Solar rope lights are one of the fastest growing trends when it comes to solar lighting. These lights are created by wiring a large number of LED bulbs (Light Emitting Diodes) together, much like string Christmas lights. Once this is accomplished, they are encased in clear plastic tubing. This allows for a good protection of the LEDs, and gives a certain amount of flexibility and ease when installing the lights in numerous places in or around the home.

With rope lights, there is no hassle of the wiring becoming tangled or the LEDs having to be constantly replaced. In adition to low power consumption and high reliability, LEDs have a very long life span.
Solar rope lights are flexible and come in single or multicolor; they can be used to provide general lighting, or decorative lighting. These solar lights may be wrapped around homes and buildings or to accentuate borders and contours, to display a constant stream of lighting year round.

Many choose to wrap the lights around trees or in a room that is inside of a house in order to provide dim and colored lighting; the solar panel would have to be installed outside. Other may select rope lighting to line their driveways, and sidewalks, like solar path lights, to ensure proper lighting when accessing these areas. Most of the time the lights are always lit; though, some models can blink and twinkle.
If you are looking for LED Christmas lights, very nice solar Christmas lights are also available.

The one disadvantage to solar lights in general, is the fact that the sun does not shine each and every single day of the year. Cloudy weather, rain, and storms may have an impact on the overall functioning of the solar light; however, the sun will not fail to shine again and the solar panel will start charging the rechargeable batteries. Therefore, this is a small issue when you look at the many benefits of solar lights. Most of the time, the batteries will provide enough autonomy to run the lights all night long.
If you are interested in saving money on your electricity bill, enjoying the lighting that you wish to have around your home, contributing in a positive way to the environment, and doing so with ease, solar rope lights are definitely for you.