Sky lanterns Does anyone know if you can anchor the sky lanterns so that they float over your yard only and do not drift onto the neighbor's property or, worse yet, the neighbor's roof?
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These only have enough fuel for 5-10m not idea for a party at all..I Better idea for what your looking for are helium balloons with LED's in them...search "led helium balloons"
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It will float as long as power is on. No option to disable the lights, but try covering them with a piece of black tape.
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I am not sure if you are just putting this up for an event or keeping it up for an extended period of time. If it is just for an event, then I would use sand bags tied to the bottom of each of the poles. I live in Vancouver, Wa near the Gorge and we get High winds about 4 to 5 times during the year, and my canopy is set up year round and acts as another room off my patio, and we have the canopy bolted to the house in several places on one side of the canopy and several steal stakes in the ground on the other side where we taped the poles to the stakes. It has servived 2 springs one summer, and a winter. I am very happy with this one, and over the years we have tried several other canopies. Hope the sand bag idea is helpful, dress them up if this is for an important event. 20 lbs per pole is my suggestion. GOOD-LUCK !!!!
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You would have to be creative to keep it from flying away, but I think it could be done with concrete bases or sand bags. Drilling into the concrete for little flush sunken anchors if it is your own concrete wouldn't be to difficult and would end up being even better than ground stakes.
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My lights don't show until it is dark.. and then it's great.. I don't see how they could be adjusted.. the glow on the lights aren't THAT bright, where you wouldsee them for sure at dusk... there is a nice glow though.. Mine have been hanging up for a month and a 1/2 now.. and I still love them.. been rained on.. been blown all over by the wind... watered on.. still holding shape and brightness.. love them.
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Randall, we set them off over the driveway in the truck (semi) yard, and they went up above the trees beautifully. I have also seen them set of out in the country and one got caught in a tree and worked its way out and another one just burned out. They were both the tall ones, but we could just have been lucky. :)
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In any wind condition that is above a few miles an hour you will need to anchor it. It is heavy and pretty sturdy but not heavy enough to withstand any moderate to severe wind. It comes with tie downs that are built in to the canopy that you could probably extend and anchor in the yard just off the patio. Or if you want this to be a more permanent structure you could use cement anchors thru the feet.
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I have seen a kit before but not sure I could find it again. There are may lawn ornaments that come in fish and birds that I keep thinking of mounting mine to. I am sure you can make one or attach it to a weather vane even. I just don't get enough wind to make it worth fiddling with as the solar panels keep my battery bank pretty much full.
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The post has two pieces, the one stake to put in ground, but if you take stake off, i'm sure it could be mounted on roof some how. Actually that's a great idea for if you wanted to use these as Christmas lights. I have them around a small palm tree and they are bright and beautiful and stay on for 4-6 hours.
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Hi Barbara,I bought mine last year and i have had zero problems with it and it is very secure. I filled mine with sand as it said you should and it worked great! I live in an area where we have a lot of wind and it did not waver a bit. I also have pea gravel over the bottom lip flush with the upper lip of the base and it has not moved in the first year yet. I have mine by a path leading up the side of my waterfall and the lights look great!! I hope this helps and thanks. Rick
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Hi Clive,I apologize for missing your message for a year.I apologize for missing your message for almost a year. I used some large orange tent stakes from Lowe's to anchor it. I also used a sharpie to mark where the pipes for the frame fit together to help put it together from year to year. I hope you are enjoying your garden.Pete
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I hang them were ever I can; but not in trees. Afraid that they would get too tangled. Hope it helps. Tim
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We always set ours up on the patio and use bungee cords (2) to secure it from the top of the screen to the deck top. We only leave it up for the duration of the party due to possible issues with wind. Any reasonable wind could tweak it and cause damage. The framing is very solid, however one never knows when that freak wind may blast through.
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We let our sky lanterns go at our farm. They sailed away over the pastures and tree tops. It is an exciting, yet slightly scary thing to watch. They take off quick. The heat and fire keeps them floating until the flame goes out. I would be sure to avoid any close trees and if it is drought conditions, I would be worried. We have set them off twice and it was a big success. Be sure to have one person be the lighter, have two people per lantern, and follow the directions....they are beautiful! :)
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They do make a version that stakes to the ground. This will probably put off more light than you will need as it covers a large area.
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You are right to be worried. I purchased this item and it is not the original sky lantern. I have not been able to find the true original sky lantern.
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There are special screw in stakes/anchors that can be purchased from King Canopy. They screw into the ground at each leg and secure the canopy.