It was not so long ago that solar lights seemed like a great idea, but in real life they just couldn’t deliver on their promise. With an extremely short battery life and producing only a minimal amount of light, solar lights seemed less than prepared for prime time.
Solar lights today are completely changed from what was available on the market even a year or two ago.
Modern solar lights use vastly improved design and new technologies to provide more light and a longer lasting performance than the previous generation. Since they’ve also come down in price, they are also a better value than before.
Think for a minute about solar lights in terms we can all relate to: Star Trek. The original 1960s incarnation of the show featured some technologies which seemed impossibly advanced at the time like hand held portable communication devices and GPs systems which were already available to consumers a few decades later when the Next Generation series aired in the 1990s.
Solar lighting can also be compared to the great strides cell phones have made in the last ten to fifteen years. Cell phones used to be bulky, expensive devices compared to the extremely small Bluetooth-enabled headsets on the market now. Advances in battery and microprocessor technologies have made cell phones so portable and cheap that nearly everyone now carries one.
Batteries have been improved to the point that ultra thin batteries can now supply as much power as a battery many times their size just a few years ago.
The same sort of rapid evolution has happened in solar lights. The latest solar lights can provide bright light for several nights with just a single day of sunlight to charge them.
Lights have gone through technological advances as well. Instead of incandescent bulbs, solar lights now use highly efficient LED (light emitting diode) bulbs.
Using an array of LEDs in a single reflector allow solar lights to give off the same amount of light as a 220 volt incandescent bulb, but with a number of advantages over this older technology.
1. The bulbs last for around 10,000 hours before giving out
2. The bulbs are completely maintenance free
3. At a miniscule 3 watts of power, they provide comparable light at 90% higher efficiency than incandescent bulbs
4. Safe to use in any indoor or outdoor setting
The efficient, low profile batteries in LED solar powered lights and the sophisticated photovoltaic arrays which use solar energy to provide non-polluting, free power for your outdoor lighting add up to a vastly improved solar light all around.
The latest models of solar lights can be used for all sorts of lighting designs and save you a lot of money at the same time.
Solar lighting is easy to install since it requires no wiring. You can place them anywhere that they will get enough sunlight to charge during the day and by night, they can light your garden paths, flower beds, deck or anywhere else you want them.
Since they use solar energy, solar lights are free to use and will not strain your electrical wiring. Holiday displays using solar lights are free, festive and environmentally sound.
With solar powered fairy lights, you can add twinkle to your holiday decorations outdoors or use them for a magical effect in the summer while you have family barbecues.
You can even use solar lights to provide illumination in your tool shed or the garage as back up lighting when the power goes out.
Solar lights offer you the ability to install outdoor lighting anywhere you like which costs you nothing at all to use!
Solar power lights are gentle on the environment as well as on your finances.
Solar powered lighting is easy enough for anyone to install. These lights can be installed anywhere you like and moved any time you want to make a change in your outdoor lighting.
Since burglars like to ply their trade under the cover of darkness, solar lighting can make your home a more secure place. Thieves can’t cut the wires or put out these lights! Your solar lights will stay lit even when you’re not around, which deters thieves and protects your property.
Solar lights can also increase your curb appeal. If you go to sell your home, while most people will get a good look at it during the day, they may also drive by at night to see what it looks like. If you were the buyer, would you rather buy a house that is dark or one that is attractively lit up using free solar power?
Solar lights use advanced technologies to provide homes with clean, free outdoor lighting that is a reliably solid investment.
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