Solar LED Flame Lantern Light

About this piece

A freestanding solar light with its own panel on top, sized to be staked, wall-mounted or stood on a surface. It is deliberately straightforward. There is one obvious way to use it, it works the way you expect, and it does not need to be handled carefully to survive normal life.

Materials and build

A solid, straightforward build. Where a cheaper version would save a screw, a brace or a washer, this one keeps it — which is why it does not wobble after a season of use and why it does not develop the rattle that gives away a lightweight build.

Sizing, fixings and what you get

Heat is kept away from the parts that age badly: the driver sits clear of the enclosure wall, and the lens is set proud of the body so the light leaves at a wide angle without a hard ring at the edge. The wiring runs through a sealed gland at the housing rather than past a bare hole, which is the one detail that decides whether an outdoor light survives its first wet season. Connections are polarity-marked, and the run between units is on enough cable to reach a sensible spacing rather than being just long enough for one layout.

How the charging really behaves

A solar-charged outdoor light with an integrated panel, a rechargeable cell and an automatic dusk switch. We would rather it be slightly plainer than slightly flimsy. So the shape is quiet, the corners are radiused rather than sharp for looks, and the material is chosen for how it behaves on the hundredth use rather than the first. An outdoor light that charges through the day and switches itself on at dusk — no wiring back to the house and no plug to run.

Getting the most out of it outdoors

It is sized for ordinary rooms and ordinary hands rather than for a showroom. Set it up in one sitting, and if you move it six months later, nothing will have seized or gone brittle in the meantime. Everything we can state as fact is in the table below. Where we cannot, we have said nothing rather than something approximate, which is the more useful kind of honesty in a product page. There is nothing on it that needs feeding, oiling or re-sealing on a schedule. Wash it when it looks like it needs washing and it will outlast the trend that made you buy it.

Specifications

Type	Solar LED Flame Lantern Light
Materials	Mixed materials, fixings matched to the load
Colours	As shown in the gallery photographs
What you get	1 x Solar LED Flame Lantern Light

How we would wear it

1. Along a path edge

   Even spacing reads as a deliberate line rather than scattered points.

2. On a fence or wall

   The bracket avoids drilling into render where a post will do.

3. Facing the day's sun

   Angle the panel towards the brightest part of the sky, not straight up.

4. Left out all year

   The housing is built for outdoor use; check the connections at the start of each season.

In the box

• 1 x Solar LED Flame Lantern Light

Care

Clean with a damp cloth and avoid harsh chemicals, which dull the finish without getting anything cleaner. Store it dry and it will look the same in three years as it does on the day it arrives.

Questions we get asked