NikkiLu

I read this on the internet - bring in your charged-up solar lights and keep them in the windowsill in case your power goes off - you will have good light as nighttime falls. I would think that you could put them in a vase or tall glass and set them on a table. They have some cheap ones at WalMart for about $1.00.

luvTooQuilt

Safer than candles !!!! thanks for the info..

quilter1

Ikea has battery operated 'candles' that do the trick too. We used several of them during our last power outage.

Jingle

Good idea.

GEMRM

When we are anchored out in our boat, we charge solar garden lights during the day, to read by night! One makes a good anchor light too!

NikkiLu

Funny story about solar lights. Last Mother's Day my oldest daughter and her son - my grandson - came here and "spiffed up" my patio area - brought in bricks, etc. and three new solar lights that just push into the ground. It was very dry and they did not go down into the ground too deep. Our beagle dog was a puppy then and kept trying to run off with their tools, etc. It was late in the day and they did not know if the solar lights had time to charge up. So, later, I was sitting in my living room and one by one, the solar lights came on. Then I saw one of the lights going across the yard - the puppy had picked up one in his mouth and was running across the yard!

DACO48

We keep them in our camper. When we go to the mountains, there are no electrical hookups we keep a small one in the bathroom for a nightlight. During the day we just set them outside to recharge. We bring the ones from the yard into the house when we have a power outage too.

mighty

Very good idea!

kuntryquilter

They won't charge without sunshine & we haven't seen the sunshine in about 2 weeks.

lwbuchholz

They do need sunshine. I am blessed with a set that I can change out with rechargeable batteries so I do that and keep my rechargeable recharged. They can be wonderful when you need light.
Lynda