LiteFuze Mosaic Glass Rechargeable Solar Lamp Outdoor Garden Light - White

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004TC4KDS
• Item model number: L-1
  

By : LiteFuze
Price : $17.99

Product Description

Features exquisite hand-blown glass jar with a mosaic pattern.The solar mosaic is beautiful in daylight, and it charges with a solar panel.At night, the flameless LED turns on automatically and radiates a spectacular warm glow.The solar mosaic jar provides soothing mood lighting both indoors and outdoors.Beautiful cool tones radiate off of the mosaic globe solar jar, perfect for any place in the house, including the patio, or bedroom. Solar Panel: 0.24 W Battery: 1 PCS 600mAh Ni-cd battery LED: 3 PCS 0.06W LED Material: 95%mosaic glass,4%ABS,1% Steel Diameter of solar panel: 6 cm Diameter of glass: 13 cm Night Auto-sensor switch; on/off main switch Specifications: Light Wattage(in W): 0.18 Solar Panel Wattage(in W): 0.24 Material: 95%mosaic glass,4%ABS,1% Steel Night Auto Sensor Switch Battery: 1 PCS 600mAh Ni-cd battery;

 

LiteFuze Mosaic Glass Rechargeable Solar Lamp Outdoor Garden Light - White

 

Technical Details

• Solar Rechargeable Outdoor/Indoor Light Lamp
• Solar Panel Wattage(in W): 0.24
• Night Auto Sensor Switch
• Material: 95% mosaic glass 4% ABS 1% Steel
• Battery: 1 PCS 600mAh Ni-cd battery

Customer Reviews

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Nothing much to say about it, it looks great!

After weeks shopping for solar LED lights for our patio garden, lights which were designed to hang and focus their light downward, I came across the LiteFuze in green. Sadly, the reviews only go back as far as March 2011, so I took a chance and ordered 3 of them. Wouldn't you know, when I opened the package, 2 of the 3 LED tops were not fastened to the globes, and the 3rd soon let go. It appears they were held together with an adhesive that might be sensitive to Arizona temperatures. If they are going to let go in the summer heat, I prefer they do so before I hang them. I had read a review saying the hanger did not seem to be secure and that the writer used wire to secure it to the globe. I agree that he has the right idea.
Before I wired mine together with stainless steel safety wire, none of them worked, but tapping them caused them to turn on and off erratically. Closer examination revealed that the positive battery contact was, ever so slightly, recessed too deeply in the plastic housing to make a firm connection with the AA cell's terminal. Moving the AA cell ever so gently confirmed this was the weak point. Solution: I placed a small piece of copper foil between the AA cell and the terminal to fill up the space. The down side is that now the AA cell can be bumped out of position, but our lamps will be hanging where they will not be bumped. So now I have 3 LiteFuzes lamps, held solidly together with a strand of safety wire, and a piece of copper foil making for a firm electrical connection.
As for their performance, my wife and I are pleased with the soft green light her plants receive from above, and the pleasant view of the textured glass globes. It is too soon to tell how well and long they will last. I will revisit this review if further comments are warranted. Would I recommend buying them? Well, I am ordering more with fingers crossed. At least I am prepared with more safety wire and copper foil. Too bad that it is that way. They seem to have had more artistic thought put into them than technical engineering and craftsmanship.
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
After writing this review, we ordered an additional 9 lights. The subsequent orders all arrived in excellent condition with the globes firmly attached to their tops and no electrical problems as happened with the original order of 3. After performing the above safety wire and battery servicing, I can say that we are very satisfied. They come on within a couple minutes of each other at sunset and originally produced sufficient light for 4 hours to make for a pleasant evening's garden view. After 4 hours they began dimming at different rates so I replaced all the AA cells with ones from the Home Depot and, since then, they are fairly uniformly bright until about 6 hours. I have experienced a 25% failure rate when one had to be exchanged after it decided to stay on all day and not recharge, and two others totally quit a few weeks later. So far, exchanges have gone smoothly, but they have a very short exchange period. Keeping our garden lighted might become too expensive.