Solar Powered White Christmas Lights
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Solar Powered White Christmas Lights
Customer Review: Sadly: they don't recharge well
Summary: 2 Stars
The mini-LEDs are a great irridescent blue color. With a fully charged battery, they glow for hours. But the solor charger does a very poor job.
My charger is mounted to the glass of an east-facing window, aimed at direct morning sun. Most evenings, the LEDs light dimly for a short while, then fade to black - or else don't light at all. (Overcast day? Nuthin'.) It requires several hours of strong sun to coax these LEDs to even switch on - and then they go dark within a couple hours. I'd like these to work nightly - but instead, about 50% of nights they are completely dark.
The problem isn't with the battery, nor with the LED bulbs. I have manually charged up the AA battery in my in-home AC powered battery charger, then re-inserted it into the solar light system. It illuminated the lights for many hours. I've done that a few times, trying to coax this system to work.
Winter months slip past, coal black LEDs on work stoppage. (How haiku.)
Wouldn't buy again. Wish they worked - they're really nice looking when charged up.
Meanwhile, I have two sets of Malibu brand solar LED spotlights, and they shine almost blazingly almost all through the night, year round. (One faces east, like these LED Christmas lights, the other is south-facing, and both work well even on heavy overcast days.) Furthermore, the Malibu lights can be disconnected from the solar collector.
Not these. This system's lights are hard-wired to the solar collector, so I can't even connect these nice little LEDs to a better charger unless I am willing to rewire the whole thing with a soldering iron.
Customer Review: OK_ Solar string led lights (WHITE)
Summary: 3 Stars
Ok solar lights. It's true as a previous reviewer noted- the color has a slight light/pale blue tint versus a strong white- but not a major drawback.
Good:
- These are built with a replaceable & rechargeable (AA) size back-up battery (a great feature with solar lights, it allows you to replace or upgrade the battery yourself and continue to get illumination on cloudy days. Be watchful of lights housed with a lithium battery- you can not update/replace these batteries yourself- if you live in a year-round sunny place, maybe you won't mind. Otherwise, rechargeables(like Ni-mh or Ni-cd)that can be REMOVED are Ur best bet.
-You'll need yourself a battery charger to recharge your batteries when they're not recharged by the sun.
Not so good:
-A 60 bulb/ 26' string is not that long (you'll probably need more than 1)
- string/ cord is not the best quality =basic plastic green. Not like the thick twisted double-stranded versions on the market
-it is too expensive for the size
Customer Review: Not Bad
Summary: 4 Stars
I think I would prefer to give this 3.5 stars.
I like these lights - and the idea that they are solar powered. They are a dimmer blue light (which I actually love). Sadly, though, I think they'd work better in the summer.
The front of my house gets sun late in the day, so they probably only get an hour or two of "full" (late day) sun. So, for me, they turn on and are really pretty - but only last for an hour or two (so by 7:30, they are done for the night).
Really watch your yard - where are you putting them? I wanted them on the bushes, tree right by the house - but I see now my house casts a shadow until about 3. Just take note of your yard for a few days.
Next year, I might invest in more expensive solar lights, or just use regular ones. The icicle lights might work better with a solar charger on the roof.
Customer Review: Don't listen to other reviews!
Summary: 5 Stars
First off, this is a great price for solar lights... other reviewers that claim these are over priced have obviously never shopped around for solar christmas lights. These are right on target for the price. Secondly, these are not designed for INSIDE use. Reviewers on here are trying to light up the inside of their house or actual christmas tree by mounting the panel in the window. Doesn't work that way. Shining through the window the panel will NEVER get enough light... just the way it is... these are designed for OUTSIDE use, so don't give a bad review because you are too cheap to plug in a real set of lights in your house.
These are an excellent product and work as described... I have 5 sets and absolutely love them.
Customer Review: Wonderful outdoor lights
Summary: 5 Stars
Off the top let me just correct a couple of reviewers who got it wrong.
First to the fellow that said he expected colored lights. It is true that the picture has multi colored lights but the description clearly states the lights sold are white.
To the other fellow that said the lights were dim we have placed ours on a headstone and they were clearly visible from about 150 yards away with the lights set on blinking they are the attraction of the lot.
Highly reccomended and the service great. Amazon said we probably weren't getting them until after Xmas and we received them within a couple of days of ordering them and at least 3 days before Xmas.