Does Qinux FelinStop work if it’s not in direct sun all day?

Mine sits under a tree so it only catches a few hours of morning light, and it’s been running fine at night for about three months now. I never move it around either, just left it in the same spot since I set it up.

Mine actually dies by morning if it’s been cloudy for a couple days, so I wouldn’t count on morning-only sun being enough year round. Worked great over summer when it got decent light, but once we hit shorter days it started fading overnight and the LED got weak. I ended up moving it to a spot that catches afternoon sun too and that fixed it. So yeah, one spot is fine as long as that spot gets enough total light, but morning-only is cutting it close depending on where you live. I’d probably just try it and see, you’ll notice within a week or two if it’s struggling.

Mine only gets a few hours of sun and it still quit on me by winter. It worked fine all summer, but once the days got shorter it barely lasted past midnight. So the season matters more than people make it sound.

I went with two of these instead of one, mostly because my yard has a dumb layout and the far end gets almost nothing after about 10am. Anyway, the one that gets morning sun only has been fine, but here’s the thing nobody seems to bring up: it depends a lot on what’s actually draining the battery. I had it set to one of the higher frequency modes for the first couple weeks and it was noticeably weaker by late evening. Switched to a lower setting and it stopped doing that entirely. Same spot, same amount of sun.

So it’s not just a sunlight question, it’s sunlight plus how hard you’re running the thing. If your morning spot is genuinely open and not fighting tree cover or a fence, I’d say it’s worth trying, but I’d start on a lower frequency and see how it holds up before assuming it’s a dud. Mine’s been out there since spring and I haven’t touched it.

As for moving it around, I did that at first and honestly it just made things worse because I kept resetting my sense of whether it was working. Left it in one place for a month and that’s when I could actually tell. So one spot is fine, just give it time before you judge it.

I’ve had mine in a spot that only catches sun until about noon since spring and it’s still going at night. Maybe it doesn’t fully top up every day, but it hasn’t quit on me yet. I just leave it in one place and don’t move it around.