Garland as such is what I imagined: a cable with sockets and designed to withstand the weather. The quality of the garland is good. For cons, the bulbs are delivered with bad quality (sealing the glass globe on the fragile base. Casse assembly and faulty bulbs unpacking). More importantly, it is not indicated on the Web site Amazon that these bulbs have a decorative function of atmosphere. Indeed, we discovered on the packaging of the product the following statement: "Not for light a room (100 lumens)." Conclusion: to light, we must equip other bulbs (I chose the compact fluorescent bulbs (Eco power) of 11W that can each produce 490 lumens). One bright spot in my case: it is reported to seller was offset by free shipping of 6 replacement bulbs and the promise that the information on the Web Site Amazon would be made more consistent.