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Solar garden lights vs normal garden lights?

solar ups: dont pay for electric cheap easy to install after installed you dont need to touch them again. downs: easy to break on a cloudy day not on long just for look really no good for seeing stuff normal lights ups: flick of a switch powerfull downs: pay for electicity annoying wiring for installation personally im in favour of solar lights as they are so easy, i have some myself

Public Comments

  1. depends on use, for security use electric low voltage lights you can set them on a timer or have them go off when it activates a sensor. solar dont emit much useful light to use for night time activities, and they go off when the night comes along and they sometimes dont make till the sun comes back.
  2. it's all about taste and where you live, I guess! solar garden lights are getting better but for my taste they are more like ambiance/decorative lighting. Just for safety in some area around my house I really need the real thing (electric motion detector).
  3. I have both and for some reason the solar ones just don't last as long. Also, if the "eye" gets dirty (like with soot and ash after the fire) you have to clean them off so the sun gets through and they go on. That being said, the electric ones are annoying to change the little bulbs inside and they keep changing the type of bulbs they take. And, it is annoying to change out the electric fixtures when they don't work because of the way they connect to the wire. Lastly, they light that comes from the solar isn't very bright as compared to the electric ones.