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Solar house numbers

It is a good idea to consider using solar house numbers at your own home. After all, few things are more frustrating than driving around a neighborhood, looking for a home and being unable to see it because it is too dark to read the numbers. And you certainly want everyone from friends to family to emergency personnel to the pizza delivery guy to be able to find your house with ease.

Once you have made the decision to buy solar house numbers, you must decide which type to get. There are three main types:

Backlit solar house numbers – These are lit from behind, creating a white space around the numbers, making them easy to read. These generally require you to purchase your house numbers along with the light.
Spotlighted solar house numbers – A solar-powered spot light can be added to almost any existing house number display. The light simply shines down on the numbers and illuminates them.
Solar house number lights – These solar house numbers are the lights, the white space (sometimes they are lit from behind… for the most part, though, they look like digital numbers). And if you move, you can simply take this solar light with you – some of them can be programmed with which numbers should be displayed; they are totally customizable.

As solar lighting as improved, so have solar house number lights. Many can remain lit all night, even with just a few hours of sunlight. Why not make your home easier to find at night?