Solar Stake Lights

This solar powered stake light provides up to 15 hours of light on only 5 hours of daylight and comes in a modern, silver finish with transparent diffuser. The Solar Bud is ideal for path lights and as it’s a solar stake light there’s nothing to install. Just push into the ground where you want a little extra outdoor lighting.

If you’re looking usable outdoor lighting you’ll need brighter lights and to install them in the places around your patio and garden where you actually need light – near doors or places you’ll be eating or entertaining friends, for example.

If your solar lighting is more for mood and atmosphere you can get pretty creative with positioning. Try putting them in trees shining down into the patio / garden or along the edges of your patio / deck. It’s a good idea to experiment with where to put your solar lights – live with them for a couple of evenings before settling on a location.

Bear in mind that the only rule with placing outdoor solar lights is that it must be in a place where that gets at least a few hours of direct sunlight a day – otherwise they won’t be able to recharge enough for night use. Sounds obvious, but it’s easy to forget that.

If you really want to have evening light in a place that doesn’t get much sunlight during the day, consider buying an outdoor solar light kit that has a separate solar panel on a cable. That will allow you to place the panel in direct light while the solar lights themselves can be in a more shaded area.

Solar Star LED Lights

They come with their own small solar panel that can be driven into the ground a little way from where you want to hang the outdoor lights. Then, after a day of solar charging, when the light fades they automatically turn themselves on.

Each solar star light string measures 23ft / 7m in length and you can even buy a double pack if you feel like going a little crazy. Each engery saving LED light will provide up to six hours of solar powered light per night. In winter, when a full solar charge might not be possible, regular rechargeable batteries can be used as a power supply for up to fifteen night without needing a recharge.

Solar Shoji Solar Lantern

If the phrase solar lantern has a Far East feel about it then no wonder – lanterns originate from Asia. Although many solar lanterns retain an Asian design theme, they’re also available in many other styles of design – including modern contemporary.

There’s a wide variety of shapes – round, elongated or teardrop – and the choice of colors is also pretty much endless. The Soji Solar Lantern pictured here glows with white and amber light.

Just find a good spot for your solar lantern, somewhere that gets a fair amount of sunlight in the day will be ideal, and wait for the romantic glowing light to appear after sunset. You’d be surprised how much more fun it is entertaining friends with the soft light of solar lanterns above you.

1 – Let’s start with the obvious: Solar power cuts your power bills.

2 – Solar landscape lights are 100% safe for the environment.

3 – Absolutely no wires. Most solar landscape light kits are made of self-contained units, so they can work independently of each other without needing to dig up your yard or garden to install connecting wires.

4 – You don’t need to be a solar lighting expert. If you can use a screwdriver, you can install solar landscape lights. In fact, some types don’t even use a screw mount – they just sit in place or have a clip connector.

5 – Great warranty and guarantees. Good brands come with lengthy product warranty and are built to last for years, no matter what the weather does.

6 – No maintenance required. Enough said.

7 – Brighter light than traditional landscape lights. Modern solar lighting uses LED bulbs to provide a more powerful, brighter light.