We wanted to illuminate some new trees in our back yard. I did not want
to run low voltage wire and deal with power transformers so I started
looking at solar landscape lights. We did not need them to be very
bright since they are just to create a nice effect. More important than
brightness was "color". We don't like the bluish white light that most
led lights emit. It seems cold and harsh. These Malibu lights are one of
the only solar lights i have been able to find with a light color of
3000 degrees K., which is a nice warm yellowish color. Most solar led
lights produce a color around 6,000 degrees K which is bluish white.
(here's a link to a Kelvin color temperature scale-- [...] ).
My
problem with most of the lights with the solar panel mounted directly to
the light is that optimal light placement and optimal panel placement
are rarely the same place. In our situation, the preferred location for
the light did not provide good sun exposure for the panel during the
day. I know there are solar kits with separate lights and panels, but
none of the ones i found had the color light i wanted. Therefore, I
modified these lights by removing the panel from the light housing and
putting a 10' wire between the light and the panel. I modified some old
tent stakes to mount the panel on. Now i can locate the panel in a nice
sunny spot while keeping the light where my wife wants it. So far, they
are working nicely. We will probably purchase a few more for the front
yard. Hopefully someone will come out with a kit with separate lights
and panel that use the "warm white" led's.
I didn't buy it here. I bought it at Home Depot and I thought the cost
was low enough to warrant the risk. I put it on the ground with the
solar panel getting direct sunlight at around noon time. I didn't
expect very much from this spot light as I haven't really be pleased
with the previous solar based spot light. I was wildly surprise at the
amount of WARM light that the 3 LEDs put out. It is as good as some of
my other wired lighting and yet so easy to install. I love it!
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