Dock Edge Solar Piling Cap Light

I would like to give 5 stars to the Dock edge company, 4 stars to the product, 1 to Amazon. As for the "value for the money", I can't understand how the product went from $37 (September when I bought it) to $72 in December (in short, value not bad at $37, but at $72 is ridiculously too expensive). In short, I ordered 12 of them for my dock. Once assembled (easy), I first tested them, and one of them did not light properly. Instead of returning the whole thing, I thought "bad battery", got new ones, replaced it. Two batteries gave the same result, good light at first then fading out after a couple days. I then asked Amazon to exchange it; they would give me a credit on ANYTHING ELSE I ordered, but NOT a simple replacement for the defective original product (very strange to me). I then thought "ok, let's return it, and just buy another one..." Surprise! The price had gone up to $49 in a few weeks, from $37. So I went to the web site of the company Dock Edge, and was happy that they were a Canadian company (good start, not something lost in the Far East), AND had an easy-to-find form for requests about defective products (a great sign). NEXT DAY I get an email, nicely asking for a picture of the defective light and a copy of my Amazon order, and my shipping address. I sent the infos immediately, and the next day they shipped me my replacement light, received a few days later. All twelve now work well. About the lights: Fair construction, the screw-in parts threads can be finicky. Nice look, modern. Light is fairly bright, surprised me by staying on all night (still very bright before sunrise, no visible dimming overnight). Nice choice of six colors, currently displaying a Christmas pattern (red/green/yellow), fairly easy to change after unscrewing the top of the light. Good solid base, easy to install on my piling cones. Overall conclusion: AWESOME, RESPONSIBLE COMPANY; good product, what remains to be seen is longevity; fairly priced at $35-40, but appears ridiculously high now, I would not buy it again (but then, I guess we live with Monopoly money now, and people will get used to the new price and keep buying?)

I installed these three years ago and they’re still holding up. They survived hurricane Ian without any problems. Easy to install and they do light up brightly. Would highly recommend.

I bought a pair of these lights to test out prior to purchasing more to go around my new fishing dock that has a 90 ft. long walkway and 20’ x 20’ deck that is completely surrounded by hand railing for the security of my elderly Father. They were extremely simple to unbox and put together and have worked well from the first day I unpacked them and set them on the patio table over two weeks ago. On the 2nd night, after a full day charging outdoors on a drizzly day, they came on at dusk and were still shining bright through the fog the next morning. I am very pleased with the brightness level and the ability to change colors. However, the information available at the time I ordered stated they came with a touchpad to easily switch colors and they did not. So the only way to change the LED color is to unscrew the cap, push down the color selection lever and screw the top back on. Not a big deal if you only have a couple but pretty time consuming if you have a lot like I planned to have. Also, it stated the wildlife deterrent stake was removable, which it is not and I do not see where it even comes in this style without the stake. While I want the stake on the walkway, I don’t want them around the deck where they can potentially get snagged in a cast and tangled up in fishing line. I suspect this feature may have been removed to prevent water getting inside the light but there should be an option to purchase without the stake at all. Overall, the quality makes these lights a great value for the price and I definitely recommend them if the stake does not present a potential issue for you. However, it’s back to shopping for dock/deck lights for my project.

I bought 11 but only 10 are working normally. One has almost stopped working, and it is not even a year old I bought them in April, it will light for only an hour after dark and will always start dimmer than the the ones to the left and right. This issue has only started recently. They are all 8' apart and receive the same amount of sunlight. I suspect a bad battery. The reason I gave it 4 stars is that the one is dying and now i am worried about the others and how long they will last. However they are very nice lights and light up my dock well, but i don't want to start replacing them every year which would make these lights cost prohibitive and I might as well run electric to the piles and install powered LED lights.

Expected 4 times bigger, this was a waste of money.

Easy to install, hopefully they last through the Florida Sun, but happy for now

These lights are perfect for the application I bought them for. I bought 4 and all work perfectly. Since they have full 360 degree lighting and are on all night, I am pleased that my boathouse lighting shouldn't annoy the neighbors enjoyment of darkness. These lights (especially when red and green) are very comparable to marker or bow lighting. You can easily see them - but they should not be bought as landscape lighting. Even when set to white, they only illuminate the immediate area - maybe around 8 ft or more. Placed on a dock, they will illuminate the deck. The choice of colors is easy and a nice feature. For me - they are EXACTLY what I wanted.

I'm ratng this five stars for the money I paid in 2020. I can't remember but it wasn't much. Lights have been going strong ever since. Decent amount of light to findthe dock at night

And the little points work to keep the birds/bird poop off the solar panels.

Good condition and faster

Never worked from time I got it. Sent message to seller and never heard back.