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I am a solar light nut, too. I have gotten to the point of looking for the "lumens" number on the lights. If it doesn't say, then it won't give out much light. I like the lights that have multiple lumens, at least more than 1 or less. I have a couple solar "spot lights", although they don't work too well anymore. I wonder if they just need new batteries, or if they are made to only last a couple of years. They are pretty cheap, so probably just buy new. When I pay more, they seem to last longer and are brighter.
 
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Addy those look like they would work, I will have to check them out. Hubby loves to shop at Harbor Freight :D . We don't have a store here so he shops on line and then when we get anywhere theres a store he always has to go and shop. :)
We have five electric motion sensor lights right now that cover pretty much all around our house. So when I take the dogs out at night I can see in the yard but not up above the pond where the bird feeder is. The couple of times a skunk has been up there when I took out my dogs they got sprayed. The first time it was my min pin and hopefully the last time was my chaweenie.
 

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Hope no more pee U for your pups now that you have the lights up. That would be nasty to say the least :yuck:
 

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mt pond, the one we have lights up a nice sized area, comes on when it senses movement, turns off it not. It is still lighting up strong in the am, great for walking the pup at night, you can see if she does something besides look for something to hunt
 

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I have that light addy and used a coupon on top of sales price .But you really have to keep the solar panel clean and this pollen does not help .So far have to wipe it off 2 or 3 times a day
 

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I have that light addy and used a coupon on top of sales price .But you really have to keep the solar panel clean and this pollen does not help .So far have to wipe it off 2 or 3 times a day
I have not touched ours and we have tons of pollen. It is still doing great.
 

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I love your new solar lights MyPond! I love lots of lights and my place is lit up with lots of solar lights all night. I don't care if some of my red mini lights are from Christmas, I just moved a small sting to this little wire fence by the pond, and it looks great there!! Who needs Christmas when you can light up the yard year round!! :LOL::):D:ROFLMAO:
 
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I have LED lights under these glass electric pole insulators. One strand on the edge of the deck, the other along the edge of the stream. Leave them on 24/7, since LED are so cheap to run. I also have about 20 of the solid glass blocks, 6" wide by maybe 10" square. Still trying to figure out a way to display with around or under something. Would be super cool to light them up at night, too! I have tons of solar lights, too. Just bought a dragonfly one. The top is a glass plate, and it has a 6 lumens bulb, so 6x as bright as most of the smaller solar path lights. It doesn't seem to be that much brighter, though, so maybe the glass is thick enough it needed more to light it up! GPF won't let me post pics ... ho hum ....
 
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Yes, it isn't GPF, it's my internet connection. Evidently, when the guys put the radio receiver thingy back on the edge of my roof, they didn't position it perfectly, and I'm not getting a clear "radio" signal. So, my provider has to send someone out to check it. I thought they were going to do that today, but evidently not, since I can't get on FB or read e-mail ... but I got on here! LOL And, tried once again to load the dragonfly solar light, but since it takes forever to try to load because of ISP issue, it's not worth waiting. I'd rather read what others have said in other thread. :)
 

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I am glad to hear someone is coming to fix the problem for you CE. I need one more string of solar lights for this little black wire flower fence along the cobbled path. I do love my solar lights and the little strings from last year out front have all come back and working nice after the long cold winter. So nice that they are working still, never thought they would last this long!
 
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Woohoo, not so many people on the internet this morning, I was able to swiftly add the pic! Here's my newest addition to the pond gardens. See the dragonfly on the top and on the bottom of the stake, too?
Dragonfly solar light.JPG
 

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