These are cute. The structure isn't designed to take a windy situation or where they may get bumped into. They have some stakes to hold it in fair conditions, but if it will be windy might be good to tie them to something from the tops or sides. They are not made of waterproof material, mostly cloth and felt, but would probably do ok in a semi-covered area. They might mold if packed away wet. You are not supposed to let the plug-in part get wet at all. There were instructions on how to deal with the electronics, but no instructions for physically putting them together. The head and arms come separate, the arms slide into tabs on the sides and the heads slide into thin poles about an inch deep. Then you plug all the parts together to make one continuous line for pugging in. They won't separate from each other as they are on the same electric line, they have to stand together, they will go about 8 inches apart. The lights on the back of the female are white, green on the male. Not the very highest quality of any of the components, but all put together enough to produce a nice festive ambience. I'm going to put them in the partially covered garden in front of my front porch and make sure the plug is out of any rain.Update 4/7/25: They are handling the weather nicely under the roof edge of my porch. I have it plugged in in the garage so the plug safe and dry. I zip tied them to my porch rails, They would not hold up to wind without securing them well. Now that I have them outside I discovered they are extremely bright on the back side, more than the front, and were shining into our windows even through our curtains. So I made cardboard covers for the backs to minimize that.
