Hi all,

when we moved into our current residence, we bought some little solar
lights to stake into the ground next to the walkway to the front door,
as it gets rather dark after the sun goes down. However, they were
cheap Home Despot jobs and one of them is already broken, and the others
are all askew as they have plastic stakes which literally appear to have
curved rather than biting into the ground.

Question is, does anyone make a similar product but with quality
construction and good metal stakes? We looked at HD and Lowe's and
didn't see anything really appealing. It's hard to tell online whether
any products have plastic or metal stakes.

thanks

nate

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"Nate Nagel" wrote in message

Question is, does anyone make a similar product but with quality
construction and good metal stakes? We looked at HD and Lowe's and didn't
see anything really appealing. It's hard to tell online whether any
products have plastic or metal stakes.

The ones I have (Malibu) are plastic, but the stakes are very good and they
stay put. Would be better if they lit up too. Waste of money.

Nate Nagel wrote:

Hi all,

when we moved into our current residence, we bought some little solar
lights to stake into the ground next to the walkway to the front door,
as it gets rather dark after the sun goes down. However, they were
cheap Home Despot jobs and one of them is already broken, and the others
are all askew as they have plastic stakes which literally appear to have
curved rather than biting into the ground.

Question is, does anyone make a similar product but with quality
construction and good metal stakes? We looked at HD and Lowe's and
didn't see anything really appealing. It's hard to tell online whether
any products have plastic or metal stakes.

Hubble cast AL line voltage landscape fixtures. The basic models aren't
terribly expensive, and they are vastly better than the low voltage or
solar units so you don't need nearly as many. Get ones you can load with
high output CFL lamps.

On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:07:18 -0500, Nate Nagel
wrote:

Hi all,

when we moved into our current residence, we bought some little solar
lights to stake into the ground next to the walkway to the front door,
as it gets rather dark after the sun goes down. However, they were
cheap Home Despot jobs and one of them is already broken, and the others
are all askew as they have plastic stakes which literally appear to have
curved rather than biting into the ground.

Question is, does anyone make a similar product but with quality
construction and good metal stakes? We looked at HD and Lowe's and
didn't see anything really appealing. It's hard to tell online whether
any products have plastic or metal stakes.

thanks

nate


I bought a set of 12v. exterior lights from Big Lots. They are metal
(powder-coated paint) with glass covers. The set was less than $20,
still shining bright after 8 years.

Nate Nagel wrote:

Question is, does anyone make a similar product but with quality
construction and good metal stakes? We looked at HD and Lowe's and
didn't see anything really appealing. It's hard to tell online whether
any products have plastic or metal stakes.

The plastic lamp housings and solar powered lights are useless, as far as I'm
concerned. I bought a Malibu metal low voltage kit at Home Depot a year ago and
am very pleased with it.

The kit came with around 8 bullet lights and 4 spot lights. Used the bullets to
line a walkway and the spots to light plants against the house. Both were made
of milled aluminum with halogen lamps and the kit came with a 300w transformer.

My only suggestion would be if you buy additional electrical cord, be sure to
get the heaviest gauge. They sell lighter stuff, but the voltage drop using it
will make the lamps dimmer than they should be.