In cold climates solar lights are nice but typically short lived. Moisture corrodes their circits and once covered in snow the low charge levels will destroy the batteries. This is unfortunate because winter months can be the most enjoyable and with longer nights a little extra light, diffused through a sprinkling of snow is very pleasant. The easy way to circumvent these issues is to rip the guts out of an existing unit, replace its battery with a cheap (3-4$ aliexpress) greencap 100F superc...
