They arrived. Two for £16. I got the ones with remote controls.Yorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:33 pm2x 18650jennyjj01 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:46 pmBargain. I ordered some too. At that price, what's not to love. Might even use them as regular backup lamps if they can stay charged from ambient lighting. E.g left hanging in the garage turned off.Yorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 21, 2021 4:41 pmGot a couple of solar "street lights £16 for 2 on eBay
Will be interesting to see what batteries they use. I'm hoping it's 3 x 18650 cells.
I pre charged them before they went up
I'm both impressed and amused.
The solar cells are pretty big
The LED's are not overly bright. Each of the 6 lamps has 25 tiny elements. I've yet to see them light up the drive in practice.
These are still good value for money, but it's clear they are built to a tight budget and are pretty flimsy.
Like Yorkshire Andy, I opened them up to charge the unlabelled unbranded batteries. In so doing, I found one to have a broken battery strap and snapped mounting pillar. I handled one of them just a little roughly and promptly snapped off the mounting part of the case. They are very thin hard plastic and I expect a sparrow perching on it will break it again. Fixed ok with Bostik. Also, I figure that the lack of any rubber seal will mean that these are as rainproof as a pair of fishnets Mine will get a bit of vaseline applied round the seams before they go up. No, the lamps, not the fishnets
The remote controls seem universal, so I can keep going round to Yorkshire Andy's house and turning his on and off