If you have a shed that’s too dark to see what you’re doing, this solar shed light is an excellent investment.The old solar shed light I had was battery powered, and by the time I got to it every year, the batteries would be dead or leaking.With something like this, I don’t have to worry about it being dead or dim due to dying batteries. All year long, the solar panel on top of the shed will keep it nice and charged for when I need it.I couldn’t recommend an item like this enough. Once you have one, you realize how silly it was to fumble around in the dark.

This APILAB solar light was exactly what we have been looking for to light up our off grid tiny house.We're fortunate to get 300 days of bright sunshine where we live and have active and passive solar on the main house but need active solar for this smaller house.This lamp works perfectly and provides enough brightness to see the entire 400 sq feet but not enough light to read a book unless you are right under it. We placed the lamp inside the entrance for now, and plan to use it in the kitchenette as we continue to build out the inside of the house. Realistically we probably will need about 4 of these lamps for different parts, like the outhouse outside and separate from this tiny house. This truly is the perfect internal outhouse light, in terms of size, function, and brightness.The only part of this light that cannot be placed outside is the power box - the switch box that turns on the light is rated for inside only and is not water resistant. We are using this inside, but are now considering that we could get another lamp for the pergola area attached to the tiny house. This lamp has good versatility if you get a lot of sun exposure.This solar lamp was really easy to set up and there is a generous amount of cord from the on/off power - battery unit - to the solar panel so we are simply snaking the cord through our door and have placed it on our roof with south facing exposure. The cord from the light to the on off / battery storage box is also long enough to enable us to hang the light from the ceiling and have the on/off box right at the entrance on the side of the wall. The total cord is about 26 ft but half way in-between is the power box that needs to be placed away from water exposure.The on/off pull string is on the battery box, not on the light, so we were able to elevate this light for increases brightness and light for the entire space until we order more. The brightest setting is the second pull of the string and it is quite bright, but a shorter 3 to 4 hour duration from one full charge. The photo we took of the lamp shows the medium brightness level.The Medium light is enough for our needs and we were able to use it for about 6 hours without draining all the charge. It's nice that you can see the amount of charge left. The instructions say the medium light should last 6 - 8 hours on a full charge. We currently have the on/ off switch attached right as we enter the tiny house to be able to turn on the light easily. If you have a storage shed, this might be how you set up this lamp. There is a remote control and you have the option to use that but you need to be close to the control box anyway - so we are using the string. There is a dusk to dawn option (third string pull) that is a nice security feature if you want to light on medium right as it turns dark.We haven't used this camping yet. but it would make a really nice camping light in a large tent if you had the a slitty to charge it in the sun for the day.We charged the lamp fully in one day and were able to start using it the same evening. It's that simple to install. This is a good quality lamp at a decent value and we plan to order more as we continue to build out our tiny house.

This solar shed light is perfect for the entry to our freestanding garage. The inside of the garage is lighted, but the outside isn't; I assume there was some sort of hardwired security light mounted there, but now there's just a blank plastic cap. We hung the light from a cup hook screwed into the eaves, then put the solar panel up on the roof and secured the cord with industrial staples and tape. It's not the prettiest solution, but it works, so you can unlock the combination lock, open the garage, and reach the pull-chain inside without a flashlight.The solar panel and battery collects enough energy to run the light on the low setting all night, even on rainy days. There's no need to mess around with the aging electrical system in the garage in order to get a little more light. The price is very reasonable, too; about what I'd pay for a decorative outdoor sconce that I would have to hardwire into the garage's electrical system. What a bother. This light works better and is more efficient. A++ works great, looks fine, economical solution.

They give you plenty of cord to run from the solar panel to the switch to the light. Whatever length run, theyre trying hard to cover you. Its a 6 watt panel. The solar cell face cover looks like ok quality. Usually they do an EVA then top it with glass on a pro panel. The worst quality has cheap potting and will fail from UV rays giving the potting opacity and will eventually lift. This one is more high quality. I suspect it doesnt have the glass but isnt cheaply potted. Solar panel quality looks good to go. The battery switch combo feels light. The quality of the light produced, Id say is equivalent to a 10 watt led bulb leaning toward the blue spectrum. Possibly a little brighter than a 10 watt LED bulb. 6 watt solar for 10 watts of all night light wasnt adding up. So I ran it in the auto setting and it lasts all night. After the first green bar, indicating a full charge, is stripped off it dimmed a little, but from here it looked like it leveled off in brightness. By the time it lost sun it was fully charged again. This pleases me. I like the idea of having a full solar system ready to go for just 1 light. Thats neat.For applications, I got it with the intent of using it for camping and as an emergency light in case of a natural disaster where the power goes down for days. I have a full solar set up, but having this pulls the light electrical load off that solar grid and I can divert that power to other things, like fridge. Instead of letting it sit, I wired it as a back porch light, since I run it all night so some stray cats feel safer. So it can sit there and try to pay for itself, since Im off grid with that light now.