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The 10 Best Solar-Powered Outdoor Lights for 2022

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Outdoor lights that use solar power are practical, sustainable, and they save money. Solar-powered lights have come a long way in recent years, and these days, you can use them anywhere you want to—no outlet required.

The lights use solar cells to convert sunlight into electricity, which is then stored for later. (On cloudy days, that means less solar power at night). With that in mind, you should think about where you want to place them for optimal sunlight exposure. While some sunnier regions are going to naturally be better suited than others for solar power, solar-powered outdoor lights work in “most areas of the United States,” according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Below, we rounded up the 10 most efficient, attractive, and practical solar-powered outdoor lights on the market. Get ready for sunny nights ahead!

Best Solar-Powered Outdoor Lights

What to Consider

When choosing the right solar-powered lights for your space, there are a number of considerations to weigh. Keep the following in mind and we think you’ll end up with a fantastic lighting solution.

Size and Placement

Think about the area you want to light. You’re going to gravitate toward different lights for a pathway, deck, or cooking area. Then, consider the size. Do you want a small and subtle light, or a large and bright one?

Functionality

Do you want your outdoor lights to last one or several seasons? Some lights come with integrated LEDs, which means once the bulb burns out, you’re going to have to toss it.

Design

Consider what kind of atmosphere you’re trying to create. Do you want a light for security purposes, a romantic set for date night, or a whimsical set that will make you smile?

How We Selected

We considered all of the different lighting needs you may have in different areas of your outdoor space. We also combed through professional assessments and reviews of these lights and read through hundreds of consumer reviews. Below, find our picks for the best solar-powered outdoor lights on the market, all of which have average customer ratings of at least four out of five stars.

For more great ways to brighten up your space, check out our coverage of the best garden lights, solar pathway lights, and outdoor string lights!

1

Best Overall

GIGALUMI

Solar Pathway Lights

Now 40% off

$30 AT AMAZON

2

Best Motion-Sensor Lights

Aootek

Solar Motion Sensor Lights

Now 30% off

$24 AT AMAZON

3

Best Edison-Style String Lights

Brightech

Solar Powered Edison Bulb Lights

Now 38% off

$30 AT AMAZON $46 AT HOME DEPOT $50 AT WALMART

4

Most Colorful

Kooper

Decorative Calla Flower Outdoor Solar Lights

$30 AT WAYFAIR

5

Best Colored String Lights

AMIR

Solar String Lights

Now 25% off

$9 AT AMAZON

6

Best Decorative Set

EHO

Solar Deck Lights

$40 AT AMAZON

7

Best Disk Lights

Bell + Howell

Solar-Powered Disk Light

$25 AT WAYFAIR $20 AT HOME DEPOT

8

Best Accent Light

SOLARBASICS

Luna Flame Bulb Solar Accent Light

Now 61% off

$22 AT AMAZON $35 AT WALMART $39 AT OVERSTOCK

9

Best Hanging Lights

Genkent

Solar-Powered Hanging Lights

$45 AT WAYFAIR

10

Pawesome Lighting

Zensational

Paw Print Solar Light

$30 AT WAYFAIR

Kathleen Willcox Kathleen Willcox is a journalist who writes about parenting, technology, shopping, food and wine.

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Bright accent lights ideal for a pathway

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Tom's Guide Verdict

The Aogist solar ground lights are inexpensive, easy to install and reasonably durable.

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Aogist Solar Ground Lights: specs

Color: Silver
Lights included: 8
Rated brightness: 8 LEDs per light
Estimated battery life: 8 hours
Weather resistance rating: IP65
Size: 5. 1 x 4.7 inches

With their modern, minimalist design and easy setup, the Aogist Solar Ground Lights are an excellent option for households looking for inexpensive, low-profile pathway or accent lights. They give up enough light to brighten up a pathway and held up well under a variety of conditions. However, as you will see from our Aogist Solar Ground Lights review,  you should be prepared for some inconsistent quality control. Even so, these are some of the best solar lights for your pathway.

Aogist Solar Ground Lights review: Price and availability

The Aogist Solar Ground Lights are available at Amazon for $20.99. They come in packs of eight with a stainless steel casing.

Made out of stainless steel and plastic, Aogist Solar Ground Lights are elegant, modern disc-shaped solar lights. At 4.5 inches in diameter, they are small enough to fit compactly along most pathways yet still give off enough light to brighten up an entranceway. Their stainless steel and ABS strength plastic components are designed to withstand a variety of types of weather conditions, although we found you do have to be careful not to break the plastic bases when installing.

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The Aogist Solar Ground Lights automatically switch on from dusk to dawn. You can switch them off permanently if you're away from home, but you do have to remove them from their base to access the on/off button.

Aogist Solar Ground Lights review: Setup

The Aogist Solar Ground Lights are incredibly easy to charge and install. The pack of 8 we tested came with ten two-piece plastic stakes that you slip together and then line up the pegs with the holes on the back of the light. Make sure you press the power button on the lights before attaching them to the plastic stakes, because the switch gets covered otherwise.

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It’s a good thing that the kit comes with two extra stakes as we broke two while putting them in the ground. And as we installed them two days after a tropical storm came through the area, the ground was still very soggy, so if your soil is hard or crumbly, I'd suggest you use a garden spade to loosen up the ground first or soften it with water. Otherwise, you'll risk breaking them all.

Aogist Solar Ground Lights review: Lighting performance

Despite one of the lights not working right out of the box, the remaining seven lights worked well under a variety of conditions. Each disk has 8 LED lights and more than adequately lights up a pathway in a pure bright light for walking at night. 

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You do need to switch on the autosensing button on the back of each of the lights, but after that, they'll stay illuminated for about 8 to 10 hours after charging for at least 4 hours.

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After spending 4 hours in the freezer, one of the lights worked just as well as the others that spent the same time outside in the hot, humid weather. All of them stood up to several very heavy rainfall days, lighting up even after a day of rain and clouds.

Aogist Solar Ground Lights review: Durability

The Aogist Solar Ground Lights stood up to hot, humid, wet, windy and freezing weather. No cracks appeared due to weather, nor were there any issues of water getting inside them. However, the plastic stakes are very flimsy, so, luckily, the company sent a couple of extras. The discs also don't stay very well on the stakes. My toddler could pull them off quickly and broke a couple of the pegs off the stakes in the process.

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A few online reviewers mentioned they sit low enough to the ground to be able to mow over them safely, but I did not find that to be the case. When I mowed over one of the lights, its glass cover cracked, although the light still worked afterwards.

The lights come with a one-year warranty from the date of purchase.

Aogist Solar Ground Lights review: Verdict

Despite some durability issues, the Aogist Solar Ground Lights were our favorite pathway solar lights. While they don’t offer the smart tech of the Ring Solar Path Light, It's impossible to beat how easy the Aogist lights are to install or move around if needed. They light up well under various conditions, and their auto sensor was very consistent, unlike some other models we tested. While we had some issues with quality control, it’s something we can largely overlook at this price.

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Solar batteries will be hung on the facade of the house on Bagramyan Street, which will power the lighting in the entrance

10/28/2021 08:27 Subject: Housing and communal services 2738

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which will feed the lighting in the entrance. Oleg Turkin, director of the Capital Repair Fund of the region, spoke about this at a briefing on Wednesday, October 27.

With the governor's subsidy, we use, so to speak, green energy, we are trying to try to implement it. We will hang solar panels at Bagramyan, 18 - namely, facade solar panels that will generate electricity and supply it to the house network to compensate for general house needs. That is, we are trying to illuminate the entire entrance just due to these solar panels,” Turkin said.

According to him, 16 square meters of solar panels will be installed on the facade. The work is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. “Let's see how they will behave, what technical issues will arise. I will be glad if we manage to increase this practice,” added the head of the fund.

It should be noted that some of the buildings on Baghramyan Street were overhauled in 2020. Now this work is ongoing. The authorities plan to put in order the facades of all buildings in the area of ​​the Museum of the World Ocean.

Konstantin Amozov

Keywords: housing and communal services, overhaul, Oleg Turkin, energy, electricity, ecology.

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    News - Lighting in the country without electricity - 14.04.18 | Garden and garden, Lighting

    04/14/2018

    Summer. Weekends. You have arrived at the cottage. During the day, work hard in the garden, equip the plot, the house. And in the evening, sit on the veranda, look at the flowering trees and flower beds, enjoy the rest with your loved ones. But then the sun sets, and the light of the stars is not enough: it is difficult to insert the key into the gate, and it is impossible to pass through the site in such darkness. How to be? Today we will tell you how to light the site if there is no electricity, and how to make the garden beautiful even at night.

    Illuminate the house and the veranda

    First, consider the lamps that are mounted on a vertical surface. You can install them around the perimeter of the house and get lighting, like from lanterns near the porches. And small wall lights will help to mark the steps of the stairs. These lamps are powered by solar panels and do not require wires.

    And if you only need lighting when you pass by, choose models with a motion sensor.

    If you don't want to install anything, there is an easy way out - use a USB flashlight. Such devices are connected to laptops, but also work from a power bank. One portable lamp will light up a table or even an entire gazebo.

    Lighting paths, garden beds and flowerbeds

    You won't get lost in your garden even in the dark. But stepping into a garden or trampling flowers is easy. Special lamps will help to highlight the tracks on the site. They are a rod with a lantern and a solar battery at the top. And the lower part is pointed so that you can easily immerse them in the ground.

    Lamps serve not only as a guide - they are also placed in flower beds. And some models even destroy insects. Mosquitoes fly into ultraviolet light and are electrocuted to kill them.

    Decorate the garden with decorative lighting

    You lit up the gazebo and paths on the site, added a spectacular touch to the flower beds, placed devices that turn on when you move. Now let's look at how to make the site even more beautiful.

    Decorative lamps are suitable for this purpose. Some are made in the form of flowers or tufts of grass, others are in the form of stones on which a dragonfly or butterfly is located. There are models in the form of a hedgehog, turtle or sakura bush. All such lanterns are united by an unusual shape that creates an interesting light pattern. This also includes retro-style products that resemble a torch, lighthouse or other structure.

    Please note that some fixtures have an external battery pack. You can place it under the rays of the sun, and the lantern itself in the shade.

    Garlands will allow you to decorate buildings - a house, a veranda, a greenhouse. There are models that do not need to be plugged into an outlet: they run on batteries or a USB port. You can connect the latter to a power bank.

    Do not place garlands where they can be flooded with rain. If water gets in, the bulbs will stop shining, and the external battery may fail.

    Learn more