We were recently at a music festival and camping was sort of free for all in an area. (Not Free- 17$ 0HU). A neighbor put solar lights where his tie downs for the fly of his teardrop were. I copied and did the same for the strings that held our screen house from blowing away. Nobody got hung up all weekend. If you buy the cheap ones without a switch, you can turn them off by cutting a short piece of cable tie and thinning one end so you can shove it back in where the pull tab came out. Matt

Are you going to tell us the great idea?

The great idea is installing solar lights in the ground where the guy wires for things like tents and screen rooms are anchored to the ground. Presumably this helps keep people from tripping over the wires or stakes at night.

IDman wrote:Are you going to tell us the great idea?I'm glad you asked I didn't have a clue either. opnspaces wrote:The great idea is installing solar lights in the ground where the guy wires for things like tents and screen rooms are anchored to the ground. Presumably this helps keep people from tripping over the wires or stakes at nightThanks for clarifying.

Good idea. I tie orange surveyors tape to lines. I've even tied the tape to other people's guy lines if they are near a walkway I use.

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cjoseph
Explorer
Jul 23, 2014
Wrong subject. It should have been "Two great ideas."
wbwood
Explorer
Jul 23, 2014
pompomgirl wrote:
Never trust Chinese batteries for any application that matters.

They have spying devices in them.
pompomgirl
Explorer
Jul 23, 2014
Never trust Chinese batteries for any application that matters.
keymastr
Explorer
Jul 22, 2014
There are usually plenty of glow-sticks lying around at those events that can be tied to your cords as well, ha ha.
wa8yxm
Explorer III
Jul 22, 2014
By the way solar lights come in assorted shapes and sizes,, Starting at 1.00 in the dollar store and going up from there.

ALL of them have easily replaced batteries as well.
Dutch_12078
Explorer II
Jul 22, 2014
tenbear wrote:
I bought a couple of those lights and they don't last all night. Good idea if the lights work.

My lights didn't make it through the night either until I replaced the off-brand Chinese AAA rechargeable battery that came in them with a good quality name brand battery.
tenbear
Explorer
Jul 22, 2014
I bought a couple of those lights and they don't last all night. Good idea if the lights work.
nomad297
Explorer
Jul 22, 2014
rugermark2 wrote:
IDman wrote:
Are you going to tell us the great idea?

I'm glad you asked I didn't have a clue either.

opnspaces wrote:
The great idea is installing solar lights in the ground where the guy wires for things like tents and screen rooms are anchored to the ground. Presumably this helps keep people from tripping over the wires or stakes at night

Thanks for clarifying.

I didn't have a problem understanding what the great idea was. He made it very clear.

Bruce
NYCgrrl
Explorer
Jul 22, 2014
The great idea is alive and kicking for tenters as well. Solar lights or glow in the dark para cord for guy lining seems to be the norm:).
2oldman
Explorer II
Jul 22, 2014
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