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Solar String LED Lights To Brighten Up Your Garden

Caimin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:43:29 +0000

Solar Star LED Lights

These cool solar star lights can cheer up any garden with their bright white LED solar lights. Not only are they weatherproof but they can be shaped to fit around trees, bushes and other things in the garden adding a bit of welcoming light to your outdoor area.

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.

Portable Indoor Solar Lights That Go Anywhere

Caimin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:41:24 +0000

As solar lights & lighting become more commonplace, so product designers are getting more innovative in the way they design solar lights.

Take Lucet Lamps designed by Rui Palma. These small solar lamps are actually three LED lights grouped together with a couple of rubber suckers attached to the base. You can position them wherever you like on a window and they’ll recharge their two AA batteries during the day and give out free solar powered light in the evening.

Just one catch – at the moment these solar lights are a concept design only.

Spotlight on Solar LED Lights

Caimin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:31:45 +0000

One of the biggest trends in solar lights these days is the use of LED lights. Yes, LED is like the lights in those early calculators – but thankfully the light from LEDs these days is a lot brighter.

LED lighting technology is still relatively new and therefore still quite expensive. No doubt the price will come down as they become more commonplace but for the now when you come to buy them you may well find solar LED lights to be twice the price of normal outdoor & garden lights.

What’s up with that? Is that a rip-off?

No. Bear in mind that led bulbs can last 15 years or longer that normal light bulbs. Better still, they typically use 60 -70% less electricity. If you have solar LED lights, of course, your electricity cost savings will go up to a pleasant 100%.