Many homeowners put up lights to celebrate the year end holidays. Cities also add lights like these at Rockefeller Center in New York City. You’ve probably got a routine for when you put the lights out, and when you pack them up for next year. These habits are based on traditional lighting that used lots of electricity. Now you have more options to use outdoor solar lights and/or LED outdoor lights, so you can enjoy them all year.
Here’s what we found on Amazon, in case you want to switch to outdoor solar lights that you buy, install and the sun provides the power. There’s no increase in your electric bill and installation is easy because no electrical wiring needs to be installed outdoors. Probably the biggest challenges are deciding where you want to place outdoor lights and which ones to buy. Features to consider and prioritize include:
Durability of materials – are the outdoor lights made of plastic or stainless steel. Are they waterproof?
Battery quality – as solar lights store their energy in a battery during the day, which power the lights (most/all LEDs) at night.
Intensity and color of outdoor solar lights – consider how bright the lights are, and how much area they cover. Different lights will vary in the number of LED bulbs included, and should fit the planned purpose.
Price for solar lights – varies based on the quality of materials and manufacturing.
Extra features – include motion sensorsand multiple modes of lighting.
Outdoor Solar Lights that Brighten Walkways
For years the most common outdoor lights were found at exterior doors and flood lights over the garage door. It was very expensive to dig trenches to run electrical wires to lights in the yard, so few homes had landscape lighting. LED and outdoor solar lights changed all that. Today there’s really no reason not to have adequate lighting outside your home, to insure the safety of family members and guests.
GardenBliss Outdoor Solar Garden Lights (10 pack)Enchanted Solar Path Lights in Bronze (6 pack)Moonrays Solar LED Black Plastic Lights (8 pack)Signstek LED Solar Stainless Steel Staircase Landscape Lamps (6 pack)BAXIA Waterproof Motion Sensor Solar Security Lights (4-pack)Frostfire Solar Ice Rocks (Lights) for Path and Garden (3 pack)
Lights to Highlight Your Home & Landscaping
After safety lighting, the next place to consider outdoor lighting is to compliment and highlight landscaping features around your home. These are just of the few inexpensive choices we found on Amazon. For more inspiration you can read our article, Outdoor Home Decor with Decorative Lighting. You can also use Pinterest, Houzz or Google to see hundreds of landscaping ideas using outdoor lights (hint: try searching for deck and patio lighting ideas).
Pure Garden Solar Rock Landscaping Lights (4 pack)Frostfire Landscape Spotlights
(2 pack)Sogrand 4 LED Solar Globe Stake Lights (2 pack)
Entertaining with Outdoor Solar Lights
We’re spending more time outdoors so lighting isn’t optional any longer. Fortunately there are a huge number of outdoor solar lights to pick from, and the few we’re showing here are just examples.
Outdoor Solar Lights Waterproof (20 ft, 30 LED Globe Fairy Lights)Litom Solar Outdoor Decorative Lights (72 ft,200 LED String Lights)LTROP Outdoor Solar Lights (20 ft, 30 LED Waterproof Globe Lights)Toplus Solar Powered String Lights (33 ft, 100 LED String Lights)
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