Solar Garden Lights

Solar garden lights work by storing daytime sunlight in a small lithium battery and lighting up at dusk for 6-10 hours. The good news is the tech has caught up: a £15 set delivers enough light to mark a path, and the £50 sets give working garden illumination. The limitation is sunlight. Solar lights need direct sun for 6+ hours a day to fully charge, so a shaded spot will leave them dim or dead by mid-evening. Aosom UK, Cheaper-Online.co.uk and Cherry Lane Garden Centres between them cover £0-£314 in this category. Lumen output is the marketing spec but can be misleading. Look for warm white (2700-3000K) for ambience and cool white (4000-5000K) for security/path lighting. Solar string lights, lanterns, post lights, and ground-level path markers all sit in this category. The grid below filters by light type, white temperature and water resistance.