Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When these solar paw prints arrived, we immediately installed them in our yard. It took a bit of work (because our ground is so hard here), but we were easily able to cover over the wires with gravel. After a full day of direct exposure to the Arizona sun, they did indeed light up at dusk. They are super cute, and we were delighted. An hour later, however, they were no longer lit up. Much to our disappointment, this pattern repeated itself over the course of the next two nights. We could cause the lights to shine briefly throughout the night by hitting the collector with a bright LED light, but again they would rapidly stop shining (like maybe 2 minutes later!). Turns out the problem was in the cheap no name battery that came installed in the solar collector portion of this product. I swapped it for a quality solar rechargeable battery that I got right here on Amazon, and the very first night the paw prints glowed for hours, long past my bedtime! I tested the cheap battery with my multimeter, and it turns out that it was being charged to 1.29 volts, which was good (it's a 1.2V battery), but it could not HOLD that charge for any length of time. With a quality battery installed (I paid $10 for a 4 pack), the product is wonderful! Just be sure to get the proper battery type- you need a NiMH battery rated for 1.2V. I used PowerDriver NiMH NI-MH Aa Rechargeable Batteries, 4-count (2750 mAh, 1.2V, Pre-Charged) right here on Amazon. The product only takes one, but it was cheap enough that I bought 4 and have spares. I would definitely have given this product 5 stars, had the battery not been so worthless. I suspect most people would trash or return this product with the original battery installed.