I kinda thought they would be taller but meh; product pic shows what looks like two different sized candy canes (the small one is the correct one). The overall cord length is less than 10ft from male to female plug and about 7ft from the first candy cane to the last candy cane. I would recommend you make holes in the ground to help the stakes; we have hard ground here and I bent one stake trying to put in. Overall these lights are great. I bought 4 total so I could line the driveway with 2 strands on each side. Nice, bright and red! Great addition to my Christmas wonderland.