SolaGarden

I love my festoon lights and have 5 sets. I have had them for a number of years, they look amazing and stay on most of the night in Summer. Recently I had a problem with some of them. The problem has quickly been rectified, I can’t recommend them enough. Great product and great customer service .

I’m here to give a glowing review for these fabulous lights! They are absolutely lit! They are bright wellmade and look great. Delivery was swift and I could not fault the customer service. Will definitely be adding more to my project If you’re thinking about purchasing these lights I suggest you glow for it!

Fantastic service and festoons – I purchased path lights . I wasn’t happy with the product in the fact a few didn’t work and not as bright as I thought. I contacted Paul and true to his word he changed them for me with photos I sent . I didn’t want the same lights , asked if I could change to the festoons. I have since bought 12 sets of festoons for family and friends . Paul’s customer service is outstanding and reply’s almost instantly .

Festoon lights – I had previously got festoon lights from Bunnings but they were not quite bright so we decided to return. I decided to order a set of festoon light from Solar Garden and I must say that the product has certainly exceeded our expectations as they are very bright and keeps our backyard glowing. I would certainly recommend this product and look forward to order more in future.

Solo garden lights – Purchased online- arrived well protected and speedy delivery, all items present Ground lights, spring lights-had to share these with my family as they raided my garage before I got them all up, they look spectacular and are easy to install.

I purchased several packs of SolaGarden LED ground lights and festoon lights in November 2025, totalling around $520 after discount. While the “lifetime replacement guarantee” initially sounded reassuring, the reality has been disappointing. Within three months some lights had already started failing. By six months, approximately half of them had… Read more

stopped working due to water or condensation getting inside the units. This makes them unsuitable for genuine outdoor Australian conditions.

SolaGarden has offered replacements under their lifetime guarantee. However, I have no confidence these will perform any better than the originals, and I don’t want to be repeatedly requesting replacements every few months. I would much prefer a full refund so I can invest in higher-quality lighting that is actually built to last.

If you’re looking for reliable outdoor solar lighting, I would look elsewhere.

Complete scam site… these products are NOT of a higher quality as advertised. Just drop shipped junk from China. As soon as I unpacked the items I could tell by the dodgy packaging no “SolaGarden” branding. I purchased deck lights x 8 for $74. And Upgraded LED ground lights x 4 for $79. Here they are on Alibaba site: Deck lights are $5.24 for… Read more

16 of them.

Ground lights are $8.35 for 12 of them.

As you can see, their markup is astronomical, which explains how they can just replace them for you when they inevitably break in a few months. It’ll take years of replacements before they’d take a loss, and by then most people would just give up with the process.

Such a scammy & unethical business model SMH.

Absolutely thrilled with these outdoor spot solar lights I bought from Solagarden! From the moment I set them up, I could tell they were a quality product, so easy to assemble and give off great light that has different brightness settings. What really stood out to me, though, was the exceptional customer service. I reached out to see if… Read more

delivery could be expedited for a gathering at my place, and Paul Giray went above and beyond to make it happen. He arranged priority delivery, and the lights arrived right on time.

It’s rare to find both a fantastic product and such outstanding service these days. I genuinely couldn’t recommend them highly enough!

Finished off the driveway and ordered festoon lights. And wow the festoon lights are simply amazing

My festoon lights arrived surprisingly quickly. Unfortunately one of the globes didn't seem to work so I emailed them. I received a response almost immediately which was a surprise as it was late afternoon. They gave me a simple fix to try before proceeding with a return, and it worked. The lights look bright and sparkling and have transformed our patio area.

Great product and customer support. I really appreciate Paul Giray‘s assist.

SolaGarden Deck Lights are brilliant. A beautiful touch to a backyard.

Festoon Light Replacement I had purchased SolaGarden’s festoon lights when they first came on the market. I loved how they transformed my garden at night. Unfortunately some of the lights stopped working on one set of lights. I replaced the bulbs with the spares included in my initial order but that didn’t solve the problem. Emailing… Read more

SolaGarden, Paul was quick to respond, searched for my orders and was able to approve a replacement under the lifetime warranty and send the new lights quickly.

I’m very impressed with the support from Paul and the fast delivery.

The best solar lights I have ever purchased and amazing customer service.

Poor-quality products — don’t be misled by fake reviews put up the owner. These products are currently the subject of a Department of Fair Trading investigation, with independent legal action underway relating to false advertising, incorrect IP waterproofing claims, and failure to honour advertised lifetime guarantees.

GARBAGE WILL NOT LAST. Look carefully at the left had side of the solar section in this photo. Rain has entered ALL 12 of these lights which lasted less than 3 months. They are therefore low quality garbage and do not last. Beware all the 5 star… Read more

reviews especially from people who have only just installed them. They are NOT rainproof. All failed from moisture entry and are now binned.

We’ve now gone through three sets of Solagarden festoon lights in just a couple of years - the last two failing just a few months within the warranty period. Each time we’ve been told the replacement was a “brand new version,” yet every set has failed despite proper installation, plenty of slack, no direct sun damage and no interference from trees… Read more

or branches.

The first time the lights broke, they were just outside the warranty period and we were told we had to pay for a brand-new set - which we did. We’ve now paid for this product twice, covered installation costs three separate times and wasted hours chasing the company for a resolution.

When we requested a refund (which we are entitled to under Australian Consumer Law for goods not of acceptable quality), the response was simply: “We can’t process a refund. We’ll send another replacement.” That’s not acceptable. Customers shouldn’t be expected to replace faulty lights every few months forever.

It’s telling that many other reviewers report the exact same failures. We held back from posting a negative review after the first and second failures, hoping things would improve - but clearly the quality issues are ongoing.

Save yourself the frustration (and money!) - look elsewhere for festoon lights that actually last.

Better 2nd time around – MARCH 2025 UPDATE - 4 Star rating To my surprise, after writing my initial review below 3months ago, I was contacted by Solagarden. They said they were sorry to hear I wasn’t happy with their lights and asked me to contact them to discuss the issue. So I did this, and after discussing the performance of the lights I’d bought, to my surprise they… Read more ·  1

said they would replace all of them! Wow! What company does that!?

So - I opted to forgo replacement of the strip lights and instead with their permission, switch to the equivalent value I’d paid, and got some deck lights. See the first 3 pictures for these. So far, l’m very happy with these. They give off a reasonable degree of light and make navigation around the back part of my house easier.

The festoon lights themselves weren’t replaced but the solar panels were. The newer ones come with a remote control which allows you to choose for the lights to glow for 3 hours or 5, at either 25, 50, 75 or 100% brightness. I’ve set mine to shine for 5 hours at 75%, and while they shone for 5 hours initially when I switched over, they have since dropped back after only a few weeks and stay lit up for around the 3 hour mark. The solar panel is in full sunlight so I know not getting adequate sunlight isn’t the issue. To be honest, I’m disappointed that they don’t stay alight for the 5 hours I’ve selected. The lights when lit up, do look fantastic though. See pictures 4 & 5.

I’ve held off re-installing the replacement Ground lights at this stage as am going to relocate them to a different area of the garden once some outside garden area work has been completed. I know from the previous ones, that when glowing, these look fabulous. Sadly, they still have the plastic ground spike which I don’t believe loans itself to longevity. It would be far better if Solargarden considered switching these to metal spikes.

Overall, I absolutely cannot fault the follow up service. I would have to say a 10/10 for not only contacting me so many months after my initial purchase but also offering to replace all lights purchased. I would say service like that doesn’t happen too often. Thanks Solagarden.

DECEMBER 2024 - 1 Star Rating

I purchased Solagarden brand Festoon lights, LED Ground light pack and the SolaGarden 5 metre LED strip lights last year - & I REGRET HAVING WASTED MY MONEY!

Why? 1. Design: The LED Ground light pack comes with a plastic spike to insert into the ground. One or two of these spikes snapped off the first time I went to put them in the ground - which was soft at the time! I contacted the company and they absolutely replaced them instantly but the fact remains that as the spike is made from plastic and not metal, it provides the weak point and several more spikes have since snapped off.

Light brightness - very bright light and they did initially look good in the garden, but 12 months later, only 2 of the initial 6 or 8 that I bought (I can’t recall exact number that I bought) remain working and only for a few hours each night at that!

If the construction was changed from a plastic spike to a metal one, this light would be longer lasting.

2. Festoon lights - I bought 2 sets. Despite the solar panel being in a position to receive the full impact of the sun’s rays for charging, these lights only ever work for about 3 hours a night, including in summer. In winter, they are lucky to shine for about 1 hour a night. When out, they do look lovely, it’s just a shame that they don’t glow for long!

By contrast, my 4 year old much cheaper Aldi solar lights (which I paid ~$20 / set) light up on darkness and stay twinkling until around 5am!! Some of my Aldi solar lights still have their original replaceable battery while other sets, I have since replaced the battery to keep them glowing!

3. 5 metre LED strip lights - before I bought these, I contacted Solagarden and asked them if these lights would adhere to my new wooden retaining wall down my laundry side, and was assured that yes, they would.

Let me tell you that they don’t!! I tried a test section and noticed that most of the “stick” seemed to be on the removable backing tape and not on the actual product which clearly didn’t have enough sticking factor to work so consequently I didn’t bother removing the protective backing from any more of it, so probably 4,75 metres of the original 5 metres of length, remains brand new, unused in the box it came in, gathering dust in a cupboard.

Although I initially reached out to [Name Removed] at Solagarden about this, due to an unexpected and prolonged illness plus other circumstances, I missed replying to his email in a timely manner and so therefore also missed the window for returning the products for a refund.

My recommendation for these lights is don’t buy them if you are looking for long lasting solar lighting. You will get only a few hours of lighting each night! I paid a lot of money for these lights and for a minuscule fraction of the price, would have been better spending my money on the Aldi solar lights!