Solar Garden Lights have become extremely popular recently. This popularity has encouraged manufacturers to add to their product lines. They now produce a much broader range of lights for you to choose from. In addition to more styles available, the quality is also higher. First generation solar lights would only stay lit a very few hours, and the light they produced was much dimmer than traditional low voltage lights. Today, both of these problems have been solved. The light output is greater, and they will burn all night with just a few hours of sun each day. You’ll find solar spot lights, flood lights, decorative string lights and, of course, pathway lighting.
Solar Path Lights
Easily the most popular style of solar lights are the ones designed to stick in the ground and outline the pathways around your home. A small solar panel is built right into the top of most varieties, along with a couple of batteries that will hold enough power to keep them burning all night long. Usually between 12 and 18 inches high, these lights produce a circle of light that is cast downward so you can see where you are walking and not be blinded with bright lights in your eyes.
Solar Flood and Spot Lights
These are the most functional type of solar lights. Although you can find them that are decorative, for the most part, it will be a solar panel and a light fixture, nothing pretty. Both the flood and spot lights can be found either with the solar panel attached to the fixture, or remotely connected by a cable for more flexibility in placing it where it will get the most sun light. Solar spot lights are also available on a stake, much like pathway lights, that you can use to highlight a special tree, fountain, or any other garden structure. Stick it in the ground, point it up to the object, and you will create a dramatic effect in your nighttime landscape.
Decorative Solar Lights For Garden
They make a dragonfly on a stake to light up your garden at night. How about a colored glass ball that glows from within? Or a garden fairy with a magically lit crystal ball. Solar LED lights have completely changed the garden lighting industry. A gazing ball that used be only a daylight focal point now light up at night, too. For very little money, you can purchase whimsical lights that add visual appeal and color to your garden or patio. Place them in unexpected spots to delight your visitors. If it has been a while since you have shopped for decorative solar lights, you are going to be pleasantly surprised at the variety that is now available.
Solar String Lights
Second in popularity behind the pathway lights are string lights, also called solar patio lights. These look like Christmas light strands where the bulbs are spaced about a foot apart, but these are covered with plastic or glass decorative globes. Literally hundreds of different themes are available to fit whatever occasion you need. Pink flamingos and red chili peppers are the two most popular styles, but you’ll find string lights for every sport and every team. Decorating for any holiday is as easy as hanging your solar string lights from your awning or porch roof. You don’t have to be concerned about how to reach the nearest outlet, because these lights will come with a solar panel attached. Just place it where it receives a few hours of sun each day, and you are ready to party all night.
Going Green With Solar Garden Lights
As more and more people shop for “green” products, the companies that make and sell them will increase. The solar garden lighting industry will be part of this revolution. The benefits to the environment are well known; it is rapidly becoming considered selfish to use our precious natural resources for strictly decorative purposes. But with solar powered garden lights, the homeowner can decorate their nighttime landscape, and increase the safety and security of their home by harnessing the free, renewable energy of sun.
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