Solar lights

Lol Ste I'ad been looking at some solar spots from B&Q I think it was a set of three and added them to my birthday wish list last year I think they are about £50 odd quid Bob wasn't too impressed with the price tag I can tell you and needless to say lucky for him we found the ones in Wilkco's but I really don't think that the ones from B&Q would be any brighter than the ones we have got to be honest.Hel.xxx.

 

Exactly. I have four LED solar lights, that I bought from Matalan (£7 for two), which are placed amongst the plants round my seating area. They are quite bright compared to some solar lights I have seen, but the soft glow effect is all I wanted really. I also have some battery operated LED fairylights (from Ikea) which are strung up inside of my parasol, these, combined with a few candle lanterns, provided the perfect lighting for an evenings entertaining in the garden.

 

I agree with Honeytone and Loofah. If you want a floodlight garden - they are no good, but for accent lighting they are brilliant and they look really pretty.

I've been looking for some spotlight ones though so I would like to thank you Intermiplants for the tip!!

 

I got a set of 10 lanterns from BnQ after looking round for a while - I asked the guy could I try them first (without sticking them in the soil) and bring them back if they were no good - he said yes so got them and they are really nice - they are lanterns with a blue LED and don't really light up very much around them but they do look nice themselves - they are stainless steel and clear plastic/glass and the nicest ones i saw which i thought look nice during the day - they were £25 so good value at £2.50 each.

 

Our neighbours had some along side their path. The didn't light it up but they marked where it was, like a runway. I think this is the best use (at least for the lower output ones available so far).

 

Hi

Yesterday I was lucky enough to get some ' pole' type Solar lights from Tesco. They are very good. A bubble effect and very bright last night .( bear in mind in was cloudy for most of the day )

These cost £4.27 for 4 . Best buy so far

 

Blinkin ink, that sounds like a good deal.

 

My husband has made a bit of heli-pad out of ours since he has placed them all round our circular pation.
I'm sure the aliens will use it as landing lights one of these days / nights.

 

We bought eight solar powered 'lantern-look' lights (not expensive ones) - from Homebase about three or four years ago and they are still going strong - they are waterproof and have lasted remarkably well considering our weather last 'summer'. They aren't particularly bright but look really nice, but as you say Init - my husband has placed them in a formation which resembles a runway and we are on the BHX flight path!!

 

I've been "going green" for a couple of years (actually, I'm a special shade of Green that I call "Mean Green"!) and I don't use our outside light any more unless we are coming home late - which is a bit of a give-away to the local thieves. I would like some outside lantern-style lights that gave enough light to find my way to the door and get the key in the lock, then we could have them on every night and the yobs wouldn't know if we were in, or out.

 

I have both low voltage mains lights to light a path and spotlight a couple of things - timer controlled - and a couple of solar lights. They have two LEDs and provide a nice soft glow - lightening some very dark areas. Unfortunately I found changing the batteries a bit tricky, so now they are not quite so effective as they were - but they were quite good before that.