Does anyone have any type of better solar light that they would like to give credit too here in this thread?
I have been on a desperate search for better types of solar garden lights.
I have these very old original type yellow lights that I purchased around 1998.
They are Aussie made (or maybe USA made) & the reason they are yellow is that all the white ones were sold out by the time I got to the hardware store when they were first advertised as being revolutionary.
But they just never stop working. Well that's not quite true- one did fail after being run over!
They were $20 each which was a lot of money in those days!
However, these new ones from China are just rubbish.
It used to be the batteries that failed. Now its the switch wiring that gets dicky very quickly.
These that I recently got that are supposed to hang off the guttering (except I refabricated them to hang off the balustrade over the stair well), only work for 4hrs then go out. And only work for 4mths then fail.
I have many types of solar lights in the garden but all fail within a few months. The batteries might still charge up well enough but the switch wiring means they don't shine brightly unless the switch is twiddled & the light will only shine while the switch is being moved.
The interesting thing is that when you compare them, they both have similar sized panels.
So the panel on the old ones will charge the battery inside which will go all night & be turned off in the morning by the coming daylight.
Whereas the new ones will only charge a battery to work for 4hrs then go out. I thought panel & battery science & capacity had improved exponentially over the last 20yrs. But apparently not.
I have been on a desperate search for better types of solar garden lights.
I have these very old original type yellow lights that I purchased around 1998.
They are Aussie made (or maybe USA made) & the reason they are yellow is that all the white ones were sold out by the time I got to the hardware store when they were first advertised as being revolutionary.
But they just never stop working. Well that's not quite true- one did fail after being run over!
They were $20 each which was a lot of money in those days!
However, these new ones from China are just rubbish.
It used to be the batteries that failed. Now its the switch wiring that gets dicky very quickly.
These that I recently got that are supposed to hang off the guttering (except I refabricated them to hang off the balustrade over the stair well), only work for 4hrs then go out. And only work for 4mths then fail.
I have many types of solar lights in the garden but all fail within a few months. The batteries might still charge up well enough but the switch wiring means they don't shine brightly unless the switch is twiddled & the light will only shine while the switch is being moved.
The interesting thing is that when you compare them, they both have similar sized panels.
So the panel on the old ones will charge the battery inside which will go all night & be turned off in the morning by the coming daylight.
Whereas the new ones will only charge a battery to work for 4hrs then go out. I thought panel & battery science & capacity had improved exponentially over the last 20yrs. But apparently not.