Outdoor solar lights in Spain

by Solar Twitter
(Spain)

I just bought this box of six LED solar lights at Leroy Merlin in Marbella, Spain, for 39 euros. This is pretty much the only solar product available in a large DIY chain such as Leroy Merlin in Spain.

I wanted to evaluate them for a garden. I found them very disappointing. At night, the light automatically turns on but the brightness is much too low. You just see a small speck of light. Someone compared it to the šon/off switch of a dvd recorderš! The price seemed reasonable but it did not deliver adequate value.

It still amazes me that this is the only solar lights that we can find in a large store in Spain (other than online retail). That suggests a great business opportunity for a country with so much sun...