When fully charged, the 1-watt bulbs throw off an impressive amount of light without being blinding in the least. Additionally, you obviously can’t use these indoors unless you charge the panel outdoors and then bring it inside.
For most applications, the minimum of six hours of output the manufacturer claims is accurate and enough, but keep in mind they’re running on a battery and don’t have unlimited hours in them. We had the benefit of testing these during some of the longer days of the year in early summer, but we could see the challenge an eight-hour daylight period in December could present for these lights.Īdditionally, the lights don’t necessarily stay on all night. For one, the lights are noticeably dimmer and don’t last as long on really cloudy days. That said, solar does present some challenges that you don’t have with plug-in lights. The solar panel and power supply on this unit work remarkably well and speak to the advancement of solar technology in the past few years. Note that, unlike many wired lights, you can’t pair multiples of the Brightech’s solar string lights to extend their length, though adding another set with another solar panel for power is easy enough. In this way, we were able to extend the distance the 27-foot strand could cover. Because of the shorter length, we ended up stringing ours up without wrapping the lights, both on a fence and on our deck railing.
You’ll also want to experiment with placements for the lights because while 27 feet may seem long at first, it can become a pretty short amount of coverage if you’re wrapping it around a pole or beam. We had a good idea of where to place our panel from our experiments with different garden bed locations, but where the sun hits and for how long in a particular part of your yard may not be information you have readily at hand.
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This may require some trial and error in your specific location. Location selection is the biggest setup decision, and because they’re tethered to the solar panel, you need to find a location where you like the placement of the lights but you can be sure the panel gets good sun exposure.Īs with any solar panel (in the Northern Hemisphere), you want the panel facing south and to have a chance at direct sunlight for as many hours during the day as possible to charge the battery. Even the bulbs come pre-installed in their sockets, so you can have them up and running in a few minutes. This Brightech set doesn’t require much setup.
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