Do motion detector solar security lights actually work?

[PILOON]

5 years ago our local Canadian Tire had packs of 12 solar garden lights on sale for $12.00.
At that $ I could not resist. Hey $1.00 ea!
First winter I removed and stored but the next year I did not, just left them.
Believe it or not most of them have now survived 4 winters and still work!
OK not all that bright but working.
I even removed the AA cells from damaged units and they still take a charge.

Just to say that the price is not always the quality assurance.

 

[shui5612]

I got a couple of the ones that are like an LED projector with a separate small solar panel, Costco had them here for around 50$ Canadian.

So far they have lasted 2 winters and work fine, but my primary use for them is mounting them on trees near the entrances to my driveway. Have 4 mounted on trees and had one on a garage but hardwired one in his place. Way more light.

 

[deezler]

Yeah I got a couple of these from amazon, and they work great. I put them on the east side of my garage over the doors, and they never fail to light up after dark when I walk by. Not the brightest things in the world since I put them 10-feet up, but its plenty to see where you are going.