The Rail
The Rail
Two Flame Lanterns and two steel hooks that sit over the cap rail. Hang them four feet apart and the deck has its light at dusk without a screw in the wood. They charge by day and come on by themselves. No cord across the deck, no batteries.
Shown: two, hung. Four for $89, or the pair with the Solar Torch pair, $79.
The set
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Size — Lantern 5 in. tall (13 cm), rope handle; hook 6 in., fits a cap rail up to 2 in. thick
Materials — Glass lantern, rope handle, solar panel in the lid; black powder-coated steel hook
Light — Warm amber LED, flickering flame · on at dusk, off at dawn
Goes — A deck or porch rail, a fence top, a balcony; the hook lifts off without a mark
2 lanterns · 2 over-the-rail hooks · a one-page card. No cable, no batteries, no screws.
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Twenty minutes after sunset
Twenty minutes after sunset
Drag the line. Same rail, same two hooks — two small flames where the extension cord used to run.
Warm amber, a slow flicker — a candle without the candle.
No switch to remember. Dusk on, dawn off.
A few hours of sun is enough for the evening.
Four lanterns later, it’s where the evening goes.
Four along the rail. The boards are warm under them, the yard is dark behind, and nothing is plugged in.
Nothing drilled, nothing plugged in.
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The steel hook sits on the cap rail and hooks down over its outer edge. No screws.
2
The lantern’s rope handle goes over the hook. The panel in the lid sees the sky.
3
It charges by day and comes on by itself at dusk, off again at dawn.
What it’s made of
The same glass lantern as the Flame Lantern — flame inside, rope handle, solar panel in the lid — on a black steel hook that sits over the cap rail. Lift it off and the rail is as it was.
Four places it goes, in homes with corners. Two of them are usually the answer.
The deck rail
The whole rail
The hook
Or set it down
| Question | The Rail | A typical solar lantern |
|---|---|---|
| The photos | Real, older homes — walls with corners | The same white showroom |
| The lights | Warm light, on at dusk by itself, stated on the page | A spec sheet |
| If it isn’t right | Thirty nights, money back | Thirty days, if the seller is still there |
| Who answers | A person, by email | A ticket |
| Where it hangs | Four places, shown on this page | A product page |
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Thirty nights
Thirty nights with the lights on — then decide. Money back if it isn’t right.
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The ones we get most. Email for the rest.
A few hours of direct sun charges it for the evening. A rail under a deep roof gives a shorter, dimmer night.
Yes — the lantern lives outdoors. Hang it and leave it.
It sits over a cap rail up to two inches thick — a 2×6 or 2×4 on edge, most composite caps. Nothing is screwed into the rail.
Yes — identical lantern, identical box. The Rail adds the two hooks so it hangs instead of sits.
Anywhere the hook can sit over an edge: a fence top, a balcony rail, the porch rail. Or take the hook off and set the lantern on the step.
Order it and live with it for thirty nights. If the wall isn’t better, email us — we send the return address, you post it back, we refund the full purchase price.
The Solar Torch for the path — and the Eave for the side of the house.
