SOLARBASICS SB-233AB Modern Pathway Solar Landscape Accent Light, LED, Black, 8-Pack

the eight pack of lights arrived with all eight batteries totally discharged because the lights were shipped "on". four of the eight cells (one 18650 cell per light) would not charge. the remaining four cells suffered very high internal resistance (125mR) which likely means the cells will have a very short discharge time. the lights should have been switched "off" for shipment.i ordered two eight packs and one four pack of these solar lights. the "other" eight pack arrived missing one light, amazon "made me whole" so i have no complaint about that.i have a few 18650 cells in my junk-drawer so i think i can make all this work.

I really wanted to do four stars instead of five but I couldn't explain why, so I didn't. These are cool lights- they have a high or low setting so one can choose some subtle area lighting or brighter light for a pathway but at the expense of battery life overnight. There's a switch to select which setting or "off."The housing seems well made, but nothing super exceptional and the stalk is multiple parts. I think I'd like these more if there were fewer separate parts and maybe a more substantial build- maybe a metal spike or something. They look bigger in the pictures posted than they are, but the measurements posted are accurate.Charge them for two days before using. They have lithium ion batteries, which is a major difference between these and the much cheaper ones that are all over the market which use older nickel cadmium batteries which degrade fairly quickly and get memory issues when the charging varies due to differing sun exposure. I'd be interested to know the capacity of the solar panel, but it looks like a slightly better quality than what I've seen on most of these type products.Overall, these are pretty cool but they aren't the cheapest of their type. They DO justify pricing due to the dual settings and quality batteries, however. None of my quibbles with these really is strong enough to whack a star from the rating.

I use a lot of solar lighting around my home and yard. Living in New Mexico, there's plenty of sunlight to power these and keep them going. These are some of the few I've seen that are tall enough to use through the winter. I can find plenty at an inexpensive price, but they are short, and get buried in the snow come winter. Even when the snow comes, I still need lighting outdoors, and these are tall enough to stand above most snow showers we may get. These have a high/low and off setting, and are bright when fully charged. The only thing I didn't like is that they are all plastic. They are somewhat solid, but a metal pole would be preferable, even if the head was plastic. I can't say how they will handle winter yet, but for now, in the fall, they light up my front stairs nicely. At $38.98 (as of this review) for two, I think they are a little pricey, only because they are all plastic. They do have larger solar panels on them then the small stake like lights you usually find for a buck or two, so I don't know if that adds considerably to the cost of making these. If it does, I could understand the cost, if it doesn't, something other than all plastic would be nice.

These solar lights turn on when it becomes dark, and charge during the day from the light of the sun.I found the lights, even with a full daylight of charging do not last an entire night. The first place I put the lights, they did not get even enough sun to come on at dark. Then I moved them to where they would get plenty of sunlight – they do work for hours, but not an entire night.The product seems to be well made, with the exception of the arm/pole portion – the poles fit together easily, but getting the arm into the pole takes a great deal of effort, and when doing that, I felt that there was a possibility that I would actually break the plastic (resin). I never was able to get the arm fully inserted into a pole on one of the two lights. Seems to have been a quality control issue on the arm portion, in that it was slightly too large.It is difficult to tell whether or not the unit is turned on or not, by noting the position of the on/off switch. The easiest way is to place the solar panel side against your chest and see if the light comes on, i.e. no light is getting to the photoelectric sensor. If the light does not come on, hit the on/off switch again and retry blocking the sensor – then it should work.These really should be put into a very sunny spot in your yard to work properly.As I said above the top unit which includes the solar cells, the photoelectric sensor, and the LED lights does seem to be very well made, and sturdy.I just wish the lights would work with a little less sunlight, which would then allow me to place them where I need them, rather than place them where they will work properly.