Michael Suttner
Lightie
Cape Town
South Africa
+27 (074) 799 69 82
lightup@thelightie.com
The Lightie™ is a patent-pending, test-tube shaped solar-powered “light bulb”. It is a Picosolar device, designed to bring affordable lighting to the predominantly impoverished masses worldwide that still use paraffin for their lighting needs.
The Lightie’s innovative design has been crafted to screw onto, and fit flush within the mouth of a standard soda bottle that is 22mm in diameter, thus converting the bottle into a multi-functional and waterproof solar-powered lantern/task light.
Benefits of the Lightie Solar Bottle Light include:
Once in full production, the cost of the Lightie should be around R80 - R90 (USD $6-8) per unit, the equivalent of one hour's worth of paraffin.
The Lightie was created by 27 year-old Michael Suttner, of South Africa, whose background includes mechanical engineering and social entrepreneurship.
Publicly available: yes
Price range (USD): 1 to 20 USD
Available online: yes