Santa Solar Watering Can Stake Lights with Cascading LEDs, Set of 2 or 4

A painted metal Santa on a garden stake, one boot kicked up behind him, tipping a little copper watering can over your flower bed. After dark the can glows gold through its cut-out pattern. A fan of thin strands pours from the spout with 36 small colored lights along them, so it looks as if Santa is watering the garden with light.

No extension cord across the lawn. No outlet to find by the door. No timer to set every evening.

A decoration by day, a lantern by night

Most solar garden lights are a plain post with a cap on top, and they disappear into the planting as soon as the sun is up. This one still earns its place in daylight. Santa wears his red suit, black belt and gold buckle, and with his eyes closed and a smile he hangs on to the wire handle of a copper can cut in a lacy pattern of flowers and leaves. Anyone walking past gets the joke straight away.

When the light fades, the can turns into a small lantern. Warm light shows through every cut-out in the metal, and the strands falling from the spout light up in red, green, yellow, blue and purple, like water caught in Christmas lights. Stand it close to a pale wall or a fence and the can throws a soft, enlarged copy of its pattern onto the surface behind it.

The sun charges it, and it comes on at dusk

The round lid of the can is the solar panel. Put the light where it sees the sun during the day, and it switches itself on as evening falls, giving 6 to 12 hours of light depending on how much sun it had. There are no batteries to buy and no wire to run back to the house, which is exactly what you want from a light standing in the middle of a lawn.

Santa screws onto his stand, and the thin black stake ends in a two-pronged spike that pushes straight into the soil of a bed or a large planter. At about 33 inches tall overall, the figure and can sit well above low shrubs and edging, where they read clearly from the sidewalk. Each light is made for outdoor use and rated IP44 against splashing water, so a wet evening in the garden is nothing to worry about.

Two by the front door, four along the walk

Both sets are the same light, so the only question is where they are going. A Set of 2 suits a pair of planters on either side of the door, the bottom of the porch steps or a short bed under a window. A Set of 4 is enough to line the front walk or a stretch of border, each Santa pouring his own little stream of color along the way. Push them in once, and every evening until the decorations come down, the yard is ready for Christmas without anyone lifting a finger.

Specifications

Type: Solar garden stake light, Santa figure with a watering can

Sets: Set of 2 or Set of 4 lights, each with its own solar panel

Dimensions: 32.7 in (83 cm) tall overall, including the stake

Santa figure dimensions: 5.5 x 9 in (14 x 23 cm)

Watering can dimensions: 3.9 x 5.1 in (9.9 x 13 cm), spout 4.7 in (11.9 cm) long

Material: Metal (iron)

Light source: 36 LEDs per light on strands from the spout, plus a warm light inside the can

Light color: Multicolor strands, warm golden glow in the can

Power: Solar, 0.5 W, with the solar panel set into the lid of the can

Batteries: Not required

Light time: 6 to 12 hours, depending on the day's sun

Operation: Turns on automatically at dusk

Dimmable: No

Weather rating: IP44

Weight: About 1 lb (0.45 kg) per light

Installation: The figure screws onto the stake, then the stake pushes into soil

Use: Made for outdoor use, in garden beds, lawns, large planters and along paths

Package Includes

Set of 2:

2x Santa Solar Watering Can Light with Ground Stake

2x Solar Panel Lid

Set of 4:

4x Santa Solar Watering Can Light with Ground Stake

4x Solar Panel Lid