Best solar powered garden lights

Outdoor lights for paths
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When you spend a lot of time outdoors, or just spend a lot of effort making your yard look amazing, you'll want to make sure it is lit correctly. Solar-powered lights are a great way of showcasing your yard while keeping your power usage to a minimum. Having to pay a huge electricity bill to light up your plants sounds horrible, so solar power is here to help.

We have collected our favorite solar lights into one place so you can pick which ones will suit your garden.

Best spotlights

Spot lamps for lighting

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MEIKEE 7W LED Landscape Lights

Great for showing your highlights

When you spend a lot of time making your yard look special, you want to highlight those areas of greatest interest. These spot lamps are fantastic for illuminating your favorite tree, or for lighting your driveway to make it easy to get to the house.

With an IP66 rating, these spotlights won't fail you, even in the toughest conditions. 

The most illumination

Flood lamps

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Aootek 182 Led Solar outdoor motion sensor lights

Flooding the world with light

If you want to help keep your home secure, then a good set of floodlights are a must. With the 182 LED's in each of these two lights, you can brighten a huge area using just solar power.

These lights even have motion sensors and can be activated when they detect movement. This kind of light has been proven to deter strangers from lurking around your property.

Budget and bulk

Outdoor lights for paths

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GIGALUMI Solar Lights 12-pack

The more the merrier

While these small solar lights are not the brightest on the list they are perfect for adding a lot of lights around your yard for a low price. We use them in our garden to line the path on either side. We only need two packs to do our entire path, but if your yard is bigger then you may need more. 

Solar tiki

48 inch solar tiki

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TomCare LED Flickering Flames Torches

Add some romance to your yard

These torches are designed to give you that flickering fire look without needing any actual fire. They can be as tall as 43 inches, and offer a warm, romantic light for up to 10 hours.

We have recently made a new seating area in our backyard and these are perfect for illuminating it in a soft orange glow, rather than the normal harsh white.

Vintage string lights

Solar string lights

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Brightech Ambience Pro

Warm yellow is nicer than white

I don't know about you but I find the bright white of a pure LED to be quite uncomfortable on the eyes. I like a nice soft yellow, especially in the dark you get in your backyard.

These Edison-style string lights come in 27 feet or 48 feet and can be strung up anywhere in your back yard thanks to the solar power.

Stained glass effect

Color changing solar LED

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Pandawill Color Changing Mosaic Solar Light

Color changing goodness

Sometimes, a splash of color makes all the difference. Because of the mosaic effect on the glass, the LED inside casts a beautiful scattering of light on the surrounding area.
Have two or three on your outdoor bar and enjoy the play of lights as you chat with your friends.

Light the way

I love having different lighting around my front and backyard. The soft yellow of the Brightech Ambience Pro Edison bulbs is calming, and the bright LED's of the GIGALUMI Solar Lights help me get to my front door safely.

The type of lighting you are likely to choose will differ wildly depending on your style of yard but there is a style for everyone available here. Hopefully, you can fill your world with light and save a lot of money, and the environment by using solar power to run them all. 

AOP Writer