Outdoor & solar

Solar, motion and flood lights for driveways, yards, fences and porches.

• Which solar lights are the brightest?

  The omibee 6-head solar flood light claims the most light of the ones we checked, 6000 lumens. Lumens, battery and run time side by side.

• Which solar lights last the longest?

  The Philips solar light claims 8 to 10 hours at 10% brightness and states its battery. See which solar lights give both hours and battery size.

• Which solar lights work without direct sunlight?

  Pick a solar light with a separate panel on a cable. APILAB comes with two cables, 16.4 ft and 9.8 ft, so the panel can sit in the sun.

• Best solar lights for a driveway

  To mark a driveway edge, buy the AGPTEK 12-pack: flat IP68 disks the maker rates for 3 tons. For a lit driveway, use a solar flood light.

• Best solar lights for a walkway

  Buy the KOOPER 8-pack tall path lights: 25.6 inches, an 800 mAh battery, up to 15 hours and IP65. Six path lights checked against their makers' text.

• Best solar lights for a fence

  For a soft glow along a fence, buy the LIANGLOME 8-pack. For security, the CLAONER motion lights claim 800 lumens. Claims side by side.

• Best flood light for a driveway

  Buy the LUTEC 72W: 7500 lumens, a 69 ft motion sensor, dusk-to-dawn mode and IP65. Two bright floods here have no motion sensor at all.

• Best flood light for a large backyard

  Buy the LUTEC 80W 4-head flood light: 9000 lumens, a stated 2,370 sq ft of coverage and a 69 ft motion sensor. Coverage claims compared.

• Which motion flood lights have no camera?

  Buy the LUTEC 32W: a plain wired motion flood light, 3500 lumens claimed, 69 ft sensor, no camera. Three lights that show up here have no sensor.

• Best porch light bulb that does not attract bugs

  Buy the Qualilux 1900K amber bulb. It claims 600 lumens and turns on by itself. No bulb stops every bug, and none of these listings says it dims.

Last updated November 2, 2026.