Halloween Solar Lights - Swaying Eyeball Garden Stake Lights, 6-12 Pack

Description

Solar Halloween lights are garden stakes that charge themselves in the sun all day and come on by themselves after dark - no power point, no extension lead across the lawn, no timer to set. These are 65cm stakes topped with 4cm bloodshot eyeballs that sway in the breeze and glow, sold in packs of 6, 8, 10 or 12 in five colours.

The problem with outdoor Halloween lighting is almost never the lights. It is the cable. Anything mains powered means finding an outdoor socket, running a lead down the side of the house, taping it down so nobody trips on it in the dark, and unplugging it every night. Solar stakes skip all of that: push them into the lawn or a garden bed where they get sun, and they do the rest themselves. Which matters most on the one night when there are thirty kids walking up your driveway in the dark.

Specifications

What's in the Box

Why Solar Stakes Beat Plug-In Halloween Lights

• No cable anywhere - nothing to run down the side of the house, nothing to trip a kid in a costume at night, and no arguing about which outdoor socket still works.
• They switch themselves on - the panel senses when the light drops and the eyeballs come on. You never have to remember, which matters on a night when you are answering the door every ninety seconds.
• They actually sway - the eyeballs move on their stems in any breeze, and movement is what catches the eye from the footpath. Static lights just sit there.
• IP65 rated - built to sit outside in Australian weather through a display season, not to be brought in every time the forecast turns.
• They run all night - a full 8 hour charge gives 8 to 10 hours of light, which covers trick-or-treating and then some.

How Do Solar Halloween Lights Work?

Each stake has a small solar panel on top, a rechargeable 600mAh battery inside and a light sensor. Through the day the panel charges the battery. When the ambient light drops at dusk, the sensor switches the LED on and it runs off the stored charge until either the battery is flat or the sun comes up. There is nothing to plug in and nothing to switch. The only thing that decides how well they work is where you put them - the panel needs direct sun for a good part of the day, so a spot under the eaves, in the shade of a fence or beneath a tree will charge poorly and give you a short, dim night. A full 8 hours of charging gives 8 to 10 hours of glow.

How Long Do They Stay On at Night?

8 to 10 hours from a full charge, which comfortably covers from dusk through the end of trick-or-treating and well past when the last group has gone home. If yours are only lasting two or three hours, the answer is almost always sunlight rather than the light itself. Move the stake somewhere that gets several hours of direct sun, wipe any dust or spider web off the panel, and give it a couple of full days to build up. Brand new units often need two or three charge cycles before they hit their proper run time, so do not judge them on the first night.

Can You Leave Solar Lights Out in the Rain?

Yes - they are IP65 rated, which means they are built to handle rain and hose spray while sitting outside. What they are not built for is a genuine storm. The supplier's own advice is to bring the lights indoors in stormy weather to protect the eyeballs and the solar panels, and that is worth following: wind is what snaps stems and lifts stakes out of soft ground, not water. One more thing worth knowing - do not pull the solar panels off the stakes. They are what charges and switches the light, and removing them stops the lights working properly.

Where People Put Them

Lining a driveway or front path so trick-or-treaters walk between two rows of glowing eyes is the classic setup and the reason most people buy the bigger packs. Along a garden bed under a front window, in a pot plant either side of the front door, scattered through a hedge so the eyes appear at different heights, or clustered in one corner of the lawn as a feature. They also work at a back yard party marking the edge of a lawn, and they are one of the few Halloween decorations that look deliberate rather than tacky in a front garden the neighbours have to look at.

Pair It With

Eyeball stakes light the ground; the wall and the air need something too. A 2.5m Giant Stretch Spider Web or the Giant Stretch Cobweb Set across a hedge or a front window, with a Giant Spider Prop in the middle, gives the garden something at eye level. The 3pk Hanging Ghost Decorations hung from a tree above the stakes uses the same glow. A Life Size Skeleton sitting among the lights is the thing people stop and photograph. For the kids themselves, 6 Inch Glow Sticks, Mixed Colour Glow Bracelets and 50pk EL Glow Wire keep everyone visible on a dark street.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do these solar Halloween lights need batteries?
No. The rechargeable battery is built in and the solar panel charges it. There is nothing to buy and nothing to plug in.

How tall are they?
About 65cm from the ground, with 4cm eyeballs on top. That puts them at roughly knee to mid-thigh height on an adult, which is the right level for lighting a path.

How many lights do I need?
Depends on the run. A 6 pack does a garden bed or the area either side of a front door. For lining a driveway or a full front path, most people go for 10 or 12, or order two packs.

How long do they take to charge?
8 hours of good sunlight for a full charge, which then gives 8 to 10 hours of light. Give new units a couple of full days in the sun before you judge how long they run.

Are they waterproof?
They are IP65 rated, so rain and hose spray are fine. Bring them inside if a real storm is coming - that is the supplier's own advice, and it is mostly about wind rather than water.

Do the eyeballs really move?
Yes, they sway on their stems in a breeze. That movement is what makes them read from a distance, and it is the main difference between these and a static stake light.

Can I use them after Halloween?
Physically yes, they are ordinary solar garden lights with an eyeball on top. Most people pack them away with the rest of the Halloween gear and put them back out the following October.

Fast Australian Shipping

We ship from Australian stock to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra and Darwin, plus regional addresses in every state. Order a week or two ahead of Halloween so the stakes have time to sit in the sun and build a full charge before the night itself.

Colours may look slightly different on screen due to lighting and monitor settings. Please allow a small variation in measurements, as sizes are taken by hand. Do not remove the solar panels from the stakes, as this stops the lights charging and operating correctly. Small parts - keep away from children under 3.