Have been using this for more than a year, without problems
http://s.aliexpress.com/iAJRFfY3
I was using a plain 5V solar cell at first, but later I used a rainproof solar LED light as a housing, after removing everything except the solar cell.
http://s.aliexpress.com/MR7RjYb2
The node has an NRF24L01 PA version (with the antenna), and communicates with the GW 6 stories below, sending the solar water heater temperature every minute.