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SOLAR POWERED CHRISTMAS LIGHTS | 
 enlarge | Brand: Get Organized
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $19.98
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 20782
UPC: 082677217769
EAN: 0082677217769
ASIN: B000S0RYEW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | No outlet needed | | • | No energy costs | | • | Sun charges lights by day, turns on automatically at dusk | | • | Decorate anywhere without dangerous extension cords | | • | 60 lights, 26' foot length |
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Product Description
Solar-powered decorating lights - no outlet needed! Now decorate anywhere without dangerous extension cords or need for an outlet. Sun charges string of 60 lights by day, turn on automatically at dusk and run for about eight hours! No energy cost! Great near road, around mailbox or lampost - now you're not limited to nearby outlet. 26' length.
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| Customer Reviews:
 amazing for the price July 8, 2008
Jill G. Rosenberg
These have worked well for me for about a year. I turned them off in the winter but left them outside. I have them on an arch in my backyard, and they are just perfect for it. They aren't bright enough to really light up an area, but they make the arch look so pretty at night. They are more decorative than functional, but they definitely add to the ambience. I am going to order more. I haven't found any others for less than 3 times as much!
 A great landscaping accent product May 14, 2008
Ricky L. Meyers (pa)
Great for lighting small to medium trees outlining a patio. The light is softer than stander Christmas lights which is nicer for a patio atmosphere. Easy to install and you never have to turn on or off
 Sadly: they don't recharge well April 10, 2008
Jerry S (Minneapolis, MN United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The mini-LEDs are a great irridescent blue color. With a fully charged battery, they glow for hours. But the solor charger does a very poor job.
My charger is mounted to the glass of an east-facing window, aimed at direct morning sun. Most evenings, the LEDs light dimly for a short while, then fade to black - or else don't light at all. (Overcast day? Nuthin'.) It requires several hours of strong sun to coax these LEDs to even switch on - and then they go dark within a couple hours. I'd like these to work nightly - but instead, about 50% of nights they are completely dark.
The problem isn't with the battery, nor with the LED bulbs. I have manually charged up the AA battery in my in-home AC powered battery charger, then re-inserted it into the solar light system. It illuminated the lights for many hours. I've done that a few times, trying to coax this system to work.
Winter months slip past, coal black LEDs on work stoppage. (How haiku.)
Wouldn't buy again. Wish they worked - they're really nice looking when charged up.
Meanwhile, I have two sets of Malibu brand solar LED spotlights, and they shine almost blazingly almost all through the night, year round. (One faces east, like these LED Christmas lights, the other is south-facing, and both work well even on heavy overcast days.) Furthermore, the Malibu lights can be disconnected from the solar collector.
Not these. This system's lights are hard-wired to the solar collector, so I can't even connect these nice little LEDs to a better charger unless I am willing to rewire the whole thing with a soldering iron.
 OK_ Solar string led lights January 2, 2008
A. Wilson (MD, USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ok solar lights. It's true as a previous reviewer noted- the color has a slight light/pale blue tint versus a strong white- but not a major drawback.
Good:
- These are built with a replaceable & rechargeable (AA) size back-up battery (a great feature with solar lights, it allows you to replace or upgrade the battery yourself and continue to get illumination on cloudy days. Be watchful of lights housed with a lithium battery- you can not update/replace these batteries yourself- if you live in a year-round sunny place, maybe you won't mind. Otherwise, rechargeables(like Ni-mh or Ni-cd)that can be REMOVED are Ur best bet.
Not so good:
-A 60 bulb/ 26' string is not that long (you'll probably need more than 1)
- string/ cord is not the best quality =basic plastic green. Not like the thick twisted double-stranded versions on the market
-it is too expensive for the size
easy, but a little dim December 13, 2007
E. Schulz (NJ)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I have 3 strings of these on an outside tree. It's great to not have to run cords across the yard, worry about turning on/off, or heck, even pay for electricity!
The little solar panels conveniently stick into the ground (or balance on a branch, if you prefer), and really dont' need to see much sun, just daylight, really, to work.
One downside, if this is a downside, is they glow a sort of dim bluish color. If you're looking for that garish bright white, you'll be disappointed, this is more of a calm, pale sort of light.
I personally like it, however, and next year will be getting more.
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