This solar light house number isn’t going to win any awards but it has its good points. And it has one extremely important thing you must know before you even consider it.WHAT YOU GETLet’s start with what you get for about eighteen bucks. This is an all plastic self contained solar powered single digit number that can be used as a house number or to identify anything where an illuminated number is desired. Being self contained and mounted with two simple screws on which it hangs you could consider this to temporarily identify something such as a booth at a trade show or table at a swap meet. The design is very simple, there is a box that looks like an oversize deck of cards box. That outer box is what has the individual number etched on it. Inside that slides a frosted plastic case, on top of that case is a strip of LED lights, the rechargeable battery, a power switch and the solar cell. It is important to note that the battery is a replaceable standard size AA rechargeable, available anywhere, note this comment carefully, it is important and I will refer to it again later.THE GOOD NEWSThe good news is this is one of the few designs in which the entire unit is self contained. Most others have a separate solar cell that connects using a wire or to a low voltage transformer. Besides having wires in plain sight there is a matter of exposure to the elements. With this one you just hang it up and you’re done.THE BAD NEWSUnlike some designs that use one solar cell to light up an entire panel and you add your house number to that large panel, with this one you have to buy one entire kit for each number, so if your house number is 1296487 that’s going to cost you close to 140 bucks. This is obviously a better design for people with low house numbers. Mine is a single digit so I am very happy.THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOWBe realistic, this is a cheaply made product, under the best circumstances you probably won’t get several numbers side-by-side to be exactly the same color shade, brightness or last as long as each other on a charge. I don’t think this is the best choice for people with more than maybe two or three digit house numbers. If a plastic product isn’t good enough for you there is a company making a very similar all metal product, but be aware it’s going to cost you ninety bucks per digit. Also be aware that there is some confusing information being posted here that needs clearing up – the chances that the bulbs are burning out after a month or so are very slim to almost impossible. What’s happening is that the batteries are probably not lasting long. That’s going to be true with any Ni-MH battery in any product. That doesn’t make this product useless as some are saying, all you have to do is replace the battery which is a 30 second job. The one that came with it may have been left on from the time it was built and they don’t last forever. I think more realistically you should expect to get 5-10 years life out of these things if you take care of it and replace the batteries as needed.INSTALLATION TIPSHere are two undocumented hints that may make installation easier for you and may enhance the way this looks at night. The first is that while I appreciate the countless hours they must have put in to that simplified mounting diagram molded into the case, in reality it actually makes it more complicated than it has to be. The easier way is to simply remove the solar cap, pull out the frosted white insert and stick an ordinary pencil through the digit hole to mark the location where you need to drill the mounting holes. Then drill them, insert the screws and hang the outer plastic box, then insert the white frosted inner box then finally put the solar cap in place. Easy peasy. The second tip is your numeral seems too bright or unevenly lit. That’s because the LED bulbs inside are right up next to it. You can turn the solar cap in a half circle so the bulbs are near the back of the case, which will soften the glow of the numerals somewhat. That will change the slope of the solar cell very slightly but not enough to make a difference.YES OR NOIf you keep in mind that extremely important point that each digit of your house number is going to cost you close to twenty bucks, and if you have a letter of the alphabet in your series you are out of luck, otherwise I like the simplicity of this product. The digits are clear and bright and easy to see at night from a distance. This has made a big difference at my house for delivery vehicles and I have more confidence that it will also help emergency vehicles if ever needed. Don’t be swayed by negative thoughts of the entire thing being useless because the batteries wear out, that is normal for solar devices. I like it for what it is, it’s functional and affordable so I think it’s worth consideration.