10 Best Outdoor Solar Lights

Compatible with Ring Bridge or newer Echo models, the Ring solar floodlight provides motion-detection while also connecting to your home’s smart system, enabling users to turn lights on and off by just saying the word. Additionally, users can set their floodlight on a schedule and enable phone notifications any time the motion detector senses movement. It’s a splurge, but if you’re looking for top-of-the-line home security and/or a security light that connects to your smart home system, then this is the best bet for you.

Spotlights can add an attractive ambiance when shining on plants or decoration throughout your garden or highlight your home to passerby, particularly during the holiday season. This set of three connects to a remote solar panel through cords to provide gentle light anywhere outdoors. One major perk to the remote panel is that you can place it in the sunniest part of your yard so it can receive an ample charge. The lights automatically switch on in the evenings and stay on for up to 8 hours, depending on the charge they received the previous day.

We love the gentle glow fairy lights provide when hung up around a porch or patio, but they’re not your best option if you’re looking for a light that will provide plenty of brightness. While fairy lights don’t provide tons of brightness, though, these do boast eight different lighting modes, including twinkle and flashing. The lights come on two strands totaling 33 ft with two separate solar panels and stay on for 8-10 hours each night.

If you’re looking for more of a typical string light, then this is the option you’ll want for your home. This one-strand string light is 50 feet in length and has 16 bulbs total, so it spans a decent distance. Additionally, the lights have been optimized for outdoor use through plastic bulbs and a thickened, waterproof cord. The remote panel attaches to the cord and reviewers attest that they do last all night long.

Inexpensive security lights can be hard to come by, but these fill the bill—and in a two-pack, at that. These motion-detecting lights feature a 120-degree movement sensing range and 270-degree light range. The solar panel is affixed to the top and the light attaches to your home through screws. The light includes three different brightness modes and contains reflectors to amplify the brightness. Each one is heat- and frost-resistant as well as water-proof so they’re truly out of sight and out of mind, unless they activate, of course.

In-ground lights are fixed to the ground through stakes and lay flush with grass or other garden covering, projecting light upwards. They are great for adding ambiance to your garden in the evenings or even as path lights for directing guests. These solar-powered lights have a panel in the center which is surrounded by eight miniature LED bulbs. We love these in particular because they are photosensitive, meaning they adjust brightness throughout the evening, giving off more light the darker it gets. They’re also waterproof and should hold up to weeding and other general wear and tear.