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10 PREMIUM STAINLESS STEEL GARDEN SOLAR LIGHTS | 
 enlarge | Category: Lawn & Patio
Buy New: £14.79
New (4) from £14.79
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 542
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 17.3 x 4.7 x 8.7
EAN: 5055025424763
ASIN: B000RIV9H8
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Very poor quality and even poorer reliability October 7, 2008
T. Price (South East England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought these lights about 6 weeks ago. I'll admit that the weather has not been great and they may not get a full charge but in the last 6 weeks, I have been able to give an accurate assessment which anybody buying these ligts will find helpful. Of the 10 lights, 3 have failed completely to light. 2 have become flooded with rain water which has seeped past the "sealed" sides of the solar panel itself. Even tinkering with the batteries and the connections has not produced any positive results. They look good and will be useful but not as solar lights. If the cell holdiing the LED becomes flooded, drill a 2mm hole to let the water out, but the cell will be discoloured.
An experimental electronics kit July 30, 2008
D. L. Gardner
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Solar lamps consist of a solar cell, a rechargeable battery and an LED.
In these units the solar cells are made up from offcuts and some do not have sufficient output to charge the single cell battery. Most of the batteries were leaking and the terminals were corroded.
The LEDs (Only one per fitting) are not correctly fitted in their plastic light guides producing poor light output.
I repositioned the LEDs, cleaned all the battery contacts and replaced all of the batteries with old camera rechargeables I had lying around. Now 9 out of the 10 fittings work and are quite a bit brighter than the few that were working after the first night.
I have tried rechargeable alkaline batteries, which are a slightly higher voltage than NiMH and NiCd, and so far these are proving to be a good choice.
All the testing has been carried out on a window cill so I may be in for yet more disapointment when they go out in the garden.
I wondered how anyone could produce these at 2 each, now I just wonder why.
Buy these if you want an experimental electronics kit but don't try to light your garden with them.
invest in some glow-worms! May 11, 2008
David Pimbley (Leatherhead, Surrey United Kingdom)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Can't recommend these - very poor light but the worst thing is that they fill up with water after heavy rain!
Buy Cheap Buy twice February 22, 2008
J. Holbeche (UK)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I received my pack of solar lights to discover no ON/OFF switch on this model and only 1 battery per light not 2 as normal.
I removed the pull tabs to connect the batteries . (9 lamps illuminate however 1 would not, further investigation showed the battery to be leaking fluid.
9 lamps in the garden illuminated at dusk but unfortunately only for 1 evening.
4 days later with some sunshine the units have failed to recharge or illuminate again either dodgy batteries or doggy solar panels
 Dully glimmer September 3, 2007
zivi browning (london)
45 out of 45 found this review helpful
Even after a long, hot day in the sun these lights refuse to do any more than just let out a soft glimmer. They are useful for finding your path in the pitch black, but if there is even a hint of any outside light theirs will immediatley be cancelled out. They don`t last all night long and infact quit at about midnight/1 am. It seems real electricity is needed to make the garden safe because allthough they mark out paths thier light cannot be seen on the ground making it a s dangerous as if they weren`t there at all. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel: at least the don`t have to be connected to any mains socket, so you can put them virtually anywhere there is sun in the day time and pitch-blackness in the night time.
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