The 3rd Misconception: Wattage means brightness.

No! Many customers only pay attention to the power (in wattage) of the solar panel during interacting with suppliers. However, more attention should be paid to the lumens (brightness) of the lights (lamps).

Different lamp beads and production processes or used techno. can have different light effects. For instance, with the same 50W lamp, some suppliers may only be able to achieve about 4000 lumens, while some can reach the 6000 lumens.

NOMO uses the connected LED lens and has high efficient and bright LED chips, which can reach at least 190lm/w. So it is advised to take the Lumens into consideration when purchasing solar-powered LED street lights.

The 4th Misconception: Cheaper prices means better cost effective.

Not with Solar Lights, though. Cheaper prices are not always a better cost-effective, especially with solar street lights. As the saying goes: "便宜不好，好不便宜", which literally means “Cheap is not Good, Good is not Cheap = You get what you pay for”.

The market competition is extremely tight, and most manufacturers try to offer suitable products at reasonable prices. But there are some suppliers who are just looking for a one-time transaction with buyers. They will try to lure buyers with their lowest prices that the market is not even offering. These type of suppliers will often make use of very cheap materials for their products, then sell at very low prices. For the first 3 months, their solar lamps may work properly, however, after 4, 5 or 6 months of operation, the lights will start malfunctioning or even stop operating. And, when you contact the suppliers for after-sale services or to deal with the issues, they just disappeared completely.

Yes, prices are important, but the quality of a good should be a top priority. In general, Solar street lamps has to work for many years (at least 5 years), but with a poor quality, they will often fail within 6 months, start causing problems, which then lead to high maintenance costs, and customers will gradually lose confidence in the product, resulting in bad reputation, loss,etc.

If the company believes in the quality of its products, they can provide better warranty terms. And at the same time, they will pay more attention to quality control during the production process.

To some certain degree, the reliability of the solar street lights can be judged by checking completed projects or installation cases of other customers. So ask your supplier for successful installed lights in your country, region or nearby.

If possible please visit the factory, so that you can see the actual production process; and to see if there is a standardized production management system. You can also get more details about the supplier’s strengths and principles through face-to-face communication. If you can't visit the supplier for certain reasons, find someone to do that for you (if possible) or proceed to the last step.

If this is your first time to deal or do business with the supplier, request for a sample, and test it, by doing so, you will know the differences in quality, stability, brightness and so on. Howvever, it advisable to visit the supplier for the first time unless you fully trust them. 

NOMO GROUP CO. LIMITED always seeks to establishing long-term partnership with its clients. Please feel free to contact us for any of your solar street light projects, we will be happy to offer you our expertise and advice. 

Note that all the above information is a personal viewpoints, tips on how to successful purchase goods overseas and some misconceptions some buyers (new and less experienced) have about solar street lights.