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Sell to both. I'd put them up in my backyard before parties, etc.

Havent they sold backyard solar lights at Walmart, Target, etc for several years now?

http://www.target.com/Solar-Lights-Coach-Style-Pack/dp/B002Z...

Was thinking about something more like those he was showing - individual, hang-up globes. Anything non-ugly (like those Target ones) is expensive.

It isn't. I just hopped on over to their website and bought a pair to clip to by backpack when hiking. It's just a bonus for me that the company happens to care about the developing world.

What is idiotic is that there was a whole article about them and it still took a google search before I could figure out where to buy one.

And then I had to go do it again to be able to add the link here: <http://www.nokero.com/products/n200>. :)

For folks who didn't read the article and wonder about the company name, it's a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau of "no kerosene", since the solar-powered light bulb is meant to replace kerosene-fueled lamps in many parts of the world.

It's amazing how inefficient good intentions can be sometimes