A beautiful white solar light in snow
Solar lights have transformed from the expensive ugly ducklings they were only a few years ago, into beautiful swans of the home lighting world, with various colours, designs and sizes up for grabs. The use of solar lights has grown considerably in recent years, especially for landscape and garden lighting. Some cities use solar street and traffic lights, and various businesses use solar and LED lighting solutions to brighten up their stores and businesses. The large-scale applications of solar lighting has driven the price of your average solar light down to within a range home owners can afford, and now every house can enjoy the advantages of solar lighting.
Reason 1: Solar lights last forever and ever
Well, close but not quite. Solar lights use solar powered batteries to pump electricity into LED lights, which can last for up to 11 years of constant operation. This means that if you kept your solar LED light up and running night and day without rest, it would faithfully serve you for a solid 11 years. If you prefer to give the solar light a rest during the day and only fire it up at night, the LED light bulbs within your solar light could last over 20 years!
LED lights are also the anorexics of the lighting world and can survive on a whisper and a promise of electricity. Solar lights can, for instance, last for up to 12 hours on one battery before they need some sun loving to recharge.
Reason 2: Solar lights cost you no money in terms of upkeep and electricity
As already mentioned, the LED light bulb used in your solar powered lighting solution will stick around for about 11 years of constant operation. This means they will still wink at you during the night even after your children have left the house and gone to college. Solar lights also contain batteries and cute little solar panels that charge the batteries during the day, so that they can feed your LED lights during the night. This setup uses no electricity from your house grid, and is completely environmentally friendly. For this reason solar lights have nothing to fear from ESKOM’s recently announced an additional price hike, and are something to consider for the future, don’t you think?
Reason 3: Solar lights are easy to use
Question: how many home-owners does it take to screw in a solar light? Answer: none! Solar powered lights are probably one of the easiest, most versatile and impressive decorations you will ever introduce into your garden. LED solar lights require no wiring, extension cords or tools of any kind. You simply unwrap it, switch it on and plonk it down where you want it to illuminate your life. It really is that easy. The little built-in solar panel will power the LED lights within the device itself, and some come with timers that you can set to regulate their lighting schedule.
Reason 4: Solar lights are versatile
Solar lights are small, require no electricity cables and are self-powered, which makes them extremely versatile. Solar lights are little chameleons, and you can buy them in various designs, sizes and colours. From dainty fairy lights, to nearly indestructible pathway lights, solar lights will never disappoint. You can easily use solar lighting to light anything from your garden, trees, driveway and porch to patio, swimming pool and hedge…you name it, they light it.
Reason 5: Solar lights are beautiful
With solar powered path lights you can easily create a beautiful incandescent effect on your garden path. You can also use solar lights to accentuate and highlight the prized areas in your garden, and make your nightly garden strolls unforgettably magical. You can also make social outdoor areas seem warm and inviting with softer, warmer colours like amber and bronze. Most solar lights come with an amber and white light setting: use the amber setting for that intimate atmosphere, and the white light setting for when you’ve dropped your keys.
Solar lights are truly an unrecognised miracle in our modern world of cell phones and super-sized fast-food portions. Sure, their up-front costs are higher than normal lighting options, but they more than make up for it with the longevity of their LED lights, and the self-sustainability of their solar powered batteries. The advantages of solar lights far outweigh their only disadvantage, which makes getting them for your home today an obvious decision.
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