It comes with a remote! It's awesome that you can control the colors from up to 28 feet away. The colors are really bright. We will be using our in our sons' room since their Christmas lights just went out. I like that you can use it with multiple power sources as long as it accepts a standard USB.  It would be neat if the actual lights had a chargeable battery or even took a regular battery so it doesn't have to be plugged in all the time. I guess the one good thing is we have extra charger bases that we can plug into a regular outlet. The kids are definitely excited!