Solar Post Lantern, Pagoda, Ribbed Glass

A Ribbed Panel Turns a Single LED Into Lines That Run the Height of the Glass

Put an LED behind flat clear glass and you see the LED. On a pillar at head height that is a bright point you cannot look away from, and it is why so many traditional lanterns fail once they are fitted with a modern source. The ribbing solves it without hiding anything. Each vertical rib refracts the output along its length, so the panel lights from top to bottom and the eye reads a column of fine lines instead of a lamp. From the drive the lantern holds a shape at a distance. From two feet away, waiting at the gate, there is nothing harsh in the sight line. That is the whole argument for ribbed over clear on a post lantern.

Questions about this product

Everything you need to know about this product.

What does ribbing do that clear glass does not?

It spreads the source vertically. A clear panel shows the LED as a point; a ribbed panel refracts it into lines running the full height of the glass. The lantern reads as a lit column rather than as a lamp in a box.

Black or bronze on a brick pillar?

Bronze. It sits in the same warm register as clay brick and buff mortar and looks settled. Black is the answer on white render, pale limestone and painted masonry, where it keeps a clean outline against a light surface.

Is the finial removable?

It carries the traditional profile of the lantern and it is what stops the pagoda roof reading as a plain pyramid from a distance.

How much does it weigh?

About 3.5 kilograms across the range, which is light for a lantern of this size because the body is aluminum rather than cast iron. It is a one person lift onto a pier and it needs no special fixing.

Can I keep it dim in the evening?

Yes. The remote dimmer takes the level down, which suits ribbed glass: at full output the lines are bright and graphic, and a step down turns them into a soft glow. The dusk sensor still switches it on by itself.

Does it belong on an open pier in bad weather?

Yes. It is rated IP65, dust tight and protected against water jets, which is what an unsheltered pier needs. Do not immerse it. Branches over the roof are the usual reason a cell stops charging properly.

A Pagoda Roof Hides the Solar Cell Where Nobody Standing Below Will See It

The usual compromise on a solar lantern is a flat black rectangle sitting on top of a traditional shape, visible from any upstairs window and from the top of a flight of steps. The pagoda roof here slopes on all four sides, and the cell is set into that slope rather than laid across a flat lid. From the ground, which is where the lantern is seen almost all the time, the roof reads as a roof. The traditional profile survives, the finial still crowns it, and nothing about the silhouette tells you the fitting runs on sunlight until you look down on it from above.

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