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Bowfar Twelve ground lights, 12 LEDs each, 800 mAh NiMH, 120 mAh panel, IP65 review

A twelve-pack of solar ground lights with 12 LEDs each, an 800 mAh NiMH battery charged by a 120 mAh panel over six hours, in 304 stainless steel with IP65.

By Jean-Benoit Buisson

The bottom line The largest battery in this family with its chemistry named, in 304 stainless steel with a switch designed not to leak. Its panel is rated in a unit that does not apply to panels, and no run time accompanies the big battery.

Twelve ground lights built around the details that fail.

The switch

External and waterproof, rather than set in a hole in the housing. That hole is where water gets into a garden light, and designing it out is worth more than a rating printed on the box.

The battery

800 mAh NiMH, the largest in this family and four times the SonPen’s 200 mAh. NiMH is also the chemistry that comes in standard replaceable cells — the listing does not say whether these are, but naming the chemistry is the first half of the answer.

The steel

304 stainless specifically, rather than stainless generally. 304 is the common corrosion-resistant grade, and naming it is more precise than two other listings in this family manage.

The unit that does not apply

The panel is described as 120 mAh. Panels are rated in watts; milliamp-hours describe batteries. What is probably meant is a charging current, and as written it cannot be compared with any other panel.

The lines still left blank

A lumen figure, a run time, and a Kelvin value.

Availability

German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores quoted 25 € to 37 € when this page was compiled.

British Amazon store carries it too, priced in its own currency, which the euro range above deliberately omits.

American Amazon catalogue carries an entry for it, with nobody selling.

These figures are what Keepa reported on the day this page was last updated. Availability and pricing move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 16 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it gets right, and what it leaves out

Strengths

An 800 mAh NiMH battery, four times the capacity of the 200 mAh cells at the bottom of this family, with the chemistry named
An external waterproof switch rather than one behind a hole, which is where water gets in
304 stainless steel named specifically, rather than stainless steel generally

Compromises

The panel is rated in mAh rather than watts, which is not how panels are specified
No run time despite the largest battery here
No lumen figure and no Kelvin value

Specifications

Brightness	Nowhere in the listing — 12 LEDs per light with no lumen figure
Run time at a stated mode	Nowhere in the listing; six hours of charging is stated
Battery capacity	800 mAh NiMH, first bullet — the largest in this family
Replaceability	Nowhere in the listing; the NiMH chemistry is named, which is the replaceable kind
Panel size	Rated at 120 mAh, first bullet — an unusual way to specify a panel
Motion detection	None — a light sensor switches automatically at dusk and dawn, second bullet
Ingress rating	IP65, third bullet, with an external waterproof switch rather than a hole switch
Colour temperature	Warm white, from the title; no Kelvin figure
Amazon reference	B0BRSQJNV7 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN	0747301689878

Questions owners ask about this one

Why does the switch design matter?

Because a switch in a hole in the housing is the commonest water entry point on a garden light. An external waterproof switch avoids the hole entirely. It is the kind of detail that decides whether an IP65 rating survives contact with a garden.

Is a panel rated in mAh meaningful?

Not really — panels are rated in watts, and a milliamp-hour figure describes a battery. What the listing probably means is the panel’s charging current. It is reported as published, and it is not a specification that can be compared with another panel.