For many of us, it is time to begin decorating our homes in preparation for the holiday season. If you are like most of us, you still have the old, traditional Christmas lights that you have been using for years. The Halloween decorations are likely just as old and tired. This may be the perfect time to think about upgrading to solar holiday lights.
Decorating your home for the holidays can be a lot of fun, but it can also be a huge hassle. You have to replace bulbs for burned out lights, run power chords everywhere, your electric bill goes through the roof – not to mention that you are always nervous when it rains! None of those problems exist with solar holiday lights, but do they look good?
In just the last few years, solar lighting companies have come out with lots of new styles and applications. This is due to the fact that solar technology has developed so much recently. There are now many different types of solar Christmas and Halloween lights. Some examples of Christmas lights are:
Solar Net Lights – Solar Net Lights have solar powered LEDs that turn on at night and off during the day. They are strung together in the shape of a net so that they can be used to cover a shrub or bush. You can expect about 8 hours of light a night with these.
Solar Christmas Lights (string lights) – These come in a string of (usually) 50 lights. They are perfect for using just about anywhere you need to string lights, like: hand railings, trees, fence posts, etc. They also have a daylight sensor that turns them on and off at the appropriate times.
Solar Multicolor LED Christmas Lights – These are a lot like the Solar string lights above, but are multicolor. They also have daylight sensors and 50 LED bulbs.
Solar Blue Snow Flake Lights – I personally have these and I love them. They are really bright and very pretty. There were a couple of bad reviews on Amazon from people having a problem with the lights shorting out after a while, but I have had no problems with mine. They are only $8 for a string of 20, and the seller has great feedback, so for me, it was worth trying.
If you’re looking for Halloween decorations, you can choose:
Solar Lighted Halloween Jack-o-lantern Decoration – This is an 8″ diameter solar powered, smiling jack-o-lantern ornament that you can put in your front yard or porch. It comes with a daylight sensor that turns it off during the day and on at night.
Halloween Sound Activated Rocks – These are rocks that charge during the day, and at night light up with a “Go Back” or “Boo” (depending on the model). These rocks are about 9.5″ by 6″ by 4″. They also have a daylight sensor and are solar powered (of course).
Solar Powered Halloween Skull Decoration – This is a “skull” version of the jack-o-lantern decoration. It’s about 10″ in diameter.
All of these decorations come with the advantage of being solar powered. None of them need to be connected to an electrical source. They are all very easy to install. They all come with daylight sensors, so there is no need to connect them to a timer, and all have a run time of about eight hours or so. The best part is that none of them will cause you to have a high electricity bill.
These are but a few of the types of solar powered holiday lights. I hope that these examples gave you some new ideas.
Find all of the lights in this article at Steve’s Easy Solar Lighting Blog, as well as many more easy solar lighting projects.
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