Saturday, September 13, 2008

Malibu 3-Pack Solar Landscape Plastic Flood Light Set with Remote Panel, Textured Black

These powerful solar floodlight includes three adjustable lamps, each with three white LEDs to provide improved light output. Each lamp features a ground stake and surface-mounting bracket for a variety of installations. Each lamp is connected to a remote solar collection panel via 20 feet of weatherproof cable, which allows the fixtures to be up to 40 feet apart. The solar panel swivels in any direction for optimal solar energy collection. The sun charges fixture batteries by day and turns on automatically at night with no electical wiring or cost to operate.

Malibu 3-Pack Solar Landscape Plastic Flood Light Set with Remote Panel, Textured Black

Technical Details

* Easy to install
* Stays on up to 15 hours
* Bright white LED bulbs
* No electrical wiring necessary
* Attractive design to accent the garden

Customer feedback:

1. I bought this solar floodlight over a year ago for the sole purpose of providing enough illumination from a distance to get me into my front door without attracting bugs that could enter with me. It worked better than I could imagine. To my surprise, the blue-white LED bulbs don't seem to attract even a single insect. I wish I knew why they don't advertise it that way.
The lights are powered by three Ni-mh AA batteries of 1500 ma power. A full charge from a bright sunny day will still be providing some light come sunrise. A few consecutive cloudy days will reduce them to a dim glow in a few hours. I found that I could easily remove the batteries and refresh them in my own charger. You could also try swapping the batteries with higher power Ni-mh AA's of your own that now come in 2500+ ma power levels.

2. I need some night light in my front door area. Due to the nearby windors around the front door area, the motion sensor type of light fixtures don't work. I install the solar flood lights to the roof rafter and put the solar panel on the roof. With 3 LEDs in each light module (the package has 3 light modules), the output light is bright enough to light the front door path but not too strong to create light pollution. I am happy with the ease of installation and the performance of the LED lights.

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