Interesting Lighting for a cabin or otherwise

Everytime I see glow sticks being used for a path or a barrier, I keep thinking there has to be a better way
Ikea has started selling some awesome lights all solar but this one caught my eye
www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80155045

I bought 8 of the cheap (8 for $20) solar powered pathway lights at K-Mart to see if they would work well enough to illuminate a path in Jamaica.  They work and hold up just fine.  They do need access to the sun during the day.  There is a one time assembly time of about 2 minutes each and they are put in place by the simple expedient of pushing the unit into the ground.

They would work gret around cabins in the Pocanos.  The advantage they have over Tiki torches is size and no fuel.

I dont think sun is a problem in Jamaica
maybe in the forest if we get rainy events

Looks good. Just wonder how long they need in the sun, etc.

Could these "sun-jars" be used for IG lighting?  They're a bit pricy, but way cool:

www.firebox.com/product/1548/Sun-Jar

Thanks.

Wow those sun jars are very cool, I wish they were just a little less pricey.

Try Froogling them - I've seen them at a lot of other places, and you might find them cheaper.

Id love a lantern to hang outside my tent, filled with solar leds, to fly around and look like lightning bugs

Those jars are very cool....and very igly.  As far as the solar lights that started this thread.  My family uses them to light a path in our back yard, not necessarily those but something similar.  Even on rainy days, unless its obscenely dark, or the day of the snow storm last week the lights seem to hold up.  They at least give a little bit of light, so these may be easier.  Its also slightly safer then having to call a hold should someone knock a torch down.

I tried using a solar light in the grove awhile back.  Despite being sure to put it in the sunniest spot of the Grove, it still never seemed to be able to gather enough to work too well at night.  It may have been the light, but I think for most of the shady paths at hickory run, they just wouldn't work as well as we'd like - usually the tree cover is pretty thick - but i may be wrong.  The 20 bucks for a string of 5 though would cost FAR too much to light a path for a mod though, in my opinion.  They'd be great for smaller mods and cabins though.

I'm a big fan of batteries.



[size=6pt]p.s. I hate nature[/size]

Yeah, but its such a pain to change batteries, esp if one has around 25 candles in use. 

i.gizmodo.com/5165652/ikeas-summer-solar...are-pleasant-looking .

The dome ones look neat.