Customer Reviews With Photos

Easy to install, light is very soft and not too bright. They add the perfect ambiance to our backyard garden area.

The Tiki Torch Solar Light is an excellent backyard or outdoor living space addition. This product is designed to mimic the look of a traditional tiki torch, but it operates on solar power, which means it's eco-friendly and cost-effective. One of the best features of this product is its ease of installation. The Tiki Torch Solar Light comes with a sturdy pole that you can push into the ground, and it also includes a mounting bracket if you prefer to attach it to a wall or fence. The light itself is also very easy to assemble and attach to the pole or bracket. The Tiki Torch Solar Light produces a warm, flickering light that adds a cozy and inviting atmosphere to your backyard. It's also equipped with a photocell sensor that turns the light on automatically at dusk and off at dawn, so you don't have to worry about manually turning it on and off.

This is a much larger unit than I anticipated. It's seriously hefty, with a massive solar panel and two large lights on the arms. This is NOT your typical light duty light. The arms can be moved by loosening the retaining screws and rotating around the elbow joint. There is also rotation at the shoulder. This gives you a couple of degrees of freedom so it is easy to point the lights where you wish. The solar panel uses a ball and socket joint to twist around. You can use the unit horizontally or vertically. A stake is used for vertical placement in flower beds (etc) while there is a dedicated rectangular base for mounting vertically or horizontally. The control system is easy to use and familiar from other units. The power button appears to be waterproof. If you mount in a flower bed, the weight forces you to bury the stake fully in the ground. If you put it in 2/3rds of the way it will wobble. It's that heavy. If you want to mount it on a wall, be aware that it will take up a fair bit of real estate. It won't be unobtrusive. The motion sensor works as advertised. I tested it out at night a few times and it turned on as expected. All in all, a good light. Just be aware of the size and weight.

Good construction and a nice large solar panel. Rear rubber button toggles between the various colors, full off, or to a variable setting that slowly fades between the colors. Once mounted, the button is inaccessible unless removed. At sunset, light activates back to last setting. Fairly bright as a whole, but because the brightness is split into 6 beams, perhaps not as impressive as the specs might suggest. Still, if you know your use case, a pretty solid piece of solar decor. No apparent way to disassemble and replace the battery (that's a shame). Seems a bit pricey at $15 per piece, especially if product life will be limited by battery longevity.

These yellowed from the sun after just 1 year. Purchased 5/2023. They looked great at first but now I need new ones already. ☹️

It came with some cup-hooks to hang along my fence but only 10 so I had to get more to make sure the bulbs were hung evenly. The bulbs are a good plastic quality and will likely hold up well. The solar panel seems like good quality too. They of course, turned on right away at night after charging for a few hours in the sun. the cord seems good quality too. This is mostly for ambience because these lights alone will not light up your yard significantly. However, it looks very stylish. It’s expected to rain tomorrow so we will see how it holds up in the next week. Updated 11/8/2023: After two days, one of the bulbs stopped working. I think it is the wiring because when I move the cord it blinks/flickers before going out again. could be a dud so will try to replace.

El artículo funciona bien lo único malo es que llegaron piezas rotas

First point: Before ordering, I posted a question about this product. It was answered promptly by the actual Vendor’s representative. Here is the Q and the A: “Question: How does the top attach to the globe? screw on with threads, like a mason jar? or snap on, pry off? or what? “Answer: Thank you for your interested about our products, yes, screw on with threads.” So, interpreting that, I ordered, and the merchandise was delivered rapidly. But . . . upon receipt I discovered that the above answer I was given to my question (by the Vendor) was absolutely false. The top does not “screw on with threads” at all. It depends entirely on friction to stay down on the top rim of that globe—just like the lid on a carton of ice cream. There are no threads, not even a nib or a bump. Since the product is expected to stay out in the weather and take the sunshine and the cold, and you have metal on glass friction as your only means of holding it together, common sense says that the thin metal top and the glass globe are bound to work themselves apart over time, due to differing reactions to temperature changes and other natural forces. Fortunately, the very thin metal collar to which the little snap spring hooks attach is fitted under a glass lip that is part of the top opening in the glass. So, when hung, the unit does not actually depend on the friction connection to the metal lid to support the weight of the glass. But that does not solve the issue about the way the lid connects to the glass and potential problems that may arise. Second point: When you first take the top off to find the on/off switch, you discover about ten feet of very thin copper wire (dual strands) stuffed under that lid, all wadded up and tangled. The LED lights are spaced out along that wire. The wire is attached to the power supply, which is attached to the underside of the lid, encased in a plastic cover that is out of sight when the lid is on the globe. I’m not really complaining about the tangled wire, because with a bit of patience and some time spent, I got the wire unsnarled and straightened out. In my opinion, it is often better for the individual consumer to do simple work like that than to increase the price of the goods to pay a factory worker to do it. Just be forewarned and don’t find yourself up in a tree when you first open up that lid to turn on the power switch—you will have springy, nearly invisible wire all over yourself--and a big problem. Labels on lots of goods on the market will tell you “some assembly required”. Some kind of similar notice ought to be given with stuff such as this. Third, once you get the wire unsnarled, there is the question of how to place and distribute it inside the globe, to get the lighting effect you’re looking for. I found two ways. The first time, I looked around the house and found a can of air freshener spray, a cylinder two inches in diameter and about eight inches long. It was the perfect size, and I spiral-wrapped the wire around the full length of it, taking care not to pull on the end of the wire that connects to the power supply. I then carefully set the wire-wrapped cylinder nose down into the globe cavity and carefully drew the cylinder back out, leaving the wire inside the globe. I pressed on the lid and it was all good—except that afterwards, when I pulled the lid off again to set the switch, about half the wire sprung out of the globe—and there we were--all snarled up again. But by this time, I had concluded that I was going to have to make improvements to the way that lid connects to the glass anyway, so after again straightening out the wire, I applied two-sided tape to the rim of the globe and down over that glass lip. Then I threaded the tip of the wire down through the hole in the globe’s bottom and carefully pulled the entire length of the wire through that hole. Then I pressed the lid into place--again—switch now set to “on”. I took the rope bail off to get it out of the way and turned the globe on its side, then carefully fed the wire back up into the globe through the bottom hole, a few inches at a time, as I rotated the globe in front of me. That worked well. Then I carried the globe into a dark room. The lights lit up! They were attractively spaced inside the globe! That was very good. Fourth is the matter of the 13-inch long rope bail itself. I suspect it might hold up OK if you only use the unit outdoors occasionally for short periods of time. But my intended use is to put the unit up in a tree and leave it there. And I have no confidence that the rope bail would last very long at all in that situation. It is just held at the tips by flimsy crimped metal. Fortunately, I anticipated that before ordering and already had the material to make my own bail—some braided steel vinyl-coated wire, 3/32”. I created loops for attaching the ends of the wire to the globe via the little snap spring hooks. It should last a long time and present no issues. Fifth is the hole in the bottom of the globe. It was touted as a way to allow water to drain out. But it was also claimed that the unit is waterproof, and that is inconsistent. Where I live the hole in the bottom would serve as an entrance for insects. And if the wind blows the hanging globe just right and the tip of that copper wire finds the hole, the wire will soon be dangling down and working its way out of there. So, I taped over that hole with aluminum HVAC tape, cutting a piece round about 2” in diameter. The HVAC tape on the bottom also serves as a reflector and seems to increase the brightness of the globe. I also added HVAC tape around the rim at the top to better secure that connection between the lid and the metal collar under the lip of the globe. Aluminum HVAC tape is tough, inexpensive, made to withstand the elements, and I already had some on hand. Its presence won’t even be noticeable when the unit is hung up in the tree. So why go to the trouble of writing all of the above? As I said at the top, I am not happy about being given false information by the Vendor’s representative. You get all kinds of false and phony answers from other consumers online (along with some good ones, of course), but when the Vendor speaks, you expect the truth. I do realize that manufacturers and vendors do not like to hear or talk about consumers making their own modifications to products or improving them to suit their own special needs. When a consumer fiddles with a product and then it doesn’t work, vendors don’t want to hear complaints or face claims or get asked for a refund. Having been a lawyer for over 50 years, I do understand that. But sometimes we need to look at some presumedly finished products as actually being “unfinished goods” and do what is necessary to adapt them to our specific needs. Just apply good sense. I would never dream of messing with my car, my furnace, or—anymore—even my computer. But if I secure that globe better before I hang it up on a tree limb (and do note that the Vendor advertised it as suitable to hang in a tree—and even made the claim that cracks in the glass are an enhancement), it is going to be less likely to come crashing down on somebody’s head. So that will be an improvement. The good news, again, was that the unit lit up nicely when I took it into a dark room. That was right out of the box, with no actual solar charging. And it has since responded instantly to light and dark condition changes, at all hours, night and day, sitting undisturbed on the kitchen table. The light it creates is good—not enough to totally illuminate a dark room (although it will show you where the fixtures are in a pitch-dark bathroom), but quite attractive to the eye. So, I will properly charge it outside on the next sunny day, then hang it out in a tree, and hope for the best. I only needed one of these units, but the box contained two. I’ll hold the second in reserve. At some point I will activate it, perhaps without all the above “fixes”, simply for use on the dining table or some other less-challenging way than in the treetops. Thanks for reading my report. FOLLOW UP EDIT: Sadly, two days after posting the above review, something has gone wrong with this unit. Despite being long-time charged, two days in a row, it now will not stay lit up more than about a minute. It will re-start if you flash a light on it and remove the light. Put it in a dark room, flip an overhead light switch on and then off again and the globe lights up nicely. But then it shuts off after about a minute. And it will play that game with you as long as you want to flip the switch. Off-on-off-on-off. Something is clearly wrong. It would be nice if it actually worked, but they should quit selling these things until they get the quality control up to American standards. SECOND Follow-up Edit: FRAUD ALERT! The "Technical Details" in the "Product Information" section on this product contains the following line: "Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included) ". BUT, inspecting, the label on the actual battery in the unit I received, the battery I found is nickel metal hydride (NiMH), not lithium ion. It is a wholly different type of battery than advertised. I added a photo. I was considering replacing the battery, to try and get better performance. But in my research, I found this: "All lithium ion batteries have to be controlled with an integrated circuit to control input and output voltage. If the circuit is not present, the cell could have thermal runaway. I'm sure you've all heard of laptop batteries catching fire. That is an instance of thermal runaway. Another safety issue is water. In the presence of H2o, li-ion will oxidize extremely rapidly (hint explode)." Does this item have such an integrated circuit? Or is it actually a purely NiMH battery device? THIRD--hopefully final--update: Today, Jan. 20th, was the first good "solar" day here since these units arrived on Jan. 12th. I was able to get the unit 8.5 hours of pure sunshine. After bringing it in, I put the unit in a dark room and let it shine. After the unit produced 5 1/2 hours of excellent light, I felt I had seen enough and decided to shut it off, as the unit clearly had fully re-charged its battery. What that told me was that a full day of full sun is truly the key to good performance. A day with two or three hours of sun, supplemented by even an all-night close exposure to indoor lamp light, just doesn't substitute for the real thing. And a whole week of the latter is going to reduce performance to practically nothing. But with a proper full day of good sun, the unit recovers. So "it is what it is" as they say, and that is satisfactory. I have advanced along the learning curve quite a bit on these things, and I decided not to use this unit outside in a tree as originally planned. It just looks too nice inside. The outside job can be done by other means. I stand behind all of the above comments, and note the vendor's response about the lid. I did remove the HVAC tape from the lid, because as an indoor unit, frequent access to the on/off switch under the lid will be needed. Now looking forward to sunny summertime, when re-charging will be easier to accomplish.

We LOVE these! Have installed 18 along our very long driveway. We started with just 10, along our 3/4 mile drive, and then added 8 closer to house. They are wonderful path lights. They burn a bright white light. I personally do NOT like a warm glow bulb as it gets really dark where we are and we need something that shines brighter. They get brighter when you are getting nearer to them. They charge in the sun even in our more shaded areas of our yard. They come on at dusk and maintain that charge for several hours each day.

Worked as advertised. Does a great job. I was very satisfied when I came to the boat at night for the first time after installing and every light was nice and bright. Looks good and very functional

They are sturdy made of metal and the glass is thick and pretty. I am very pleased with how well made they are. They look great

I luv these lights.i already had a set on one side of my walkway and ordered another set to put on the other side they have a beautiful light pattern

I adore these. Purchased in blue. Light up every night, all night. The only thing we changed is we drove rebar into the ground first to slide over. Deer were knocking them around. Now have 24 of these around deck, gardens, and driveway.

It won’t let me message the seller. My item it missing one piece I just want to take care of that. Other than that they look great so far. We just set them up. Seems like great quality too! Very happy I just want my one missing piece

I ordered this solar lamp for our back doorstep as a cost-effective night light for our general back yard and chicken coop area. Our ducks have no problem with the outdoor cats during the day, but at night I swear they act like there's a racoon on the prowl! I'm hoping this lamp on Mode 1 setting will hope illuminate the space long enough for them to see the difference and chillax, so we don't have to keep going into red alert constantly for no reason in the middle of the night! We have it mounted on the South side of the house on a SE facing wall with minimal roof overhang set to Mode 1 (Dim all night + Bright with movement for 15 sec). Hopefully it gets enough rays there to recharge on a daily basis. Its a nice little light, but it is plastic through and through all the way down to the window panes. I tried cleaning the panes with a soft paper towel and gentle glass cleaner after the install and it seems that's all it took to leave abrasion marks on the surface of the plastic window panes! So, I recommend a soft cloth. It's an okay fixture, but I think for the price I would rather get a more durable metal/glass type fixture for the house for long term. This might be better served elsewhere like a fence post, shed, garden area, chicken coop, swing set/play area for shorter term lighting and at a lower price point value-wise. Not sure how well the all plastic unit will fare in our brutal Florida sun, but I guess we'll find out!