"Steve Black" wrote in message
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Hombase are doing "Buy one get one free!" solar lights (£9.99 for two).

Are they any good and is solar lighting powerful enough to see by?

Thanks

We bought 4 because at that price they looked a good deal.

The light looks to be a LED or similar.

The light is cold but quite bright as a point source - a decorative feature
at night.

Nice to line a path (although you would need quite a few) or to add interest
to a feature such as a patio or pond.

If you want light to really see by (e.g. to light a patio area enough to
hold a party where you can see what you are eating and drinking or even who
you are eating and drinking with) then they don't have that kind of power,
and you would need some kind of mains powered lighting.

The destructions say that you need a full 8 hours of direct sunlight to
fully charge the 'AA' NiCds (doesn't say how many and I haven't taken one
appart) and that prolonged exposure to frost will damage them.

So a summer time solution only.

HTH
Dave R