I'd highly recommend getting new batteries to replace the ones that come with this. if you look at the links below you'll see more of my reviews. This post cap comes with (1) 400 mAh battery. When shopping for batteries you probably won't find 400-mAh batteries because that rating is VERY low. You should look for mAh rating at least 600, if not higher(1000+).
It is perfectly acceptable to interchange mAh ratings because mAh basically refers to battery capacity:
mAh(milliampere-hour) refers to the the electric charge transferred by a steady current. This battery rated at 400mAh should discharge 400 milliamp / hour. Basically if you buy 800mAh batteries you will roughly double the amount of time the light stays on. 1200mAh would triple the time, 1600 would quadruple the time that your solar light stays bright. I hope that makes sense, the Wikipedia article about mAh is REALLY confusing.
Here are some replacement batteries:
Moonrays NiCd AA 8-Pack, 600-mAh
Moonrays NiMh AA 4-Pack, 1000-mAh
Moonrays NiMh AA 4-Pack, 1500-mAh
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I was very pleasantly surprised with these. They are very good quality and the light is very nice and bright. The stained glass panels are actually glass. I thought they would be plastic (the brown frame is plastic), but they are real glass. If you compare these to other glass post cap lamps, these are a really good bargain; much less expensive than many I looked at.Best Deals for Moonrays 91241 Stained-Glass Solar-Powered LED Post-Cap Lamp
It is indeed true, it does burn about 6 times brighter then the cheapest white solar light you can buy. HOWEVER, it only stays lit for about 3 hours and then it goes completely out. The directions say their is a switch on it to use it as a turn on turn off kinda light But I can not find such a switch. Also the little bracket it comes with is appealing to mount it somewhere other then a post. BUT, I used mine on a post and used the little bracket for something else. SO that's a plus.All in all I like it it is pretty almost grand looking. In a perfect world if it stayed on at least 6 hours I D given it 5 stars but three hours just is not acceptable for a light advertised as 6 times brighter
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When I first installed the Stained Glass Solar Post Cap Lamp I loved them. It is cute. Even though it is plastic, it looked good. The lamp is installed on my porch which does not get direct sun. The lamps still light up at night; although for only an hour. I did not mind the short time it stays lit because it is not in direct sun. When my outdoor spot lights come on, it appearantly charges the solar lamps, they will light for a short time after the outdoor lights go off.The lamps are solely decorative, the light given off will not light a path, etc.
The big problem that I am experiencing is that after only 3 weeks of outdoor installation (it is an outdoor lamp), the paint is peeling!!! The lamps are now unsightly. If the paint continues to peel, both lamps will be ugly.
I have just contacted customer service and am awaiting their reply.
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These are really beautiful & bright! But one of the lights I received was not new!!!When I opened the box it was lit up, so the tab on the battery had already been removed. The other 3 I had to take apart to take tabs off the batteries. The used solar light panels are more pastel than the other three. The new ones are very vibrant. The film on top of the used solar panel was also gone, where again I had to remove it from the 3 new ones. It works but very disappointed with Amazon with sending a used one when it said these would be new! This is why I only gave it 3 stars.
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