Using outdoor solar lighting can save your money if you ?
Feb 12, 2009 by edoedo | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)
Using outdoor solar lighting can save your money if you put those in your house at night time? Yes it does!
It saved me 30 dollars every months or more!
I wonder if you all have ever thought of that?
I would like to hear from you.
TY!
I put those solar light outside until it get dark then I put them in my houe.
PattyAnn = That true it is not strong light but I put 5 each in rooms. But it working!
Wow, I came back an hour later , all I have is two answered lol.
we had solar lights intel someone stole them.
Yes they do save money... but they don't save anything for me because people keep taking them it makes me what to say "@#%*"
Wassup? | Feb 12, 2009
Thanks for the tip! No, I honestly never thought of it. $30.00 is $30.00 after all. It makes me want to think of a way to keep the solar panel outside, on the side of the house that gets the most sun all the time, while mounting the lights permanently on the inside.
Joe H | Feb 12, 2009
Sure we have all thought of it. The solar light in my garden isn't very bright. It costs to get solar lighting in your house. Heck, we use very little in the way of lights anyway. I turn them off if we're not in the room.
PattyAnn | Feb 12, 2009
Great question!! Ive been thinking along the same lines with the economic crisis looming its smart to have back up lighting. Solar lights and panels could provide enough energy to pump water and provide some lighting as well as well as power up my laptop etc. You can use your laptop then to watch dvd's.
Jehovah Bless! JD
AnnunaElite2012 | Feb 12, 2009
Wow..good for you..never thought of that..personally I would rather sit in the dark or pay the $30.00 to be able to flick the light on, but it is a good idea..I have the solar lights all down my laneway..they are great things.
pissy_old_lady | Feb 12, 2009
Help with a simple outdoor solar lighting system?
Oct 28, 2008 by Estefaniamm | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)
Hello, I want to have some light on my shed.
I was thinking on solar lighting. I have a 8xAA rechargeable battery from a toy car and I'm going to buy a solar panel, what kind do I need?
Do I need something else? What is a "solar panel controller"?
How I connect everything? What kind of bulbs are better?
Lots of questions! Thanks for your help!
Stephanie.
Hello, I want to have some light on my shed.
I was thinking on solar lighting. I have a 8xAA rechargeable battery from a toy car and I'm going to buy a solar panel, what kind do I need?
Do I need something else? What is a "solar panel controller"?
How I connect everything? What kind of bulbs are better?
Lots of questions! Thanks for your help!
Stephanie.
PS. I WANT to build it, I know there are very cheap ones out there, but the objective is to learn a bit of electricity (positives and negatives and all that).
You need a panel, 5W is maybe fine, possibly 10W. 12V nominal.
You need a charge controller to prevent the batteries from overcharging.
You should use LED lighting.
I would prefer a Sealed Lead Acid cell.
It won't be very cheap.
classicsat | Oct 28, 2008
Does anbody make good landscape solar lighting products? Like a complete system?
Nov 30, 2007 by oohhbother | Posted in Green Living
I'm looking for something more powerful than those pale useless self-solar single lights, such are sold at Home Depot.
I'm looking for functionality, not a bargain.
I'm having an outdoor party at night, and I want lighting?Solar lights?
Jun 15, 2008 by LoveeLoveGrl | Posted in Other - Home & Garden
I live out in the country,so lighting is limited. I really don't want my guests to be out in the dark (with just a motion light!) so I was wondering what I could do for lighting. I was wondering if solar lights could be the answer? Along with candles..but I'm not sure about those since there will be children there..and even if there weren't with 50+ people things could get crazy.So what can I do?
There are sooo many different solar lights available. You can get strings of lanterns for interest and some that you can stake into the ground to delineate paths to/from the home for food/bathroom trips. I would also have something for mosquito control like citronella lanterns.
Have a GREAT party.
The Muse | Jun 15, 2008
Who thinks LED and Solar lights give quality lighting?
Aug 05, 2006 by backhome101 | Posted in Garden & Landscape
I've been installing landscape lighting for almost 20 years and can't uderstand why people see value in LED & Solar lights. It's like the electric car - great in theory but proformance leaves alot to be desired. Fireflies in a jar, Fireflies in a jar.
Depends on your need for landscape lighting.
I find MOST bright landscape lighting unnecessary & garish. I find the soft subtle solar lights are perfect for most garden uses.
Remeber it is a garden - not the Las Vegas strip!!!
carl l | Aug 05, 2006
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List Price: $42.00
Price: $29.99 You Save:$12.01 (29%)
Product Details
Rechargeable AA NiCd battery (Included)
Lasting plastic construction
Drained LEDs
Product Description
mfr: COLEMAN Line SYSTEMS, INC. VERONA PLASTIC PATH Headlamp - 10-PACK Durable plastic construction solar procedure light White LED Rechargeable NiCd battery (included) 10.63" above base 10 pack of lights 91225 VERONA PLAS Procedure LIGHT COLOR:Black
Customer Reviews
EXCELLENT PRODUCT
NOT ONLY DID THIS PRODUCT INPROVE THE LOOK OF MY FRONT YARD GARDENS,UNLIKE THE HARD WIRED GARDEN LIGHTS I TOOK OUT THESE NEW LIGHTS ADD NOTHING TO MY ELECTRIC BILL EACH MONTH
2010-08-28
| Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5
Awesome Lights!
I bought two packs of these. 20 lights. 2 so far haven't worked, and thats why I rated it a 4.
These lights are great for the size, don't expect a ton of light out of them, but its enough to light up the walkway or as an accent to the house.
I can walk down my walk way and see any obstacles no problem with these. The batteries looked a little cheap, I will probally replace those soon for a longer life.
So far every night the 18 lights come on. 2 of them have never. I'm going to junk them or keep them around for spare parts.
Not to bad, I would buy these again for the price!
2010-08-23
| Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4
Moonray Solar Lights
Received the order promptly. Just put them together, activated the battery and they all worked fine. Liked the price so, I ordered more.
Pretty night lights
These lights are small but shine a pretty light along the faux creek-bed in the back yard. Don't think lights, think fireflies, and you'll get the size right. One star off because the stakes are a bit short (IMHO) and the lights are SO small. For the price, these are a great buy, though, and they add a sort of fairy-land charm to the yard.
Setup was easy and quick. With a day's charge, the lights stay on sunset to sunrise. Silly as it is, my favorite thing is to watch them flicker on as evening falls.
My box came with ten lights but only eight stakes. I requested the missing two stakes by email from Moonrays (3 weeks ago) but have not yet received them.
Nice little lights
Bought these from Amazon two weeks ago but only put them up this past weekend. Very fast shipping (as always) from Amazon and had them within two days of my order. Opened the box right away to look at them and was impressed how the Moonrays box had the individual tops pacakged inside to prevent breakage.
As I was placing them this weekend along my front stone path there were two things I noticed. For one, the plastic is very light and seems fragile to me. I don't know how well these will hold up, but they look pretty good for now.
The second thing was the length of the stake at the bottom. It was probably a little over 4" long, which was good because they should stick in the ground fairly well. The hardest part was trying to keep all the lights even with each other and keep them straight as I lightly hammered them into the ground. (*Note: Hammer the stakes into the first, them attach the tops. Don't try to hammer them with the tops on. Duh)
Out of the package, I only found one light that was dim...possibly a bad battery or just needed to be recharged. But I used 8 of the 10 for my path and, so far, they have been great. They light up well enough to see the stepping stones but not overly bright. They just seem to bring a touch of class to the front of my house at night, which was all that I wanted.
Overall, very pleased with this product. Took off 1 star for the 1 dim light and the flimsiness of the plastic.
2010-07-06
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4
Wild Grass Solar Garden Lights. A Set of 3 Sprigs of 1.2 Foot Tall Grass Lights.
List Price: $19.99
Product Details
Automaticly lights up in the evening & turns off during the day.
Unceasing or flashing modes provide variety for respite and regular seasons.
8 hours in the sun supplies at least 6 hours discover during the evening.
Product Description
Three sprigs of unequalled natural-looking Wild Grass LED Lights are powered by a solar panel and battery. Influential product for your garden, patio and pavement colours needs. Fiber-optic grass strands can without difficulty be formed into different shapes. Make a odour by simply twisting and bending the grass wires. No A/C power needed. Self sustaining. Requires no continuation. Great for holiday decoration and year arched use. They illuminate a low- angel of 1.2 ft tall to the foundation. They are perfect to work with any regular solar garden enclose light to make light show at night. One year replacement and refund warranty from date of purchase.
Customer Reviews
work great
The lights work great. They come on every night and are plenty bright. I need to buy a few more for the garden myself.
Very unique addition to the planters
I really like these solar lights because they are different. You can bend them any way you want. They have a nice green color and they stand out at night in the garden. I have many different path lights and stakes and these are some of my favorites. Quality is great.
2010-08-30
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Wild about wild grass lights
I was looking on line for some interesting solar lights and came across the Wild Grass Lights. They looked fun. And fun they are! We have a lot of solar lights in our backyard - but these are the most amuzing. I smile as soon as I see them. They work great! I plan on buying more for gifts!
2010-08-05
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Attention getter
Surprisingly bright. I put them at the base of a tree in the front yard. Now when guests come in the evening, I tell them to pull up the driveway with the lit grass. Good for conversation. Sturdy enough. I am thinking of creating an entire garden of these things!
2010-07-28
(Santa Monica, CA USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4
Awesome Wild Grass
These wild grass solar lights are fabulous! I have 2 sets and just love them. They stay on most of the night so no complaints at all :)
2010-07-14
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Designers Edge L-949 10 LED Rechargeable Solar Panel Shed Light Model
List Price: $27.99
Price: $26.73 You Save:$1.26 (5%)
Product Details
Features two power settings
Wonderful bright 100,000 hour LEDs
20-Foot Addition cord allows solar panel to be placed in aim sunlight
Product Description
Overturn light to your dark shed, without having to lock to your local power grid. This LED shed clarify features 10 bright LED's that are powered via a solar panel. The panel can be placed in instruct sunshine with the included 20-foot widening cord. Mount the light on the ceiling or screen for maximum flexibility, or use it as a utility light for a vocation bench. A pull chain allows relaxing on and off. A switch on the body lets you select between 10 LED's that last 2 hours, or 5 LED's that last 4 hours. The LED's have an ordinary rated life of 100,000 hours, ensuring years of unending use. The solar panel has a glass cover for protection in wet locations. Includes three AA rechargeable batteries and all mounting machinery. This fixture is approved for damp location use as defined by the Inhabitant Electric Code. Please consult your local electrical organization for details. DL # 274093.
Customer Reviews
decent product but amazon sucks
The light is what it is expected to be, a fairly dim light for the shed so you don't run into anything at night. It is not for working by.
Amazon uses independant shipping companies that could care less about speeding down private lanes and spinning tire in your yard. The driver was told to slow down after his anger at having difficulty finding our address, his response was to spin tire and speed down our private dirt lane where ours and our neighbor's kids play and ride their bikes. When we discussed this with Amazon and the shipping company itself, we were basically told to go pound salt. So, the only recourse is to no longer use the Amazon website at all... problem solved.
2010-09-06
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3
Mounts easily, but I changed the pull string to a ball chain
I purchased this for a playhouse we built for our kids. We wanted some type of lighting so that it would not be completely dark in the playhouse (the size of a shed) in case they played in there at night during the summer or if they even had a sleepover in there. For lighting something the size of a small shed I'd say that the light output is reasonable for 10 LEDs.
The design of this system is mostly intelligent: the cord is long which meant that I could place the solar panel on the roof or side of the house and run the cord inside. It would have been slightly easier if the end of the plug was straight rather than L-shaped because it meant that I had to drill a bigger hole into the side of the playhouse in order to feed the plug through. There are several attachment options for the solar panel. The plastic base that it attaches to allows you to swivel the panel to face any direction, and it also comes with an L-shaped metal arm that could attach to both the bracket and the solar panel itself in case you are configuring it in a tricky spot. I've got the panel attached to the side of the playhouse but facing upward and it charges easily. The design of the charging unit that goes inside the building is smart. First of, it uses rechargeable batteries that can be replaced simply by taking the cover off. No screwdrivers are necessary for this. Thus, if a battery goes bad you can easily replace it. Secondly, the unit has a charging light on it. This meant that I could place the solar panel somewhere and have confidence in permanently attaching it to the building because I could see that it was charging. Also, because the plug actually plugs into the lighting unit, one could theoretically plug this into things other than the LED lighting unit. However, it's a very small plug but if you had matching appliances it could work.
Here are two minor tips I experienced:
1) The unit comes fully charged. I did not realize that there was a charging light on the LED unit so I discharged the batteries by leaving the light on overnight. The light stayed on for 27 straight hours and it gave off its full light for most of that time.
2) The pull cord it comes with is a string. I was hanging this high up in my kids' playhouse so I wanted a longer string and a more durable cord. I took the screws out of the back of the LED unit and found that the string was tied to a lever. Using some tiny pliers I was able to undo the knot in the string. I tied that end to a thread and the other end of the thread to a very thin ball chain that I had. I was then able to feed the ball chain through the level and cap it off with one of those connectors at the end of the ball chain. That way, it would be secure and not go through the hole. The ball chain had a tendency to catch on the lever itself so I took some scotch tape and wrapped it around that part of the ball chain that goes through the lever. I did this after I had fed it through so I had to push some of the ball chain back up but if you can plan properly and do it beforehand, you'll be in even better shape.
Very pleased.
I puchased two of these solar shed lights. I use them in our home. They give off plenty of light to read by. One is mounted on the wall in the bathroom, and gives more than sufficient lighting. I plan to order more. One last thing, the charge on "half power", or half the lighting capacity, lasts throughout the night hours.
Hope this helps.
2010-08-27
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
They are doing the job!
Designers Edge L-949 10 LED Rechargeable Solar Panel Shed Light ModelI was looking for non-electrical lights for the outdoor shower at my house at the Jersey Shore. I found these units on Amazon.com and purchased two of them. I installed them both in the shower in about 30 minutes and installation was easy. 10 Leds do not provide much light during the daytime, but do provide adequate light when showering at night. They are doing the job!
2010-08-24
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Worth the money paid.
The light works fine. Bright enough to see easily in a good size area. The extra rod bracket it comes with is not explained anywhere and fairly useless, but the standard setup works fine and easy to install. The string-pull for on/off does seem a bit flimsy.
2010-07-20
| Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4
Brinkmann 4-Piece Dual Window Pane Solar Stake Light Set
List Price: $25.84
Price: $22.19 You Save:$3.65 (14%)
Product Details
Metal construction
One amber LED
Three way mounting
Product Description
Wonderfully designed, solar garden accent lights kisser the LED technology for extra-long run times, multiple LEDs for most brightness and special internal reflector to improve and distribute light evenly. Light match comes pre-assembled for easy set-up and use. No wiring is required- assembles and installs in seconds. The solar panel converts sunlight into vibrations and charges the rechargeable battery during the day. At night, light turns on automatically.
Customer Reviews
solar review
Good set for the money. The add did not mention that batteries came with the set so I purchased batteries when I didn't need to.
2010-09-06
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
25% Failed
I purchased 3 sets of these lights based on the positive comments on this site. Out of 12 lights, 3 do not work. That is a pretty high failure to recommend this product.
2010-08-30
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2
Great looking lights for the Price, but only 3 of the 4 lights work!
They look great, but only three of our four lights worked. The three that do work, work great though, and last 4-6 hours.
2010-08-13
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3
Brinkmann 4-Piece Dual Window Pane Solar Light Set
What a great buy!! I was amazed when I opened my light sets today and saw the quality of them! They are very well made and came extremely well packaged..I could not have asked for more! I purchased two sets and have some on the ground stakes and the others on the shepherd hooks which were included. They make an interesting statement in the front yard and I am certain will be enjoyed for a long time to come. I especially like the fact that the they glow a soft amber color which makes them much more attractive than many of today's brighter solar lights.
2010-08-11
| Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 5
Brinkman Dual Window Pane Solar Stake Light Set
Great little solar light. I also ordered the Garden Prairie Solar State Light because I wanted the taller stake, but this model comes with the stakes and the prairie stakes so you can just order this model and not model 822-0578-4. They work great as long as you have them all placed in the sun so they can recharge each day. I have had to buy some rechargeable batteries and a charger for the lights that are under my tree's in my yard. Overall they accent my yard beautifully and I have enjoyed them very much. Very easy to put together as well.
2010-07-20
(SALT LAKE CITY, UT, US) | Helpful Votes: 5 | Rating: 4
MAXSA Innovations 40225 Solar-Powered Motion-Activated 80 LED Security Floodlight
List Price: $129.95
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Product Details
Brightest fluorescent on the market with LEDs which last virtually forever
Uses loose energy from the sun
Liven up automatically turns on when motion is detected
Product Description
This is the verifiable brightest solar-powered, motion-activated open-air security floodlights on the market. The 80 LEDs never long out or need changing. This environmentally friendly constituent puts out the light equivalent of a 40 watt halogen bulb without using one bit of excitement, drawing the free power of the sun. This means low energy costs and low environmental results with an amazing amount of light. Installation is so simple, no electrician needed.
Customer Reviews
Light up my night
Very bright, easy to install, save energy, save money, and you light up my night, you give me fun to carry on...
2010-08-21
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Excellent !
I bought 2 of these lights to illuminate a large walkway around my home.
They work very well and were easy to install. I did a lot of research
and these are the best on the market..
2010-08-09
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
MAXASA 80-LED SECURITY LIGHT
I bought this product for my driveway because I did not want addition cost to run electrical line to the front of the garage. The product has worked very well, the neighbors could not tell that the floodlight was a solar product. The recommendation to anyone wanting to buy this product is to make sure that is adequate sunlight in the area you will be mounting the light. The light is most effective in areas that are not well lighted.
excellent solar light
I am very satisfied with this product: easy to install, easy to set up, works perfectly!
2010-06-30
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Great motion sensor light!
I was increasing security around my house and wanted to install solar powered motion sensor lights. I did a Google search and the Maxsa continued to come up. I like to purchase through Amazon because of their reputation. I recieved them very fast,put them out so the battery could charge,installed at locations I chose, and they works perfectly. You're able to set sensitivity of motion sensor and how dark you want it to be before they will come on+ the length of time the light stays on. So far,so good!
2010-06-26
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
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