Review of Gama Sonic Prairie Solar-Charged LED Lantern (Multiple Mounting

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This lantern was securely packed, comes with mounting brackets and hardware, and clear instructions. It is well designed and a very attractive product. Because I have many large trees, it was not possible to give it 100% sunlight, but it is working to my satisfaction.

This is not designed to provide light to read a book, but it is enough illumination to see where you are walking on a dark night.

My friends and family have commented on the appearance and operation. Very good value. Do not expect it to work with NO direct sun at all. Gamma Sonic, keep up the good work...

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I did a lot of searching for a set of solar pillar lights to go at the end of our driveway. We have pillars but were waiting to run power to them until we evaluated the solar options. After reviewing these and reading through the comments, they seemed like they would fit the bill so I bought two of them.

Assembly and installation were a breeze. We have a 3" coupling on top of the pillars and these fit perfectly. From unboxing to mounting took less than 15 minutes. It was that easy.

The material is pretty good and the painted finish isn't bad. It doesn't look great up close but is certainly fine for this type of installation. I added some customer pictures so you can see what they look like.

Per the instructions I let them charge for 2 days before turning them on. I will mention that the on off switch is located inside the light compartment which means you will have to take the top off of it to get to the switch. Kind of a pain but not a show stopper.

After the second day of charging we were very excited to see what they could do. We switched them on and waited. The photocell worked great and at dusk they started to light. Once darkness had completely fallen I went out to have a look. Unfortunately the light output was very disappointing. A dull glow is all they provided on the driveway.

We have some trees around the pillars which limits some of the late afternoon sun but they get direct sunlight from sunrise until probably 2pm in the afternoon. Unfortunately this may not be enough to fully charge them.

We had a partly cloudy day the next day and the results were even worse. The light barely reached the driveway and after only a couple of hours of darkness they had nearly extinguished completely.

Needless to say we will moving to electric in the future. If you are looking for a fairly nice decorative lamp at a low price these will fit the bill. By the way, the price on these is much lower than some of the other options I looked at which made them a good option to try out. However, if you are looking for any decent light or security which is what we were more interested in, these lights just don't stand up.

As I mentioned, the trees in our front yard may limit the direct sunlight somewhat so if you have open skies above them, they may work much better.

Hope this helps!

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Use for lighting a fence gate and so far very pleased with the appearance and brightness . Need time to evaluate the durability but have no reason to question that due to the short time in service. These lanterns are larger than expected a pleasant surprise.

Standard delivery was quicker than I expected . Assembly was easy and only took about an hour for both.

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8-22-2013 8PM

THIS IS A VERY PRETTY SOLAR LAMP, I CAN'T WAIT TO ATTACH IT TO THE NEW ENGLAND ARBOR PORTSMOUTH LAMP, WHICH I ORDERED FROM AMAZON AS WELL

THERE WAS AN INITIAL MIX UP, BUT THE OWNER OF THE STORE NATE, CONTACTED ME IMMEDIATELY BY EMAIL AND AS WE WERE COMMUNICATING THE PRODUCT WAS DELIVERED

I AM VERY VERY PLEASED AND WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ONCE I CONNECT THIS TO THE POST TO SEE IF IT REALLY LIGHTS UP MY DRIVEWAY.....STAY TUNED