I like the shiny blue one.

wow those are nifty! wish i had the noggin to come up with stuff like this.

That second one is SUPER sexy! Uh huh!

I like the style of the second one. Plus it's a bit more obvious what it's meant to be, the first looks a bit too much like a christmas decoration that went horribly wrong.

Thanks for the rsvp. Xo See you there, if not before

The 2nd one is fecking hideous. What's wrong with you people?

Assuming they both have the same solar energy gathering and storage capabilities, I'd go for the first. If it's smaller (it's hard to tell) then that's good, and it looks pretty non-descript. People are less likely to notice a plant in the corner of a room or on your balcony or whatever.

The second one is an inefficient use of materials and just horribly gaudy and oversized. It's trying to gain visual attention, which is really not the point of this. It's like putting disco effects and a gold metal cover on a power socket. Why?

I don't want my solar energy gathering device to try and be a centrepiece of my home. I just want it to be small, subtle and practically invisible.

Yeah the 2nd one wins but I have to say the first one is pretty cool too.

I'd want both.