Solar Fairy Lights - Blue (also available in
white)
Voted 9/10 in the Sunday Mirror's Garden Solar Gadgets review. (7th September 2008)
As bright as mains powered LED lights.
Charge by day, light up at night
1 hour of direct sunlight gives 2 hours of fairy lights
Solar fairy lights will stay lit for 20 hours once fully charged
Easy to install -
User Guide enclosed
Our solar fairy lights are self sufficient, can be placed anywhere
Turn on automatically at dusk
Turn off automatically at dawn
6 lighting modes
Energy saving timer mode
2 metres of cable between panel and lights
Our solar powered fairy lights are fully weather resistant
No operating costs
Environmentally friendly
Our solar fairy lights come with a 2 year limited warranty
How do I set them up?
Our Solar Fairy Lights are incredibly easy to set up.
Box Contents
Solar panel, control unit, fairy lights, mounting stake,
mounting clip and instructions.
Place your solar fairy lights
Place your solar fairy lights in your desired location.
Position the solar panel
You can either stake the solar panel in the ground
or you
can use the clip to place it higher up.
Turn them on
Press the mode button and wait until dark.
Solar fairy lights at night
One set of Blue 100 LEDs (left) and one set of white
100 LEDs (right). Photo taken with a long exposure.
| No. of LED's | String Length | RRP |
| 30 | 3 metres (10 ft) | £19.99 |
| 50 | 5 metres (16 ft) | £29.99 |
| 100 | 10 metres (33 ft) | £39.99 |
| 200 | 20 metres (66 ft) | £54.99 |
Solar and Fairy Lights are a match made in heaven for anyone wanting to put up fairy lights outside without using mains power. Simply hang the solar fairy lights in your desired location, clip the panel in a location where it will get the most amount of daylight and away you go.
For those of you who think white lights arent funky enough, try our hot blue Solar Fairy Lights instead!
Are The Solar Centre Solar LED fairy lights as good as normal mains powered LED lights?
We looked long and hard to find Solar Fairy Lights that were of a high enough standard, we found some good products, but none that could fulfill all our criteria so in the end we had our own made.
We would argue that our Solar Centre Solar Fairy Lights are better than mains powered LED lights for the following reasons:
- They are just as bright as mains powered LED lights.
- They are very quick and simple to install
- They are self sufficient and dont require mains power so you can place them anywhere there is daylight.
- They are much safer than mains powered fairy lights because they are powered by small low voltage rechargeable batteries rather than 240V of mains power. The batteries are sealed in weatherproof casing.
- There is no operating costs unlike mains powered lights
- Turn themselves on and off automatically using an advanced light sensor
- They are environmentally friendly unlike mains powered fairy lights. Theres been lots of discussion lately about using less decorative lighting during festive periods to lower our carbon footprint, but with our solar fairy lights you can have your festive cake and eat it!
How do they work?
The Solar Centre Solar Fairy Lights are attached to a control module that contains two rechargeable batteries. This control module is connected to a solar panel which charges the batteries during daylight. At dusk the light sensor in the solar panel automatically turns the lights on and at dawn it automatically turns the lights off.
The Solar Centre Solar Fairy Lights also have a timer mode to help conserve battery during the winter months or during sustained periods of very dull days. This allows you to tell the solar fairy lights to turn off after 6, 8 or 10 hours rather than waiting until dawn (typically 14 hours in winter). Using the timer mode in winter will conserve battery charge enabling you to enjoy the lights on more consecutive nights.
Do they have different lighting modes?
The Solar Centre Solar Fairy Lights have 6 different lighting modes:
Lighting Modes
1. Alternating
2. Chasing
3. Fast Flash
4. Slow Flash
5. Fast Flicker
6. All Lights On
How do I set them up?
The Solar Centre Solar Fairy Lights are incredibly easy to install!
Simply remove them from the box, unravel the lights and place in them your desired location. Press the power button and enjoy. There are 2 metres of cable between the lights and the solar panel so can place the lights in a shaded area so long as the solar panel can reach an area that receives unobstructed daylight.
The solar panel comes with a clip and a stake for mounting. The stake is ideal if you plan to mount the panel in the ground whereas the clip is more useful if you are thinking placing the lights higher up.