Best solar powered garden lights
The perfect lighting makes your yard look like you live in the lap of luxury.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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