Best Solar Wall Lights: Pros, Cons & Buying Guide
Discover the pros & cons of solar wall lights. Learn how they work, their benefits, and how to choose the best model for your home.
In our guide about how to buy solar lights, I went over lumens and Kelvin, measures of brightness and color. For bright solar lights, you need around 300 lumens, and it should be above 3000 Kelvin for a bright, light white that illuminates everything. Bright solar lights can be worth it, you just have to shop around.
But my solar gear (including an inflatable lantern, string lights, flameless candles, path lights, and a power bank that doubles as a lantern) can still scrape together enough sunlight each day to stay lit in the evenings. I've tested a multitude of options, and these are my favorite ways to harness the sun's rays to light your home.
One of the biggest benefits of solar lights is that they don't need to be installed. Most of the time, the only thing you need to do is push the solar panel stake into the soil and switch it on. This is a huge timesaver compared to lights wired into your utility power.
That said, it can be hard to find good solar spotlights, whereas most wired spotlights do the job. You often can't replace the bulbs in solar spotlights, so wired spotlights are better for longevity. These four landscape lights are IP64-rated, so they should last for a long time. Best of all, they're pretty cheap.
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