areas taller people had to duck under them and it put the bulbs at eye level and did not create a good atmosphere. We saw a restaurant that had these lights and used wire rope. I found this kit on Amazon and compared the price of the components to the big box hardware stores. The price of the wire rope alone ($.40') was going to be more than this total kit. Plus, our local store that had the vinyl wrapped wire rope wanted $.79'!!!!!! Lastly, the clips for the wire in this kit are much more simple to use and attractive when compared to what they offer locally in the stores. We ordered this kit and had it installed within two hours. Would have been faster but we hung them at 10' and had to use ladders. They look so much better now and the cost of the kit was less than half the price of a single strand of lights. We actually had a lot of hardware left over. But at this price, you can't beat it. Very happy!

Kit had everything I needed to string up my patio lights the right way. The hardware made it relatively easy to get a nice, taut cable strung. My lights look great and have survived some pretty nasty weather and high winds so far this summer. I will say that I invested in a bag of small black zip ties at the hardware store, as the twist ties that come with this kit didn’t seem super sturdy to me. But I consider that a minor addition to what is otherwise a really comprehensive kit that saved me a lot of money, not to mention the time it would have taken me to piece together all the cables and hardware individually. Am hoping this proves to be weatherproof and durable outside, and I don’t notice any rust.

Comes with everything you need for seamless string light hanging. Super easy to use!

Simple to use and feels like it will last.

This kit has everything you could possibly need and more. It was very easy to use, and the quality feels great. I used it to hang outdoor string lights on my patio with four anchor points: a brick wall, a tree, and two spots on a shed. The instructions were clear, and the whole setup process was surprisingly simple, even for someone like me who is definitely not very “handy.” We’ve already gone through a major wind storm since installing the lights, and everything has stayed very secure. I’ve been really impressed with how well it holds up.

Great kit for hanging the Govee and other similar product lights. It had all I needed. I would NOT recommend to hang your lights without this or a similar product. I have several sets of Govee lights up in different locations around my property and since installation we have had several bad wind and rain storms, very high wind. There wasn's a strain on the lights or their electrical cable as it was all the pressure of the adverse weather was handled by the properly installed lights using this kit. I suspect if I tried installation with the lighting wires only that they would not be working at this time.

Worked well, I was expecting the cable to be a heavier gauge. Lots of options for hardware

I got this wire kit to hang up some string lights. It worked very well and I also had enough left over to use to make guy wires for my 12ft Halloween Grim Reaper in my yard. I like that the hardware will not rust, the cable is thin but also strong and has a black coating so it blends in well compared to steel color