Garden Solar Lights. Lights on a spike!

[Derek W]

As the topic title suggest does anyone have any recommendations for solar lighting within a garden. Looking to get a few for lining borders etc I've been having a look at a few on B&Q etc but a lot get quite poor reviews. Has anyone had any experience of any good ones that they'd recommend?

EDIT

something contemporary like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardman-Tow...2&sr=1-152&keywords=solar+lights+for+outdoors

 

[Maccapacca]

I'd be interested in finding any that actually work properly and last more than a few months

Most if not all are crap

 

[bitslice]

Technically they are always going to be useless tat, you have a cheap Polycrystalline Solar cell, a low spec LED and a low spec battery. This then sits in the cold and damp for a few months and degrades.
So if you like the glow worm effect then go for it, otherwise a properly wired in set of 12v LED garden lights are almost negligible extra effort and will last for years.

 

[Nightglow]

I'd be interested in finding any that actually work properly and last more than a few months

Most if not all are crap

+1

Complete crap & a waste of money.

Better to have low voltage lighting, 12v lights with a transformer, available in a variety of heights & styles, with a low a voltage MR16 halogen lamp, but LED is lighting is now available.

 

[Derek W]

Might give them a miss then. Just wondered if there was any decent ones with all the mixed / bad reviews. Cheers though.

 

[arknor]

pound shops sell them.
Someone near me has about 20 of them in their garden and they seem plenty bright
I have a little solar powered meerkat statue as well that lasts for around 5-6 hours after a day sat in the sun.

BTW those spike ones used to be a single AA rechargable battery with a solar charger built in
So you could take them apart get the battery out and use it for remotes etc then stick them back ibn when they need charging lmfao.

they might have changed the design now though