Dimly lit backyards are bad for cookouts and great for uninvited guests both human and wild. Do yourself a favor and light up your yard the easiest, most sustainable way there is, with solar-powered outdoor lights. They require zero wiring and contribute exactly zero to your electric bill, and the best options use independently poseable LED arrays, high efficiency solar panels, and motion sensors to give you the light you need when you need it. Right now, Amazon has a great solar flood light on sale with a big discount.
The Lepower Solar LED Light is on sale for $39 at Amazon, 30% off its normal $56 price tag. This deal is good on the white option, with a black version available for a dollar more and a brown one a dollar more than that. No matter which you opt for, you’ll get a hardy and powerful solar light that does whatever you need it to do.
Powering these lights is a monocrystalline silicone panel that can do low current charging on cloudy, rainy days or low-sunlight areas. A trio of LED arrays produces up to 1,600 lumens of 5,500K light that’s soft and less likely to glare thanks to the specially designed filter lens. They’re also rated to last an impressive 50,000 hours. A 15-foot cable connects the panel and the light so you can position both of them precisely where you’d like even if that’s not the same location. The onboard motion sensor is, uniquely for lights like this, adjustable, with an onboard switch that lets you adjust the sensing distance from 0 to 72 feet. There are three different lighting modes, and the whole thing is IP65 waterproof so you don’t have to worry about damage from rain or snow.
One shopper called this “a great yard light” that’s “still working great” after 18 months of use. “It’s very bright and easy to set up, the solar panel is pretty strong,” and the motion sensor “picks up a human (or even a feral cat) as soon as they enter the yard.”
Another customer said, “The solar charging has held up fine through the Pacific Northwest overcast. The batteries stay charged and ready.”
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The Lepower Solar LED Light has a premium feature set that makes it a step up from lots of competitors in this category. Their current $39 price tag is decidedly non-premium, making this a deal worth grabbing for anyone who could use a bit of extra light in their outdoor space.
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Cameron LeBlanc
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