Product Review – Floralyte Submersible LED

I needed a means to light all our pumpkins on stakes. One without wires, yet one bright enough to be seen over the lighting we were to have in place.

Enter the Floralyte LEDs.

We bought a dozen red, and a dozen white.

First of all, the good:

These things are BRIGHT! Especially the white. Easily like having a little maglight. Quite impressive for such a little package.

They did their job admirably.

From Halloween buildup 09

However, some things I did not like:

The on/off is a matter of screwing and unscrewing the base. And, it’s quite touchy. I had difficulty in getting them OFF, unless completely seperated. Others I had difficulty getting them to light. Of the 24, I had to do some creative repair on one due to bouncing around seperated bending a contact.

I have not tested the water-tightness of the things, but it looks dubious at best. I’m sure MOST of them would light and be submersible fine. I’m doubtfull ALL of them would.

Still, for our use here, I’ld highly reccomend the floralyte. For submersible operations, I’ld be sure to buy a couple extra.

And, you might have noticed, we’ve begun the Christmas conversion for the next months. Fret not, your regularly scheduled Halloween stuff will be back swiftly.