Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've had these for a year now and think they were good value for money. But before you buy you should be clear about what they can and can't do. Originally, I put them in two locations in my yard: a mostly shaded walkway and a path through an open south facing meadow. The shaded lights would stay lit for 4-5 hours after dusk in Summer, but only 1-2 in Winter. Eventually, I moved them from here and will replace them with wired lights. The spot was too shady in Winter. The full sun lights in the meadow ran all night in the Summer, and until Midnight in the Winter. They seem to charge even on cloudy days as long as there is little shade. They are great and keep on going. As far as durability, we've now lost three to being kicked (one by me late on a dark winter night when I couldn't see it, one by careless kids, and on by panicked deer). But they've stood up fine to the wind and weather. The brightness is good. They are designed to help you see your way, but aren't security lighting. LED lights like this don't get dim: as the battery fades, they just turn off. Bottom line? The price is good, the brightness is good, the durability is what you would expect for plastic (most cheap "metal" lights I looked at were actually plastic with a bit of foil on the outside -- the real metal ones cost 4 to 10 times this much), and they are reliable in places with good exposure. If you want your shady path lit, skip the solar and buy something wired.