IOGear Solar Bluetooth Hands-Free Car Kit GBHFK231 (Black)
Drive safer by going Hands-Free via Bluetooth in the car. The kit comes with an integrated solar panel for continous recharging. The IOGear GBHFK231 is a compatible with any Bluetooth enabled mobile phone and and uses Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR specification with full support for both headset and hands-free profiles.
Solar Powered Christmas Lights
Solar Powered Christmas Lights
Here’s a great way to make your house look inviting and festive – Solar Powered Multi Color Christmas Lights. This string of 60 multi-colored lights charge up during the day – even in Winter sun – and come on automatically at dusk.
Because they’re solar powered, you won’t need an extension cord to power them – very helpful if you have young children around. At $19.98 these Solar Powered Holiday Lights are fun to wrap round a tree, outside railings, etc..
There’s also a version with white lights instead of colored lights.
Italian Designed Solar Stake Lights
Solar Stake Lights
This solar powered stake light provides up to 15 hours of light on only 5 hours of daylight and comes in a modern, silver finish with transparent diffuser. The Solar Bud is ideal for path lights and as it’s a solar stake light there’s nothing to install. Just push into the ground where you want a little extra outdoor lighting.
Choosing Outdoor Solar Patio Lights
Before buying outdoor solar patio lights, it’s worth thinking about why you’re installing them. Is it for functional / safety use or is it mainly as a decorative light, to give your patio more atmosphere?
If you’re looking usable outdoor lighting you’ll need brighter lights and to install them in the places around your patio and garden where you actually need light – near doors or places you’ll be eating or entertaining friends, for example.
If your solar lighting is more for mood and atmosphere you can get pretty creative with positioning. Try putting them in trees shining down into the patio / garden or along the edges of your patio / deck. It’s a good idea to experiment with where to put your solar lights – live with them for a couple of evenings before settling on a location.
Bear in mind that the only rule with placing outdoor solar lights is that it must be in a place where that gets at least a few hours of direct sunlight a day – otherwise they won’t be able to recharge enough for night use. Sounds obvious, but it’s easy to forget that.
If you really want to have evening light in a place that doesn’t get much sunlight during the day, consider buying an outdoor solar light kit that has a separate solar panel on a cable. That will allow you to place the panel in direct light while the solar lights themselves can be in a more shaded area.
Solar Motion Sensor Lights
Although solar motion sensor lights are more expensive than normal solar lights, they have a number of advantages. The main one is security.
The great thing about solar motion lights is they automatically switch on as soon as motion is detected – anyone trying to make their way into your garden or yard area uninvited will cause the lights to switch on.
Fortunately, motion sensitivity can be adjusted so that the lights don’t come on with every passing car or cat. The top brands of solar motion sensor lights can detect movement from 25 feet away and can use a regular electrical supply in the event of a run of cloudy days where a full solar charge isn’t available.
Solar String LED Lights To Brighten Up Your Garden
Solar Star LED Lights
They come with their own small solar panel that can be driven into the ground a little way from where you want to hang the outdoor lights. Then, after a day of solar charging, when the light fades they automatically turn themselves on.
Each solar star light string measures 23ft / 7m in length and you can even buy a double pack if you feel like going a little crazy. Each engery saving LED light will provide up to six hours of solar powered light per night. In winter, when a full solar charge might not be possible, regular rechargeable batteries can be used as a power supply for up to fifteen night without needing a recharge.
Solar Light That’s Also a Radio
Presenting the Etón Microlink Self-Powered AM /FM / NOAA Weather Radio with Flashlight, Solar Power and Cell Phone Charger. Kind of a mouthful but an interesting solar gadget all the same.
With this little device you can not only charge your mobile phone and listen to the radio, you can also choose between solar charging or charging by using the hand crank – great for those days when there’s no enough sunlight for a full solar charge.
Get Romantic with Solar Lanterns
Solar Shoji Solar Lantern
If the phrase solar lantern has a Far East feel about it then no wonder – lanterns originate from Asia. Although many solar lanterns retain an Asian design theme, they’re also available in many other styles of design – including modern contemporary.
There’s a wide variety of shapes – round, elongated or teardrop – and the choice of colors is also pretty much endless. The Soji Solar Lantern pictured here glows with white and amber light.
Just find a good spot for your solar lantern, somewhere that gets a fair amount of sunlight in the day will be ideal, and wait for the romantic glowing light to appear after sunset. You’d be surprised how much more fun it is entertaining friends with the soft light of solar lanterns above you.
