Solar Powered Lights
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Solar Lighting Products

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Solar powered lights are very useful because they need no cables or power plugs. Therefore they can easily be placed anywhere inside the house or in the garden. During the day i.e. while the sky is bright solar cells charge their batteries.

Virtually all solar lights nowadays switch their light on when their surroundings get dark. The drawback compared to conventional lights is that their light shines (typically) weaker - especially when they are called "accent" lights.

However, all of them will add visibility and therefore security to your home, garden or driveway - and even more so, add athmosphere.

If you know of new and exciting solar lights, please send us a link or at least a description, and we will include it in the solar shop & products review.
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Solar Path Lanterns (set of 2)

Price range (USD)*: $60
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Brighter, long-lasting solar lights. These solar path lanterns use LED bulbs, so they don’t burn out, and never need replacing. The quick-charge solar panel and long-lasting battery add to their efficiency.

No wiring needed, just push them into the ground. Die-cast aluminum with a powder coat finish and hard acrylic panels. Imported.

A traditional familar face but high tech solar technology inside.

Light emitting devices (LED) are essentially little lamps that use very little power to produce a lot of light. Standard light bulbs use more than 80% of the electricity to produce heat instead of light. LEDs can do much better and are therefore particularly suited to be powered by solar energy where enegy has to be used very efficiently.

Virtually no maintanance - just stick them in the ground and let them be admired.

Solar Yard Light with Replaceable Battery

This lamp uses standard AA rechargable batteries. That means you could use a conventional charger to charge the batteries, then stick them into the solar light.

That way you can make your neighbour envious who might use traditional solar lights. Other solar lights won´t work for many hours if the sun shows only a few hours if at all like e.g. in Scandinavia during winter.

Once the sun shines longer your lamp will be recharged automatically to shine up to 8 hours.

Solar Stepping Stone

Price range (USD)*: $35
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Solar-lighted stepping stone literally illuminates your way… Lighting your stepping stones "from within" makes for a safer walkway at night than using nearby landscape lights that may not be bright enough to illuminate your path.

Each of these stepping "stones" is illuminated by a single super-bright white LED that lights it for up to 8 hours per charge. No wiring or digging needed — built-in rechargeable Ni-Cad battery is powered by a high-quality Siemens™ silicone solar cell.

Light sensor automatically turns the LED on at night, off at morning. Polyresin and fiberglass construction, so you can step on it without fear! 12-¼" square , 2" thick.

Steps of light from the sun - now that's a very impressive way to show visitors the way to your home...

Don't forget to tell them that it is actually the energy of the sun they are looking at!

Lights are smart to switch on automatically when it gets dark.

Solar Powered Tier or Colonial Light

Price range (USD)*: $30
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Two beautiful and safe ways to light a path, driveway, deck, pool or spa. Easy to install too, because no digging or wiring is required.

Recharges throughout the day with solar power, then the photosensor automatically turns the bright white LED on at dusk; shines for up to eight hours when fully charged. All-weather metal housing.

Tier Light includes pole and stake you simply push into the ground. Chrome-plated. 17" tall overall.

Colonial Light with glass lens either hangs from its in-ground shepherd’s hook (shown) or installs directly into the ground with its stake (not shown). Hook version is 20-1/2" above ground; staked version is 17" tall above ground.

Contemporay lamp design goes well with solar technology.

Very modern, very efficient, very nice.

Solar Post Walkway Light

Price range (USD)*: $28
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Solar Post Walkway Light is an easy and affordable way to light a walk or driveway.

Just push the 4-1/4" stake into the ground! Recharges throughout the day with solar power, then the photosensor automatically turns the bright white LED on at dusk; shines for up to eight hours after a full day’s charge in the sun.

Painted metal housing. 17-1/4" tall above ground.

Light your walk or driveway and add security.

It's beautiful and smart.

No wiring.

Solar Gazing Ball & Pillar

Price range (USD)*: $55
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The gazing ball of the 1960s, updated with a solar-powered accent light inside!

Remember that chrome ball in your parents’ yard? Well now it’s an iridescent, swirl-look translucent glass ball, with a white LED accent light inside that’s recharged each day with solar power! And like the old balls, it sits atop a stone-look Roman pillar, except that this one is weatherproof molded resin.

Glows for up to six hours after receiving 6-8 hours of sunlight. Solar panel can be staked into ground up to 5' from pillar. 18-¼" tall overall. Three ball colors available: clear, blue, or purple.

A cool looking light.

I like the fact that you can stick in the panel up to 5' away from the light so you can easily find a perfectly sunny spot to catch sunlight efficiently!

Solar Floating Lights

Price range (USD)*: $18
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Some people float candles in pools and ponds... you'll float a longer-lasting solar-powered light!

Floating tea candles last a couple of hours, but this Solar Floating Light recharges throughout a sunny day, then turns on automatically at dusk to glow softly for up to eight hours! 2¾"x4½" diameter. Waterproof light floats lazily along on the water surface, or you can tether it in place. Includes rechargeable NiMh batteries.

3 cheers for the red, white & blue! Includes three floating lights, one each in red, white and blue.

Floating lights in your pool or pond can be spectacular.

A fun and beautiful application to show off the power of solar technology.

Solar Sensor Light

Price range (USD)*: $120
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Solar sensor lights are great as a security feature or simply automatic lights to help you find your garage door or the keyhole in your door.

Place the panel somewhere facing south at an angle of about 45 degrees and it will charge the battery of the floodlight during sunny days. With many sensor lights you can adjust the sensitivity of the motion detector.

You can find more solar sensors in the Chargers+Gadgets section.

Solar Navigator Lantern

Price range (USD)*: $99
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Whether outdoors at night or navigating a dark room, being able to switch on the light remotely can be an asset. The multi-purpose Solar Navigator Lantern is a brilliant fluorescent light that can be turned on by remote control. Plus, the motion sensor can detect movement and switch on from as far away as 50 feet. Plugged in to an outlet, it also lights up automatically if the power is interrupted.

Light head swivels 45 degrees for variable lighting angles. Comes with remote control on key chain, built-in battery, standard AC/DC adapter and convenient carrying handle. Each full charge lasts 7 hours. 14.5"H x 8.25"W x 2.5" dia. China

This multipurpose light combines it all:

- solar light chargable

- remote control

- motion sensor

- emergency light

Extremely versatile.

Solar Address Light

Price range (USD)*: $50
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An illuminated address marker is something I would have appreciated many many times when I was looking for a (new) friends place - especially in the US where streets or a block can be very long...

Emergency services would also appreciate this feature and it may save your life!

Make life for you vistors easier - using solar technology.

Advertise the power of the sun and your awareness of energy issues!

Indestructible Solar Driveway Markers (set of 2)

Price range (USD)*: $25
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These amazing lights performed beautifully in the most miserable winter weather Vermont has ever seen. They're indestructible — you can drive a truck right over them. They glow for several nights on one charge, even buried in snow, and the blinking light is visible over a mile away. No one will ever miss your driveway again!

Set of 2 markers, each with 6 amber LEDs. Visible a mile away. Nail right into the asphalt, or screw to posts if you plow your drive (screws not included). Also great to light a pathway, mark a hazard, for boat docks and mooring buoys.

Each 4-1/4" x 3-7/8" x 1-1/8" H
Made of aluminum with crystalline solar panel
3-way switch: on / off / blinking

A great way to add security while trying out and promoting solar technology!

Inground Safety Solar Lights (set of 4)

Price range (USD)*: $130
To buy from retailer Gaiam, click on the image.
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Extremely easy to use.

Very useful.

Very effective.

Very stable.

Rainbow Maker

Price range (USD)*: $35
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Turn a sunny window into a rainbow factory!

When the sun shines, this solar-powered ornament turns a genuine Swarovski crystal pendant, sending beautiful rainbows dancing around the room. The colorful gears are fascinating to watch, and the ornament provides a close-up look at the principle of solar power.

Easy to attach with included suction cup. Made from crystal, copper wire, steel, plastic. 5-7/8" H.

Sunlight will be reflected from a turning crystal (powered by sunlight too!) projecting beautiful coloured patterns into your room.

Great gift - will bring colour in everbodys life!

Flickering Solar Torch

Price range (USD)*: $60
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Flickering solar-powered torch adds exotic lighting to your backyard or garden, with an LED "candle" that flickers like a real flame. Automatically turns on at sunset (after an 8- to 10-hour solar charge) for up to 15 hours of illumination!

Lantern attaches securely atop the included 5-foot, 1 1/2-inch steel ground stake. Durably made of die-cast zinc, glass panels and UV-protected powder-coated steel for years of outdoor enjoyment.

Lantern measures 9" tall x 6" diameter. Runs on two included 1.2V AA NiCad solar rechargeable batteries.

A weather proof lantern that provides beaufitul light - for an unlimited time - clearly is a great item to put into your garden.

No concerns about the dangers of real fire!

Double Solar Spotlight

Price range (USD)*: $100
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When you want to really show off a garden statue, fountain, flag or other special landscape feature you need more than an accent light. This double solar spotlight is amazingly bright, and shines all night when fully charged.

Place the solar panel in direct sunlight and set the two spotlights wherever you need illumination. Adjustable arms let you control the spots' angle. Double spots throw light 15-20 feet!

Lifetime white LEDs never need replacing. 3 NiCad batteries are included. Convenient on/off switch. Material: cast aluminum, glass, plastic. Lights are 17" H overall; solar panel is 8-7/8" x 6-3/4" x approx 16" H; 12 ft of wire from panel to each light.

Solar Globe Light Set

Price range (USD)*: $40
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This "global" look in outdoor lighting runs on solar power! "Light string" of three clear iridescent glass globes lends a unique look (and romantic lighting) beneath a market umbrella or along your home’s eaves.

Three weather-resistant, 6"-dia. glass globes are connected to a thin, 2-½"x2-½2 solar panel that rests atop your umbrella or roof edge. Illuminates for up to six hours each evening after an 8-hour charge under the sun.

Each globe can be hung up to 3' from the on/off switch (which itself can be up to 33" from the solar panel). Each glass globe includes an LED bulb, hanging chain and 3 hooks; plus 6 pole clips for cord.

That is a set of beautiful solar lights I haven't seen anywhere else yet.

Weather resistant and using LED technolgoy with solar cells, this set should look great in everybody's garden or patio.

Stake Yard LED 3-Light Kit

Price range (USD)*: $90
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Each of these captivating Solar-Powered Yard Critters has a brilliant, color-changing LED light that produces dazzling colors throughout the clear acrylic body. Power comes from an unobtrusive solar pod/battery pack on an 18" aluminum stake.

Garden stake style has a hummingbird, dragonfly and butterfly on 30" black plastic stakes. Lights are spaced over 10 feet, with an additional 10' of wire back to the solar power pod. Takes four AA NiMH batteries, included. China.

One of the few multicolour Solar lights. It even uses standard AA batteries for your convenience.

The longer cord to the solar panel also gives you the chance to optimize sun exposure and place the actual lights at darker locations where normal solar lights wouldn´t work well.

Surface-Mount Accent Light

Price range (USD)*: $28
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Surface-mount outdoor accent light needs no cords, power packs or transformers… just sunlight! It’s an easy way to add soft illumination to a deck, patio or outdoor stairs.

Since solar power recharges the two Ni-Cad AA batteries included during the day (at least 6-8 hours of full sunlight), you can forget about tangled cords or dead batteries! You’ll notice the amber LED bulb start to glow automatically as evening falls… lasts up to 15 hours when fully charged. Twin solar panels can be adjusted for maximum sun exposure.

Mounting screws included. CSA-listed. Lens measures 5-¾"x2-½"x1-3/8" thick.

I like the adjustable twin solar panels to maximize charging power and the use of standard AA batteries.

Great deal for the money.

Solar Tabletop Accent Light

Price range (USD)*: $25
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Solar-powered Tabletop Accent Light adds a soft glow anywhere! Use it as you would a tea light, adding a sprinkle of gentle light to your table when entertaining a few close friends out on your deck or patio.

Let the solar panel recharge in full sunlight throughout the day (at least 6-8 hours), then place it anywhere you want that gentle glow at night. You’ll notice the yellow bulb start sto glow automatically as evening falls… lasts up to 15 hours when fully charged. Includes two rechargeable Ni-Cad AA batteries. CSA-listed.

Overall 4-1/8" in diameter, 2-¾" tall.

A yellow tealight that starts glowing for up to 15 hours as evening falls - sounds romantic and practical.

Something not everybody owns.

Notice the solar panel on the top, clearly revealing you as an environmentally responsive beeing.