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Thea Solar Garden Spot Light

Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:00:38 +0000

The Thea Solar Garden Spot Light is a powerful, bright light that uses eco-friendly solar energy as a power source. The light can be wall mounted, deck mounted or even staked into the ground, allowing you greater freedom to position the light wherever you require it.

The Thea Solar Garden Spot Light has been designed to provide you with a robust, versatile spot light. The light is constructed from toughened black plastic, which allows it to be outdoors in all weathers. By using 8 super bright LEDs to produce the illumination, the spotlight is able to produce as strong light source from very little electricity. The light is able to produce a light beam of up to 15m and automatically illuminates once dusk falls.

The Thea Solar Garden Spot Light uses 3 rechargeable 1500mAh Ni-Mh batteries, these can be removed and charged in a home charger on extremely dull days. The spot light is supplied with 3 different mounting options, a garden stake, fence or wall bracket and deck mounting bracket. These options help to provide you with greater flexibility in the positioning of the light, though some thought must be given to positioning the solar panel where it can best take advantage of any light present. The solar panels angle can be adjusted to help achieve this.

The Thea Solar Garden Spot Light is a great all round garden light, able to light up outdoor areas for added safety and security in the dark or to illuminate outdoor features at night. By using solar power, the light requires no complicated wiring, it is quick and easy to install and will incur no long term running costs.

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Eton Scorpion – Wind Up and Solar-Powered LED Torch and Radio

Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:00:28 +0000

The Eton Scorpion is a multifunctional device best suited to those who like outdoors activities. The Scorpion combines an AM/FM radio and LED torch with a USB charger for your portable electronics within its robust splash proof exterior and even includes a bottle opener. The Scorpion can draw power either through its large solar panel or from you turning its wind up/crank handle.

The Eton Scorpion is a useful multipurpose device for anyone who likes to go camping, hiking, caravaning, or just likes the safety aspect of having such a device about. The device has a built in AM/FM radio to keep you informed of the latest news, weather reports or just so you have some music to hand. It features a LED flashlight to provide you with a light source that is ready for use at any time, be it to light your way or attract the attention of a rescue party.

The Scorpion is a robust device, covered in a rugged exterior skin to protect it from any knocks and bumps. The device is also splash proof to allow it to be safely used in the rain. The internal battery can be charged in two eco-friendly ways, by leaving it in a sunny spot with its large solar panel facing up it can charge from the sun or for cloudy days or for a more immediate effect its inbuilt crank/wind up handle can be used to provide energy.

This energy can be used not only to power the torch and the radio but also to charge any of your portable electronics through its USB port. This allows you to ensure your mobile phone is always in power in case of emergency, or that your camera always have enough charge to take pictures when you want them most. The Eton Scorpion is a great multifunctional tool to have around in a car or backpack and due to its use of eco-friendly energy sources you have both peace of mind that it will provide you with power when you need it most while not harming the environment.

The Eton Scorpion is yours for £49.99 with free delivery.

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PowerFLEX – Flexible Solar Panels For Rooftops

Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:00:27 +0000

PowerFLEX is the name given to this range of flexible solar panels that are suitable for use on flat roofs anywhere. The technology that allows production of such thin, lightweight and flexible panels also allows solar panels to be incorporated into materials, to allow them to be part of items such as roofing tiles or similar. These flexible solar panels can help households reap the benefits of solar power with less of the instillation hassles.

PowerFLEX has been created by Global Solar to provide lightweight highly efficient solar panels that are suitable for any roof shape. Due to their thin and flexible design these solar panels do not require the bulky framework that is usually associated with adding solar panels to a roof, this also allows a greater coverage of a roof with solar paneling.

PowerFLEX is made from thin-film photovoltaic Copper Indium Gallium DiSelenide (CIGS) solar cells. This CIGS solar material is the key to producing highly efficient solar panels that are lightweight and flexible. It is this quality that allows the material to be installed with significantly less hassle than standard polycrystalline silicon panels that require racks. The PowerFLEX material can be quickly and easily rolled onto any flat roof, covering it entirely if required without needed the additional space racks can take up. The lightness also helps to allow them to be installed without the same compilations that can occur with the polycrystalline silicon panels. The material can also be build into items such as roof tiles to be incorporated into the construction of a property rather than only being something that is added on later.

PowerFLEX should help to make the instillation of solar panels to buildings a significantly easier process. Thought to cost a similar amount as the standard polycrystalline silicon panels, the flexible panels should be able to provide a better coverage of a roof and so provide a user with more electricity for their money. These efficient, thin and lightweight solar panels should help to simplify the process of converting to solar energy.

Source: Global Solar

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Solar Light Show Wind Chime

Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:00:53 +0000

The Solar Powered Light Show Wind Chime is a beautiful garden ornament that will fill your garden with both light and sound. The light within the central orb changes colour, projecting star-like patterns through the crackled effect glass while the orb itself acts as a striker for the chimes.

The Solar Powered Light Show Wind Chime displays the beauty of both light and sound in a garden while making use of the eco-friendly energy sources of sunlight and wind. The solar panels incorporated into the top of the wind chime charge throughout the daylight hours to provide enough power to illuminate the central orb after dusk. Some thought must be given to the placement of the chimes in an outdoor area to ensure that the solar panel can receive sufficient light during the day while situated in a location where the chimes can catch the breeze.

Housed within the central orb is an LED which changes it colour every 3 seconds through a range of 7 different colours. The light the LED produces is refracted through the crackled textured glass of the orb, casting shapes and patterns on surfaces surrounding the wind chime. The 5 chimes are each a different length and have been created from aluminium. The orb acts as a striker for the chimes causing them to produce a range of soft tones as the wind moves. The wind chime measures 55.9 cm x 20.3 cm (22 in x 8 in).

The Solar Powered Light Show Wind Chime is a wonderful way to bring light and sound into any garden, without any concerns regarding wiring or long term running costs. The gadget is yours for only $39.95.

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Traditionally Styled Solar-Powered Lamp Posts

Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:00:19 +0000

These Traditionally Styled Lamp Posts offer a beautiful and highly functional way of lighting any of your open outdoor areas. From lighting courtyards to decking, driveways to patios these lamp lights offer a touch of class to your property. The lamp lights are powered through solar panels helping you to avoid hefty electricity bills or have any wiring installation worries.

These Solar Powered Double Head Lamp Posts have been created by Gama Sonic to provide aesthetically pleasing, durable garden lighting solutions. The Royal Solar Lamp Post features two lamp lights that each use 5 LEDs to provide energy efficient lighting to your property. The lamp heads use beveled glass and Gama Sonic’s patented cone reflector technology to help the LEDs work to maximum effectiveness while providing a classic gas light elegant look. This lamp post is made from cast aluminum that has been given a weathered bronze effect coating. This powder-coated cast aluminum allows the lamp to withstand even harsh weather and is rust resistant.

The Royal Solar Lamp Post provides you with the ability to set the intensity of lighting you require. Each light has a high and a low setting, the high setting can provide the equivalent illuminating abilities of a 40 watt bulb and the low setting can provide the equivalent of a 25 watt bulb. The rechargeable Li-ion 3.2V batteries are provided and require around 8 – 10 hours of sunlight to fully charge. For each hour that the batteries charge they provide roughly 1.5 hours of lighting capability on high setting, and roughly 2.2 hours on low setting. The Lamp measures 2.25 m ( 7 f 4 in) in total, each lamp is 22.9 cm (9 in) wide as is the base of the post.

The Solar Lamp Post Double Head Light uses 6 LEDs in each of its lamp heads to provide a powerful light. As with the previous lamp post, each lamp head features beveled glass and Gama Sonic’s patented cone reflector technology to help the LEDs work to maximum effectiveness while helping to provide a traditional gas light style appearance to each lamp. The lamp is formed from powder-coated cast aluminum and can be supplied in two colours, black and white. The lamp is fully weatherproof and rust resistant.

The Solar Lamp Post Double Head Light uses the provided rechargeable 1.2V Ni-MH AA batteries to store the electricity the solar panels produce. These batteries require around 6 hours of sunlight to fully charge and can provide up to 10 hours of lighting from this. The lamp measures 2.16 m (7 f 1 in) and each lamp head measures 38.1 cm x 22.9 cm (15 in x 9 in).

Each of these double headed lamps provide the anchor bolts required to secure them to a flat surface such as a driveway, patio, deck, or pathway. These easy to install lights come with full instructions to allow you to set them up quickly. Though they can work as soon as the batteries have charge it is advised that you allow them to charge for 2 days before use. The solar panels for the lamp lights are inbuilt into the top of the lamps, when placing the lamps some thought is required to ensure they are positioned to take advantage of any available light, though bare in mind the location on the solar panels will be high up.

These Double Headed Lamp Lights provide beautiful Victorian style lighting to your outdoor areas. Due to using solar power the lights provide you with eco-friendly illumination without any concerns over wiring or long term running costs. By using LEDs and durable materials in their construction any ongoing maintenance is reduced to a minimum. The double headed lamp posts can be purchased from $265 for the Solar Lamp Post Double Head Light and from $350 for the Royal Solar Lamp post, plus delivery.

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Juicebar – Pocket Solar Charger

Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:00:30 +0000

The Juicebar is a portable solar charger that is small enough to travel with you wherever you go while being powerful enough to charge your portable electronic devices effectively.

The Juicebar is supplied with an array of adapters to allow it to charge just about any portable electronic device you can think of. The 12 different adapters allow it to charge devices such as mobile phones, MP3/MP4 players, iPhones, iPods, even some hand held gaming consoles. The charger has a powerful internal rechargeable Li-ion 1500 mAh battery that allows it to provide a decent charge to any devices running out of power.

The battery can be used to provide your devices with charge when it is sufficiently full, or you can use the electricity provided by the solar panel directly. The battery can take around 12 – 15 hours to charge fully from exposure to sunlight, and can also be charged through a USB port on a laptop or computer in around 4 – 6 hours. When the Juicebar is charging its internal battery a red LED light turns on, this light turns off again once the battery is fully charged. When you plug your portable electronic device into the charger, a green LED light indicates that it is being charged.

The Juicebar is designed to very portable, to allow it to be taken anywhere you take your portable electronics. Measuring 1.1 cm x 4 cm x 9.3 cm (0.4 in x 1.6 in x 3.7 in) and weighing about 2 ounces the charger is around the same size and weight as most mobile phones. The charger can provide you with emergency charge for your electronics, whether you are out away from mains electricity or if you simply wish to use eco-friendly energy as much as possible. Some thought must be given to ensure the charger has opportunity to charge its internal battery so it is ready for use even on a cloudy day.

The Juicebar is yours for only £19.95.

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Solar Powered Mosquito Blocker By Malibu

Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:00:20 +0000

The Solar Powered Mosquito Blocker made by Malibu is a way to stop mosquitoes being able to track human scent. This stops them being able to locate humans near the device as so stop them being bitten.

This Mosquito Blocker using a solar panel built into the top of its design to charge the rechargeable batteries allowing them to power the device after dusk. The Blacker uses a chemical called Linalool that was developed in cooperation with the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture). This chemical has been shown to be twice as effective as DEET and even more significantly better than Citronella oil which both work to deter mosquitoes by stopping them from being able to track human scent. The Blocker has been shown to work in a radius of up to 100 feet (30.5 meters).

The Mosquito Blocker gives off a soft amber glow while it is working after dusk. The device has an on/off switch allowing you to only have it in use when needed. The device uses filters with the chemical Linalool in, these will require replacing over time, though two are supplied with the product. The Blocker measures 23cm x 23cm x 23cm (9 in x 9 in x 9 in) and should be positioned somewhere within direct sunlight during the day to help it charge to the fullest of its abilities.

The Solar Powered Mosquito Blocker costs just $22.17 plus $11.09 in the US.

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Solar Powered Hearing Aid

Anita (EnviroGadget Writer) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:00:13 +0000

The Solar Ear is an innovative design for a hearing aid that is both low in cost and eco friendly. By using solar power technology and cost effective manufacturing it aims to bring sound to the millions globally who are deaf.

Howard Weinstein created this solar powered hearing aid, named Solar Ear, specifically for those in rural areas world wide where electrical power and money are scarce. This project has been nominated as a Tech Award Laureate. The solar powered digital hearing aid has been created to help the millions of people globally that are deaf, giving them sound and aiding them to get jobs. It is estimated that there are around 600 million people that are deaf globally, but only 8 million of these have hearing aids. The reasons for this are that hearing aids are very expensive and often the people have no access to electricity or batteries to charge them.

The Solar Ear unit is a palm sized device that charges two AA rechargeable Ni-Mh (1600mAh) batteries through its solar panel. In direct sunlight the unit should take between 6 -8 hours to fully charge these batteries, which should retain the charge for about a week and also power the hearing aid/hearing aid batteries for about this time too. The AA rechargeable batteries then power the hearing aids batteries by the hearing aid or its batteries being placed into the unit for charging. This way the unit can charge on a windowsill during the day, gaining full charge, then the hearing aid itself charged over night while it is not in use. The batteries are thought to have a lifespan of around 2-3 years/300 charges, this compares well to traditional hearing aid batteries that are replaced weekly.

The manufacture of the product also helps those that are deaf as the company employs deaf people to construct the devices. The cost of the device is kept low (retails for about $100, with a replacement battery costing about $1) and there is no patent on the device, which should allow for others to create it cheaply as well. Currently the Solar Ear can be found in Brazil, Botswana, and Palestine’s West Bank, the company hopes though to expand into Mexico, China, India and Canada in 2010.

Source: GreenMuze

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Solar Powered Security Courtesy Light

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:00:58 +0000

The Solar Powered Courtesy Light is a perfect solution for lighting dark passages and walk-ways at night time. During the day, the solar panels charge the internal batteries. At night, the light switches on when you walk past its 100 degree motion detection field. When the light is triggered, it gives you 60 seconds of light to see where you’re going. The LED light is so bright that you get up to 8 metres of light too.

The kit is completely isolated, so you don’t need to do any wiring to the unit. The light is affixed to a wall with rawplugs and screws, but detaches quickly and easily via a secure lock. This means you can use the solar lights in shaded passage ways, as long as you charge the light up in bright sunlight once a week. The light output is roughly equivalent to that of a 60W light bulb, so its pretty bright!

The Security Light measures (H)15.5cm x (D)15cm x (W)11cm. Each light is available for £19.95 each.

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Rotating Solar Powered Display Turntable

Dan (EnviroGadget Writer) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:00:16 +0000

I do love these odd eco gadgets. Well, perhaps love to hate. This solar-powered turntable will rotate up to 200g of junk using nothing but the sun’s energy. 200g is very little weight, so you couldn’t use it for a plant or anything.

It’s just what you always wanted! You’ll be able to watch your niknaks rotating all day long (whilst there’s some sunlight anyway). Not very practical, not very useful. No doubt made from plastic and no eco benefit whatsoever. Oh well, it make me laugh!

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