Sacha wrote:
On 2010-04-27 21:32:43 +0100, hound said:

hound wrote:
Has anyone any experience of solar
garden lights? How long do they last?


I did succumb and bought a couple from Poundland today. The mushroom
on a stick type.
http://www.poundland.co.uk/images/10...lar-garden.jpg

They've been on a while so far - seem ok. Let's see how long they last.
Thanks for all your advice

I don't mean to be rude but why do you want them? Unnecessary lights at
night confuse and damage moths (which navigate by the light of the moon)
and stop you and yours enjoying a clear vision of the night sky - the
stars.

The quick answer, is because I like the idea. I understand the idea of
light pollution, but living this close to the centre of London, it's
small fry compared to the streetlights, trees with nets of lights in,
the glow of the sky. There is plenty of all sorts of pollution round
here - noise, fumes from aircraft, cars, bonfires, light coming out of
next door's kitchen window..... I think my half dozen LEDs aren't that
significant (till every garden gets half a dozen LEDs perhaps).

I noticed that the sun was noticeably brighter when there were no
aircraft - back to normal now. Plants in my mother's garden in Bedford
(50 miles north) are further advanced than they are here.