Malibu Plastic Solar Floodlight Set w/ Three Lamps - LZ413  Product Reviews

"I bought these to light up some dark stairs near my pool. They put out a bright and white light. I recommend these over any other solar lights I have seen. I bought 2 more to light other areas after I saw how well they worked."

"I bought this solar floodlight over a year ago for the sole purpose of providing enough illumination from a distance to get me into my front door without attracting bugs that could enter with me. It worked better than I could imagine. To my surprise, the blue-white LED bulbs don't seem to attract even a single insect. I wish I knew why they don't advertise it that way. The lights are powered by three Ni-mh AA batteries of 1500 ma power. A full charge from a bright sunny day will still be providing some light come sunrise. A few consecutive cloudy days will reduce them to a dim glow in a few hours. I found that I could easily remove the batteries and refresh them in my own charger. You could also try swapping the batteries with higher power Ni-mh AA's of your own that now come in 2500+ ma power levels. I recently moved the solar cell charger around a few times to find a sunnier spot and made the mistake of pressing on the panel instead of putting the stake into the ground first. It stopped working. Fortunately, the warranty is for two years, and Intermatic quickly returned a new solar cell and even gave me new batteries, though still just 1500 ma."

"I first started out with a solar powered frog...It was cute, but after a few days of use, it became obvious that it only worked when full sunlight hit it for at least a few hours a day. I then surveyed my neighborhood and found over 8 different types of solar lights that put out dim light on most partly sunny autumn days...On halloween after a completely cloudy day, all of these lights were dark. I purchased the Intermatic Solar light LZ413 because it had a much bigger solar panel and the display at Lowes was very bright. I had high hopes. I started off with just one light plugged into the solar panel for a week. It put out brilliant light for over 7 hours after dusk. I then plugged in the second one. For the first couple days I received partial sunlight and both lights were brilliant. Then we had the ususual rain for three days straight. Both lights were dim...very dim. I unplugged the second one and within a single rainy day, the first and only light was bright again. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the two unused lights, but I'm happy that I have at least one that does what I hoped. I'd like to buy a solar panel separate, but Intermatic doesn't sell one that way. Maybe I'll donate the usused lights to a science project. Solar lights have come a long way, and this one gets the closest yet. Maybe in another few years companies like Intermatic will better understand that people want at least as much light on their paths and steps as a single AA battery flashlight can cast."