There Is Almost Nothing to Install.
Nothing here is wired in, buried, or bolted down. Here's the whole job for each kind of thing, so you know what you're in for before you buy.
Hey Buz — are there any installation notes buyers actually need? Anything people get wrong, call you about, or damage in the first week is exactly what should live on this page.
Specifically: anything about first charge or battery care, anything that shouldn't go in the water, weight or placement limits, pairing quirks on the speakers, and whether anything needs bringing in before winter. Warranty gotchas too, if there are any.
I've drafted the sections below from the sample products so there's something to react to. Tell me what's wrong, what I've missed, and what you'd phrase differently — it's quicker to correct than to write from scratch.
The Floating Stuff
There is no installation. Take it out of the box, leave it somewhere sunny for an afternoon, and drop it in the water. It finds its own way around and turns itself on when the light drops.
The one thing worth doing properly is that very first charge — give it a full day of real sun before its first night out. A solar cell that gets run flat on day one never quite holds as much again.
Fish them out before you run the pool vacuum, and again before a big storm. Not because they'll break, but because you will find them in a hedge two yards over.
The Rock Speakers
Set them where you want the sound and turn the solar panel toward the sky — that's the whole install. They wake up when they get light, pair to each other, and then pair to your phone over Bluetooth.
They're rated for rain, not for swimming. Poolside is fine, in the pool is not. If you're running a long garden, the Poolside pair chains to more units so the sound carries instead of shouting from one corner.
Cloudy week, or a shady bed under a tree? There's a USB port under the cover. Top it up indoors and put it back.
The Carry Lanterns
These are the only pieces that don't do solar — they charge over USB and then go wherever you go. Table, steps, edge of the hot tub. The remote sets the color, and the handle is the point.
Before Winter
Solar pieces can stay out through the cold. The rechargeable lanterns should come indoors at about half charge — a lithium cell left flat all winter in the cold often doesn't come back in spring.