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nightjar writes:
| "Aileen Howard" wrote in message
| ...
| Hello again
|
| I'm thinking of buying some solar powered garden lights. Argos has a set
| of
| three for around £30 and I am wondering if anyone knows if they work OK.
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| In general, if they use a light bulb, you will probably only get a dim light
| and that for a fairly limited period. In my late mother's garden, where
| there was street light scatter, you had to look at the light to see if it
| was on. In a country garden on an overcast moonless night, the light might
| have been useful. The solar powered LED path markers ought to work better,
| but only expect them to mark the edges of the path, rather than light the
| path itself.

Frankly, why not spend your money on a chocolate teapot? Equally
useful, and rather tastier.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.