There are many advantages to using solar lighting over traditional outdoor lighting. While often times it doesn’t match the brightness of incandescent lighting, it is far cheaper to install and it’s powered by the sun so it doesn’t raise your electric bill. While there is a variety solar lighting available, this is somewhat complicated by the way their named. A solar post light is a light on a post,which also might be called a solar pole light. Now when placed in your garden it becomes a solar garden light. The same light can become a solar yard light if placed in your yard or a solar patio light when placed on your patio, and even a solar path light if it is placed along a walkway.
This is complicated by the fact that the retailers name the lights according to the keywords people look for. So don’t feel bad if you get confused. A drastic example of this is the term “Kichler solar lights”. This is a term that people will search for, however Kichler doesn’t make solar lights. The fact that they don’t exist does not keep online stores from optimizing pages for that term. After all people are looking for it. When they arrive at the site they search high and low but will either find solar lights, or Kichler incandescent outdoor lighting. Since this is a highly searched term, Kichler should take advantage and start making outdoor solar lighting.
And yes I digress, getting back to the point the way solar lighting is named is a combination of the ways used, tempered by the names people look for. Solar spotlights or solar floodlights tend to escape this fate, however, they are sometimes classified solar accent lights because they are often used to highlight some features such as a tree or a statue.
There is a simple solution to this problem, and that is to rely on the pictures. Just look at the pictures, and stop when you see the right one. Then use it anyway you want to. As they say, a picture is worth 1000 words, and this is especially the case here.
In closing, I highly recommend using solar lighting whenever possible, because it costs virtually nothing to install because there’s no wiring, and because it doesn’t require power from the grid, so it will not affect your electric bill. In addition to looking at pictures, be sure to read the descriptions in order to get an idea of the quality of the product. Surf wisely!