Solar Lighting For Better Home Security, Style & Energy Efficiency

Solar security lights come in a wide variety of styles, colors, and sizes, suiting every budget and application. They are an easy fix to a dark walkway and rely solely on the sun for power.

Advantages of Solar Garden Lights

Lighting up your yard, porch and the outside perimeters of your home is essential if you're looking to boost your home security system. Solar garden lights are great for lighting up walkways, around doors, stairs, garages, sheds and perimeter lines throughout your property.

There’s no additional monthly cost you have to worry about, nor is there any external wiring you have to consider. They don’t produce emissions or pollute the environment so many eco-friendly consumers have made the switch. Solar garden lights are simple to set up and install, and usually are attached to a stake of some kind.

Disadvantages of Solar Garden Lights

The initial cost can be a bit overwhelming if you purchase top of the line lights, or close to top of the line lights. This is a one time cost though, so choose wisely. If you decide to go the cheaper route, you might find yourself back at your local home store, shopping for better lights.

Depending on the size of your yard or walkway, you might be buying upwards towards 20-25 individual lights. This can become a bit pricey. Another drawback to using solar garden lights is that a single solar cell produces an amount of light equivalent to half that of a candle. They are heavily dependent of the sun to provide enough light to last throughout the night hours, so placing them under trees or awnings isn’t a great idea.

Solar Motion Lights

When installing a solar motion light, it’s important to keep in mind that the fixture needs to be high enough, so that no one can tamper with it. Once installed, it takes 2 or 3 days for the solar light battery to be fully charged and ready for use. As always with solar lights, the solar panel needs to be cleaned regularly.

An intense and reliable security light features an infrared motion detector which triggers the light when movement is detected. Solar security lights can act as either continuous flood lighting or security lighting. These lights are suitable for front entrance light, porch light, garage light, patio light, mail box light, driveway light and pool light.